Ride It Out

[Verse 1] Yeah, growin' up we never knew what we was in for Got the devil pokin' at you with his pitchfork Thinkin' you'd be old and rich as fuck but now you piss poor Plus you got a bunch of kids you got to fend for Baby food and insurance Ain't no optimism when you livin' life that you don't enjoy You feel like jumpin' off the tenth floor At ya 9 to 5, shoulda been a year since you been employed Injured, I'm just tryin' to vent lord My lady sick as fuck and I can't get her insured People at the hospital treated us like trash No cash for the bills, no check to pay the landlord I'm trynna write and set a benchmark But its hard with all the drama in my life I gotta endure At least I'm not up in the pen for Somethin' that I did as a kid, bunch of men without a mentor [Hook](x2) Lost in the world, trynna find a way Caught in the flames with no fire escape Darkness replacing the brighter days That's when I look up in the sky and pray and I beg God, don't strike me down God, don't strike me down God, don't strike me down If this my life, show me how to ride it out I feel... [Verse 2] Ain't no peaches, Sandy Beaches or no palm trees Strong armed out of peace like it's beyond reach Struggle since the day you had a heartbeat Ten family members packed in an apartment like they sardines Thought I had a Ozz beat Newborn baby covered straight up in a car seat And dreams of livin' like the Cosbys, are over when the Homies that you grow up with are murderers and car thieves Hustlin' on the corner in the harsh heat Ridin' dirty in a rental car deep PD Pull you over and cuff you on the concrete Said you got a warrant you're involved in a stolen credit card ring The number of my homies gunnin' so it daunts me Wish they were Here to see my name up on the Marquee We put our glasses up for them and that Cairoc piece Gettin' drunk, geeked up, singin' off key we [Hook](x2) [Verse 3] God please forgive me I had so much evil in me As a teen and then we Turned into grown men with no men to teach me How to get rid of my demons that seem to send me Further away from your spirit, I keep descending And I keep befriending The wrong people to be depending On for positive energy but I keep extending My hand out, family condemning me My knees are bending As I pray to you I try to walk a straight line but the rope that's underneath my feet is flimsy But I promise if I fall off, I'll keep attempting And I know you heard that a hundred times, I keep on sinning Been a loser all my life so it's hard envisioning me winning In the name of Jesus, amen, I pray, I hope my life'll have a peaceful ending Cause I'm [Hook](x2)