It's all that I can do
to keep on trying
All that I can do
to keep from lying
With my inside on the outside
you know just how I feel
Do I scare you like I scare myself?
I'm just trying to keep it real
In a world where only money
is the major of a man
Hanging on the pride
is like watering a desert sand
So I'm trying to look for meaning
in this crazy life
But it's so hard
you know the way I feel
I'm just trying to keep it real
They say look to the future
but sometimes you gotta look back
They say just the way you've been
and keep yourself on track
I know that all the anger
was a hurting on my soul
but watching breathe become a gun--
it's so hard to keep it real
It's all that I can do
to keep on trying
All that I can do
to keep from lying
with my inside on the outside
you know just how I feel
Do I scare you like I scare myself?
I'm just trying to keep it real