Wake Up (Original)

(Hook 1, female vocals) Its not easy, this isn't how it oughta be Cuz at the end of every day I gotta live with me And no one else, determines my destiny So why bother trying fit in someone's thought of me? (Verse 1) Never denied, better than Clyde, I glide from the three Third eye verbal live, certified with the beat I drop one verse, other cats be rhyming for weeks I'm thinking if he ever rest, I be climbin' his peaks Rappers speak about how they packin' nines and have beef Pat 'em down, that's the clown that be quiet in streets Ask around, blast a round, he be cryin' for peace Ironically I'm getting down, five times to the East Every time I release, classic material You get my cd for ten, but I'll sign it for free Capitalism, have my children dyin' for cheese Damn fashion, Grand Dragon be designin' your jeans Buckled pants saggin', Uncle Sam taxing me, describing the thief Barcodes, that's the sign of the beast Now the latest pagan faces be the flyest M.C.s Hands shakin' like a mason with the highest degrees Buzzin' off the vitamin C, no Heineken please Gifted like the 25th, don't have to light up the tree Write it or free, hip hop is private Ryan to me Ayo we rude enough to bang it while ya laying asleep "Cuz it'll wake ya up....wake ya up...wake ya up..." Vocal sample - "whats so damn important you gotta wake me outta my bed?" (Hook 2, female vocals) See this world of big solutions for my eyes to see I pray to god he'll have my head and he will guide my feet Stayin' true to myself til my time to leave Cuz sleepwalking it ain't nothing but a crime to me Sometimes I wish the pressure would just go away But I know that's not gonna happen so this is what I have to say... Hard work, sweat and blood stains, did it for chump change I didn't really complain cuz it was a love thang That's when I was a kid, black, now I know this fact That love is gonna you evicted from where you live at Home is where the heart is, yours, I open with facts I strike like when I swing first and then you pitch black Run around your diamonds and rings, you thinking baseball? You thinkin' in a box'n unconscious I'm tryin' to wake y'all Take y'all from blind vision, leave with divine wisdom I ride rhythm never slide slippin', my time's tickin' I flow to the end, used to hang mostly with friends Now I keep my enemies closer than them Cuz I know how it is when there's fear in the sky The weather change, hella fangs wanna tear in ya spine Never really trust the cats that couldn't stare in my eye No surprise yo, even blessings wear a disguise Sometimes I'm "riding" in the "hood", me and my man saw Some big teeth, hands and feet, yo that ain't grandma Big chains, cars, and clothes, yo that ain't hip-hop Spit ya flow backwards, huff and puff your blunts but -Ya still ain't big or bad enough to blow up my brick spot Excuse me if I'm on some bull(psh) but fuck the flip flop I'm just chillin' son, building even at ya show My hands deep in the pocket like Doug Williams means I wasn't feelin' it... "Awakenings...make the dead come alive" (repeat 3 times) (Hook 3, female vocals) Its not easy, existing in "ought ta be's" Cuz At the end of every day I got to live with me No one else determines my destiny So why bother trying to fit in someone's thought of me