Higher
By: LiveNLearn
Duration
4:14
Genres
Lyrics
I was born the block, were they'll spray before pay you/ these jobs obsolete, aint no food on the table/ and though the schools raised you, they ain't there save you/ society killed you off before it made you/ a slave too, linked in the system/ go to work, make money, sleep then rerinse/ them dreams, of being more than product/ judge by your appearance rather than by conduct/ mine struck a note when they said the government debt/ cuz lookin around my hood and I ain't seen cash yet/ a sure bet, to fall into system/ nobody will missem cuz everyone is wit him/ and I guess thats why noone lets college loose/ delusion always better than the truth/ but they say the truth is better than a lie/ and I must agree, cuz I seen too many struggle in streets, so/ I met dude who said that he hopes to see 25/ I ain't heard from him again hope he still alive/ Sometimes I wish, yall can see through my eyes/ cuz we drowin on the lows and we floatin on highs/ ain't tryna make it right, just makin you aware/ cuz its almost at a point you don't notice its there/ and you live life complainin, economy there is drainin/ and you sitten on an island, no wonder resort prayin/ and if you did make it, hope ya head on str8/ just to Busta Rhyme, hope ya neck don't break/ and phone bills late, cuz these student loan rates/ never make student safe, to believe he can dream higher than his circumstance/ glad I had some idols who were worth glance/ and people who believe I was worth a chance/ n since we all human, we got somthin to contribute/ so I hope ya dreams never out live you, just
