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[Intro: Nelly]

Life... what is it for real?

[Verse 1: Ali Jones]

I don't know... yo

It's like hate taking over but hold up, what is it over?

Suicide, man that's the devil trying to control us

They told us but we ain't notice the pain was sitting on they shoulders

The world is just too polar, they'd rather live in the solar

System got us hopeless, they focus on foreclosures

Wake up and smell the Folgers

Obama bring home the soldiers

Osama, you owe us, the 9/11 was bogus

Now we right back at him, save the world is our motive

C'mon...

[Verse 2: Nelly]

Yeah, wake up early in the streets of the block (streets of the block)

He posted up on the corner like a soldier in a drill but it won't stop

Yeah, living life in the battlefield (battlefield)

Hmm, trying to survive every day and every night is the same deal

'Cause, life's strange (life's strange) time changes (time changes)

But karma always finds a way

Stay strong (stay strong), hold on (hold on)

And don't let all your dreams fade away

[Pre-Chorus: Nelly]

Yeah, life can beat you down

What goes, it comes around

It's not how you hit the ground

It's how fast you get back up, and

[Chorus: Nelly]

Go! Keep going, sometimes it feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard, and harder, the happiness is worth the wait

'Cause all I want is a better day

'Cause all I want is a better way, hey

[Verse 3: Nelly]

A lot of mothers they just don't understand (they just don't understand)

Yeah, they think we hard on our sons but we gotta teach our boys how to be a man

Yeah, they on they own when they walk out the door (when they walk out the door)

Mm, see we can show 'em how to fire but they gotta teach theyself how to reload

'Cause, unemployment's higher than it's ever been

Sometimes it feels like I can't win

And even though all the rules keep changing

I'm stronger now than I was when I came in

[Pre-Chorus: Nelly]

Yeah, life can beat you down

What goes, it comes around

It's not how you hit the ground

It's how fast you get back up, and

[Chorus: Nelly]

Go! Keep going, sometimes it feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard, and harder, the happiness is worth the wait

'Cause all I want is a better day

'Cause all I want is a better way, hey

[Verse 4: Talib Kweli]

Hey, hey

Rolling through the back streets like we got beef

A carnival for carnivores with the sharp teeth

They animalistic, that's why we call the cops beast

They on the hunt cause they hungry for the dark meat

I'm rapping to my heartbeat, the brain is the bass

The heart is the drum; give the drummer some

Promise of a better life is all I got to give

I ain't just trying to survive, I'm trying to live

[Bridge: Nelly]

'Cause all I want is a better way, hey

If you're not prepared the world can be so cold

All that you can do is your best and just hope (yeah)

In time the truth will show, just stick to what you know

Get a grip on something real, and never let it GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Chorus: Nelly]

Go! Keep going, sometimes it feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard, and harder, the happiness is worth the wait

'Cause all I want is a better day

'Cause all I want is a better way, hey

Go! Keep going, sometimes it feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard, and harder, the happiness is worth the wait

'Cause all I want is a better day

'Cause all I want is a better way, hey