Believe in Yourself

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The year is 1994, I been asked myself "What you rhymin' for?" Maybe to stop the wars or feed the poor Be a warrior for the cause And that's for sure What a hard working man get When they laid on his head Just expandable label But you need your bread Goddamn right Know they gonna work you till you dead And you get the satisfaction Off just doing what they said But instead We tend to exercise our options Making new concoction Don't be boxed in Yo, what about the people Who died for something better? I studied they books I read up on they letters And I know what they talking 'bout It lasts forever I can tell you all about it It'll be my pleasure It's a God type energy To be yourself movement To do the right thing Throwback with improvements [Chorus] If you got to believe in something Why not believe in yourself If you got to believe in something Why not believe in yourself [Verse 2] Lord knows We don't wanna bury you young But Lord knows exactly how you carry your tongue And words sound is louder than the light and drum And what goes around comes around And that's the sum Wish I could Really live life for the moment Not think about the future 'cause I don't own it You set out to catch it every time they've thrown it And you work hard to keep it 'Cause it's what you wanted Never caught in a pickle 'cause we ain't fickle Icicles over your head about to stick you You can't hide 'cause you ain't Dr Jekyll But you can come out shining Like a brand new nickel It's the life we lead, It's the life they led It's what we say, It's what they said With the background color full with Blues and Reds Who gets to starve to death and who gets fed [Chorus] If you got to believe in something Why not believe in yourself If you got to believe in something Why not believe in yourself [Verse 3] The year is 2004, I been asked myself "What you rhymin' for?" Maybe to stop the wars or feed the poor Be a warrior for the cause And that's for sure What a hard working man get just for trying Bying in to the thang that keeps you fine And Big Brother in the sky steadily lying Hold on love, you ain't gotta sit there crying You got to manage through the damage That we already facing Know what you chasing, know why you racing You can't keep sound locked down in a basement When they power is gone they gon' need a replacement Maintainer, against the grainer Once you get the picture You gon' wanna know the painter Life is still good without the personal trainer It's a no-brainer [Chorus] If you got to believe in something Why not believe in yourself If you got to believe in something Why not believe in yourself