For crying out lord I'm running from a comedown
God forbid i know i've been a letdown
Reaching for the sky while leaving in a gutter
Kicking and screaming i am singing bloody murder
I'm alive when i'm vulnerable
I'm out of control, i'm losing my soul
I can't be your angel when i'm living like a devil
Can't be your lover when i'm living like a rebel
Don't want your pity and i don't want your help
Don't try and save me go take care of yourself
I'm alive! Sick of the pain I'm sick of the sorrow
Sick of today i'm sick of tomorrow
I'm addicted to the misery in my head
I better stop before i end up dead
So i climb to the top just to fall to the bottom
And i climb to the top just to fall to the bottom
Please forgive me while i turn out the lights
Watch this haunted day turn into a wasted night
So cut me off-throw me down
Cause i'm reckless, goddamn son of a bitch!
I'm reckless
So reckless
God save me from this madness
I'm walking on broken glass from the wreckage of my past
I'm locked up in a cage 'cause i'm a prisoner of my ways
So cut me off-throw me out
'cause i'm reckless, i'm a reckless goddamn son of a bitch!
Thank god i've got a women with my name across her heart
Loving me aint easy, loving me is hard
I'm sorry about the madness but that's the way its gotta be
'cause it takes a crazy womon to love a reckless man like me
I refuse to be your victim i refuse to be your slave
I keep on burning my bridges
I keep on fucking up everything
Running from desperation god knows where i've been
I don't know where i'm headed
But i'm going too fast i think i'm going to crash
I'm going to crash
I'm going to crash, to crash
It is time for annihilation its time to be a criminal
No time for his hesitation time to be an animal
Looking at my reflection i don't like what i see
So i ask myself a question
Do i got what i want or do i got what i need?
I'm not afraid of the future
Of spinning right out of control
I don't know where i'm headed
But i'm going too fast i think i'm going to crash
I refuse to be a victim, i don't want to fall again
I know where i'm headed
God knows where i've been...
Live-love-life!
Live-love-fight!
Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known, cause I'd have kissed my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her, how much I cared
Or thank my pops for all the talks and all the wisdom he shared
Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine, before I skate off to school
But, who knew that this day wasn't like the rest?
Instead of taking a test, I took two to the chest
Call me blind but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running, but I couldn't hear nothing
Except, gun blasts it happened so fast
I didn't really know this kid though I sit by him in class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment he forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was, I know it's because
chorus:
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world with every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud but no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations, just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her she deserved much better
Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules so you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end they might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt with the sound of a gat
I'm just a loc'd out brother coming straight from S.D.
Just another islander, beaner, wop, minority
Taught to love one another, all races
All types of colors, different skin, different faces
Can you answer my question when I ask you who is right?
Racist come in all forms of colors Black or White
So take what when I say your hatred Sucks
Coming from the H-I-T man swo What's up?
If you ain't down with my white brother,
We ain't down with you
And if you ain't down with my black brother,
Then we ain't down with you
Punk, Punk, Talking that trash
White trash, Black trash, you get a back to back slap
You think I'm soft, then you don't know me
Cause no I don't play that and we're definitely not your Homie
He'll take your pride for a long ride, try and hide
You hate my outside, how bout my inside
It's just me and my boys and we'll hit em up
So bring it on holmes, and we could get em up
Yeah come on y'all, get em up
One for peace, two for love, and three for my G-O-D
Yeah, come on y'all get em up
Get your hands up
One for peace, two for love, and three for my G-O-D
CHORUS:
Tribal warriors!
Where do you stand in this battle cry tribal soldier?
Represent I and I Jah Jah warriors!
REPEAT 4x
The reconstruction commences.
The soldiers equip for the lessons.
My life, a sacrifice is made new through these confessions.
Manifested, this joy is my desire.
Light this fire to flames.
Praise the name Jehovah Jireh.
Is my provider the truth that lives inside this fighter?
Take me higher, Master, Sire makes me a good rider.
I'm gonna ride on down 'til I break through the front lines,
And ain't going home until I gets mines.
CHORUS:
Tribal warriors!
Where do you stand in this battle cry tribal soldier?
Represent I and I Jah Jah warriors!
REPEAT 4x
I grab ahold of my second chance.
This time I'm gonna make it last.
Left the world, came back an outcast.
To lay among the remains,
Through the trials and the pains.
Run for cover, make shelter, uncharted terrains.
Bloodstains light the paths to the ways of living breath.
My soul is put to the test.
Blessed with a mic in my hand.
Jah make straight my steps.
Then I hooked up with Payable On Death.
We flow in unity.
Stand in One while the foolish be,
Lost in this hour.
With power we have authority,
To overcome while these cowards just pick up and run.
Souls black as night
But it's nothing for the children of God to fight
We wrestle not with flesh and blood
But with the principalities fo darkness
So put on your Armor of God
For the day of battle will come
But the victory is already ours
Through Christ in the power of one
chorus
The Power of Christ
Surrounded by the Angels of God
Step to the realm where evil reins
We are soldiers prepared for war
With the power to speak His name
Satan with his legion of demons
Decieving with his wicked ways
With his life He has paid
With his word I will slay
Any demon that steps in my way
So bring it on
It's the P.O.D. on the mic rockin the set
Time goes by and God knows I try to carry on with life
Decide not to hide feelings inside, even though they hurt
Sometimes, I forget to remember you
It's easy to lock away the pains, don't want to relive it through
But I stay strong, you taught me how to move on in this world
I married my sweetheart, even got a little baby girl
I wish you could see her, I swear she looks just like you
If you can hear me, show me a sign, please send her a butterfly or two
chorus:
I'm thinking about forever (missing you)
I know you're so much better (we made it through)
Now I know what it means to live for someone else
To give up yourself
Things have changed, at times it gets kind of strange
Your love remains the same
Do I make you proud? Mama, can you see me now?
Whatever is good in me is because you showed me how to take love by the hand
And so now I can share you with my baby
So that she can understand
I message, written in rhyme, prophetic
Teachers amongst the skeptics and guiding the misdirected
Infected with their lies and their alibis
With their third eye blind, out of line, they try to prophesy
I and I unfold the mysteries told
From the futuristic realms to the days of old
Make straight through the path of the one voice calling
Truth shines, back again two times in the Second Coming
b-section:
I am the Messenjah x 4
chorus:
This I pledge, and I'll take it to my death
I'll lay my life down for you and die over again
I and I, I'm not ashamed of the Most High
Even if I die tonight, if I die tonight
This I pledge, and I'll take it to my death
You can bet your life on my words and everything I said
You can't take away my love for this sacrifice
Even if I die tonight, if I die tonight
True king descendant, master to the apprentice
Pleased to release and reveal in me His presence
Forever blessed, I believe if Jah said it
The word of life came alive in the scriptures ЁC I read it
Welcome to hard times, back again like its never been
For the first time it seem to mess with my head
When I realize what it takes, can I relate
With whatever, but never will it drive me to hate
Could be the next guy that you take before I wake
Now I lay me down to sleep, eyes tight when I pray
This her is real life, circumstances make you think
Should I be counting my blessings, the next second my eyes blink
chorus:
Here in the Southtown you know that kid don't play
Put it down it the streets, will I see another day
If I make it back this time, gots to hold what is mine
And thank God that I made it alive
One love it's easier said than done
Can I rise above anything that gets in my way?
Like words you say, you let your tongue get loose
And when push comes to shove, I'm not used to walking away
I keep on looking up, because these times are getting tough
Tomorrow's gone and it's the same o' song
