living to die dying to live the oldest cliches in the book that i know we'll never outlive no i'll never out give the life that grandma gave i know she's resting in glory i know my mind has been made i'm going for gold going till broke going a thousand days i really hope all the stragglers float and to all those that we left behind well we left behind a note and it reads: "swallow regret and choke" may all your pain be rain and all your names changed to match the look on your faces au revoir till we meet again do you believe in heaven? can't you feel the hell? they'll gun me down in the streets 'fore i step in a cell 'fore i leave from this earth i'll leave you with this question: would you give up your comfort for insurmountable pressure? if you knew that you had the power to change it all would you give up your life? would you answer the call?

they say a picture's worth a thousand words my life's worth a thousand days if you find that perfect girl show her love a thousand ways I've told you a thousand times that I am merely a man You're never ready for the real world even with a thousand days to plan man and so now I'm praying for my enemies Who pack a thousand bullets may they shoot but never enter me Enter me via all the words that I have written down my ex is still texting me I swear she's still tripping out I swear I've walked a thousand miles met a thousand people too none of them compare and most definitely can't equal to You You've put a thousand smiles on my face and you've never held me back you know I got dreams to chase I got a thousand places that I need to be I got a thousand text messages I need to read I got a thousand sunsets that I've yet to see I'm a sinner a thousand deaths were meant for me but I've been told a thousand lies I'd be a failure if it wasnt for that thousandth try And for every time i've made you smile There's a trail of my mistakes spanning a thousand miles oh yes pictures worth a thousand words grinding for a thousand days you don't work you don't eat Sitting on the couch don't pay I am on my thousandth stage this might be my thousandth song for every time I got it right There's a thousand times I got it wrong Wrong are the ones that thought I'd finish last or never finish I'm finished with dwelling on past Now let us see what the future holds I'm trying to see a thousand cities And cross a thousand roads Trying to make a thousand friends But I'll keep my circle tight knit Intricately woven and chosen they've been hand picked and they soldiers they Fought a thousand wars with me seen a thousand casualties stop and mourn with me But rarely do I shed a tear Live for something die for something may I live a thousand years through the legacy I leave behind there's a thousand stars in my city that need to shine There's a thousand mouths to feed maybe I'll reach a few These preachers screaming out they lungs but barely reach a pew and I'm barely waking up My moment of clarity I need a prayer I got a thousand people there for me but I've been told a thousand lies I'd be a failure if it wasnt for that thousandth try And for every time i've made you smile There's a trail of my mistakes spanning a thousand miles oh yes pictures worth a thousand words grinding for a thousand days you don't work you don't eat Sitting on the couch don't pay I am on my thousandth stage this might be my thousandth song for every time I got it right There's a thousand times I got it wrong

I see things differently this is how its meant to be they shooting slugs and i hope that every bullet is meant for me gifted since the age of three mom could see it in my eyes she told me i could be anything that i wanted no disguise no never compromise or settle for nothing lesser got Texas with me and 25 lighters on my dresser yessir there's a thousand ways to lose your life your direction and your soul can vanish in a single night but i will never lose the war fight for my family and my city what's the final score? we on top again more pressure no oxygen more bodies to count stack em up targets lock em in let them fall let them die let them rest in shallow graves lustful hearts gluttons eye burning in a jealous rage let them fall let them die let them sleep in pools of blood nobody is coming up nobody that you can trust trust that's a word i seldom trust life well see my days are far too rushed and her love for me is much and her skin so smooth when touched and the air is getting colder i can't layer up enough ski mask and a blazer with a hoodie underneath it all january winds had hit my face i couldn't speak at all no i couldn't sleep at all 5am turned into 8 i'll probably die when i'm thirty-three living at this rate like Jesus did trying to live like Jesus die haven't healed the sick or the blind or strengthened your weaknesses maybe i'll be betrayed maybe i'll die for that embrace the love ignore the hate don't pay no mind to that but i will never lose the war fight for my family and my city what's the final score? we on top again more pressure no oxygen more bodies to count stack em up targets lock em in let them fall let them die let them rest in shallow graves lustful hearts gluttons eye burning in a jealous rage let them fall let them die let them sleep in pools of blood nobody is coming up nobody that you can trust

