And I rise with my eyes on the prize / so much hate inside, might be my demise / but I can live with that on my mind / my life of crime, never doing time / never stabbed nobody in the back to get mine / this is my life, get it right / I got to get it right, I got to get it right / I got to get it right, I got to get it right / I got to get it right / this is my life, let me rise.

I look in the mirror and realize that it ain't me / I'm so lost up in the storm that I can't see / all that people see is that my anger consumes me / they don't try to calm me down, they just stay away from me / my guard is back up and I'm ready to fight / and if I destroy these demons, then comes the light / everything that I've done, I've tried to make right / but it still feels like the Devil's running at me with a knife / I started praying to God at night to steer me right / ask him for forgiveness and sometimes he replies / he comes to me, protects me, while I sleep at night / produces dreams of hope, I finally have the heart to fight / but it feels like people are laughing at me, cracking jokes / me against the world until I choke / so I strap up, ready for war, here I come / you better take Nas' advice and get yourself a gun.

I'm a little too old for the games and fun / flashing a 45 will make a mothaf*** er run / I'm like a dog, I'll f*** ing chase you down, take you down / kick you a couple of times before I put a bullet in your crown / and smile at your family as they frown / just laughing about the sh** that just went down / because I do the same sh** over a pound / so what if you turn my friends against me, it's not the first time I've dealt with enemies / won't be the last time that I make them bleed / just make them think twice before they even f*** with me / I was raised by a thug and I'll die by the gun / taking a bullet in the head ain't sh** to me, son / because I'll still get love even after I'm done / whether or not I get laid out by a b*** ass punk / please forgive me 'cause I had to clear my head / and if I don't somebody may end up dead.

Please believe I meant every word said / still won't hesitate to leave a body filled with lead / if you really want to push me then push me / wouldn't be the first time I pulled some skirt up to show some pussy / I be like... ooh looky looky, dog you smell some pussy / yeah, this mothaf*** er just had to push me / when I'm not around these b*** es like to ramble / stammering mothaf*** ers even tried to catch me on camera / but you turned me back to the old me / I'm feeling sorry for you, should've never even thought about f*** ing with me / I'm a king with the ability to make my enemies feel some things / greed, jealousy, pain, and fear, their hearts filled with envy / so they duck behind corners plotting on me / schemes of getting rich by robbing me / mad 'cause I do what I do, how I do / when I do, act a fool, jealous 'cause I do what I choose.