[00:09.95]Produced by: Nottz [00:24.09] [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] [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] [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] [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] [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] [04:42.45]It's the end of a day [04:47.79]And I made it this far [04:50.03]