It Could Be Worse

Lyrics

I used to wait around for payday until I got fired Couldn't get rehired early I retired Only to realize it could be worse What if I couldn't spit this verse? What if I was on my way to my funeral in a herse? Getting buried next to my co d in the dirt What if it was never rap never a beat? That means I'll never move my feet What will inspire me? No music is no life no way of expression Through my depression I'm still counting all my blessings Destiny it has to be because its Gods intent If its meant to be I'm behind it 100 percent What if I was never born never though of What if I never saw Earth never saw love? I take it day by day loving my people Huggin the block hustling for the root of all evil I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse I could be dead or in jail Uneducated and frail Another endangered black male I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse There is really no one to blame And we can't complain maintain Cause you control change What if your family was plagued with cancer and A.I.D.S? And someone put a number on you days Three uncles in three years that's serious Cause that's three brothers that didn't out live their own mother Or what if you where born innocent, yet torn with sickness By your own mother's dumb decisions I've witnessed niggas complain about hustling and things And they don't understand the nature of the game It could be worse than pumpin on the block with rocks Runnin from cops you could get locked Chillin in Comstock for a crime you didn't commit Rather you didn't pull the trigger Cause of your record they figure to put it on you nigga I seen it all cause I'm young and wise, yet old There are newborn babies who get abandoned in the cold Sistas without a child cause children they can't bear Homeless people on my street screamin it ain't fair I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse I could be dead or in jail Uneducated and frail Another endangered black male I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse There is really no one to blame And we can't complain maintain Cause you control change I sit back and reflect and thank God that I'm healthy And my son was born strong so I'm wealthy I want to reach out to some of those who felt me I'm just frustrated with what rappers tell me On records constantly whining about grindin They should be thankful for the chance to be rhyming Cause its kids out there with just one wish Some people still ain't free put up one fist Because the real Is this country let us rob and steal hustle this crill And con people out of their scrill In some places looking at a man's wife a get you killed So less blood spilled no you thugs feel lucky Opportunity is infinite Look around you ever wonder why you see so many businesses So I excepted that it could be first and put my fam first So my life has worth I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse I could be dead or in jail Uneducated and frail Another endangered black male I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse There is really no one to blame And we can't complain maintain Cause you control change I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse I could be dead or in jail Uneducated and frail Another endangered black male I had to stop putting me first I had to realize yo this could be worse There is really no one to blame And we can't complain maintain Cause you control change