i've been hanging on by a prayer hanging on by a thread hanging on by a dream dangling off the and if i lose my grip watch me slip let me fall i will still reach the finish line if i crawl i'm hoping you think about me hope you wish me the best i'm hoping i find the words i need to get off my chest aim for my head or chest if you're wishing me death wish no evil upon me just empty that clip instead i'm a step away from a failure day away from success i've been learning to bite the bullet thrive when i'm under stress never suffered a loss that i couldn't have learned from you win some you lose some you spend some you earn some this passion that i burn from watch it all consume me see me up on t.v. tell em all that you knew me Lord promise to use me or render me useless i'm hanging on for life point me to where the truth is and the truth is i never thought i had it in me to do this i want the grey skies of dallas illuminated the grey skies of dallas illuminated yeah yeah now see the truth is i got this feeling i can't afford to lose it i want the grey skies of dallas illuminated the grey skies of dallas illuminated if you're hanging on by a prayer or hanging on by a thread the difficulty's determined by how you angle your head keep your head to the stars i know you'll make it alive plus what's the worst that could happen? you lose it all then you die? laugh in the face of danger laugh in the face of death laugh at all of your burdens and laugh when you see your ex laugh at her new man laugh at his new girl this morning i saw the city i swear its a new world my kicks are brand new my tank is in the middle when i look at my life my problems become little ha...and when my money's so big i'll buy my girl a ring and my parents a new crib yeah...that all my people can live in i don't know how to cook but i know i can make a living yeah...i mean we all gotta dream right? things go wrong so long nothing else seems right and the truth is i never thought i had it in me to do this i want the grey skies of dallas illuminated the grey skies of dallas illuminated yeah yeah now see the truth is i got this feeling i can't afford to lose it i want the grey skies of dallas illuminated the grey skies of dallas illuminated yeah...i mean we all gotta dream right? things go wrong so long nothing else seems right

don't let me down don't let me sink don't let me drown don't let me blink now let me think but not too much if i told you that i see you in my dreams would you blush? if i told you that i loved you would you say you feel the same? i just wanna take your picture and hang it in a frame i just wanna take a break take a breather take a seat i've been laying in the sun bu i can't feel any heat all those monsters below your bed are monsters inside your head you fight and struggle with life you seek the comfort of death praying for inner peace praying yourself to sleep i'm standing inside the fire but i can feel no heat its a cold world cold world way down to the core of it don't you go giving your heart away to anyone unless you're sure of it don't you go living a lie living a lie you can't escape cause i know i'm willing to die give up my life that's what it takes its a cold world cold world way down to the core of it don't you go giving your heart away to anyone unless you're sure of it don't you go living a lie living a lie you can't escape cause i know i'm willing to die give up my life that's what it takes don't let me down don't let me sink don't let me drown don't let me blink now let me think but not too much i've been seeing better days but i still ain't seen enough yeah the winter's almost over let me sleep until its gone close the curtains close my brain play the music play the song i just wanna waste away i just wanna bundle up i was born to take the lead but i'm stuck as runner up all those monsters below your bed are monsters inside your head you fight and struggle with life you seek the comfort of death praying for inner peace praying yourself to sleep i'm standing inside the fire but i can feel no heat its a cold world cold world way down to the core of it don't you go giving your heart away to anyone unless you're sure of it don't you go living a lie living a lie you can't escape cause i know i'm willing to die give up my life that's what it takes its a cold world cold world way down to the core of it don't you go giving your heart away to anyone unless you're sure of it don't you go living a lie living a lie you can't escape cause i know i'm willing to die give up my life that's what it takes all those monsters below your bed are monsters inside your head you fight and struggle with life you seek the comfort of death praying for inner peace praying yourself to sleep i'm standing inside the fire but i can feel no heat