| [00:09.95] | Produced by: Nottz |
| [00:24.09] | <Intro - Sample from "Pretty Flower" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes> |
| [00:28.59] | It's the end of a day |
| [00:34.12] | And I made it this far |
| [00:39.58] | But what will tomorrow, bring for me-eeeee? |
| [00:47.80] | <Verse 1> |
| [00:48.47] | Further than they ever thought |
| [00:49.94] | I made it this far learnin what they never taught |
| [00:52.52] | Fingers is permanently curved, they forever crossed |
| [00:55.19] | The cloud said I'm not alone if I ever walk |
| [00:57.81] | But it's easy to fall victim, harder to brush it off |
| [01:00.65] | When any dream you dreamed will probably run along |
| [01:03.78] | Time flies when you starin at the stars |
| [01:06.28] | But time dies when you clear away your heart |
| [01:08.82] | And **** seein facades, none of that is payin |
| [01:11.48] | Neither is complainin, just thank God you made it |
| [01:13.92] | But what if you didn't make it? What if this whole time |
| [01:16.61] | Everything that you made, was a product of closed eyes |
| [01:19.18] | And by the time you wake, the time that you had prayed |
| [01:21.90] | Will still be on your side, took the time to fly away |
| [01:25.05] | And before you even get to reflect |
| [01:27.05] | The minute hands is walkin and you missin your steps |
| [01:29.80] | Huh, it's ironic ain't it? You could try to wait it |
| [01:32.79] | But there ain't enough colors for you to try to paint it |
| [01:35.46] | So tryin to explain it to anyone'll get 'em lost |
| [01:38.06] | And points don't exist if they don't ever get across |
| [01:40.65] | Mama said it's up to me to keep the lights on |
| [01:43.32] | I said "cool, long as God keep the mics on" |
| [01:45.98] | I could speak the right song or sing the right poem |
| [01:48.63] | And I could find a way to light home |
| [01:50.89] | <Hook> |
| [01:51.25] | I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
| [01:53.19] | I just maintain |
| [01:55.90] | I maintain, I maintain |
| [01:58.31] | As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
| [02:01.05] | I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
| [02:04.96] | I just maintain |
| [02:06.24] | I maintain, I maintain |
| [02:08.96] | As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
| [02:11.74] | <Verse 2> |
| [02:12.24] | The sacrificial lamb, the carrier of loads |
| [02:14.67] | Who showed no pain 'til he was carryin 'em home |
| [02:17.31] | Who showed no gain but if you added up his growth |
| [02:19.88] | It would show, that it was off balance from the go |
| [02:22.48] | And from the go, chance wasn't nothin that he knew |
| [02:25.16] | Nothin that he was given or nothin he could have blew |
| [02:27.79] | And the road was too dark that he wanted to lead |
| [02:30.36] | But he said he saw better when his son was asleep |
| [02:32.95] | So he starts footsteppin and he saw another set |
| [02:35.70] | On the right and then he saw another on the left |
| [02:38.22] | And every night, he's judgin off a coin toss |
| [02:40.81] | Clearin the way so that nothin throw the coin off |
| [02:43.38] | When a decision is decided, he's either tryin to hide it |
| [02:46.20] | Or lookin for somebody that he could ride with |
| [02:48.37] | Slow breathin, goin for evens tryin to break the odds |
| [02:51.26] | So close to a murder he could taste the charge |
| [02:54.14] | But, people's lives depended on what he scribes |
| [02:56.79] | So now his pen move differently and in time |
| [02:59.36] | The pad may fill but the pen'll never drive |
| [03:02.01] | So as long as there's a wall, he could penmanship his mind |
| [03:04.81] | It sort of like coppin |
| [03:06.01] | You only get half of what you wanted when you asked but you can't seem |
| [03:08.67] | To stop it |
| [03:10.64] | I told 'em it's just the problems we face |
| [03:12.63] | Sittin on a stoop, starin up at God everyday |
| [03:15.22] | But I felt like I was talkin to someone who couldn't hear me |
| [03:17.93] | Until I looked up and I saw that the one near me |
| [03:20.48] | Who was lookin for advice was in common |
| [03:22.78] | I just wasn't lookin at 'em right and his problems |
| [03:25.05] | Was similar, too similar, way too familiar |
| [03:28.48] | Lookin into his eyes, was lookin into a mirror |
| [03:31.05] | Tryin not to break it, along with who I be |
| [03:33.64] | Saw that the whole time I was arguin with me (*echo*) |
| [03:56.20] | <Hook> |
| [03:57.81] | I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
| [03:59.91] | I just maintain |
| [04:02.36] | I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:04.87] | As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
| [04:07.54] | I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:10.37] | I just maintain |
| [04:12.85] | I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:15.51] | As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
| [04:18.36] | I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:20.90] | I just maintain |
| [04:23.44] | I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:26.04] | As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
| [04:28.89] | I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:32.53] | I just maintain |
| [04:34.07] | I maintain, I maintain |
| [04:36.88] | As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
| [04:41.06] | <Outro - Sample from "Pretty Flower" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes> |
| [04:42.45] | It's the end of a day |
| [04:47.79] | And I made it this far |
| [04:50.03] |
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