DEFENDER'S RAP

• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say
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• Look
• My older homie said
• This life here what you make it, the hustle part of the game
• So I grind to feed these babies ain't thinkin no whip or chain
• Now since a youngin I been cursed with this cursin to show the rage
• Papa a rolling stone and my mama fell for the 'caine
• (Oh lord)
• I learned as a youngin to let it bang
• Swear my mama taught this knuckle procedure, that's all she gave
• Turned a boy into a man with this evil latched on the brain
• Like something straight out a movie, promise it's how it came
• Cause my man got popped, then my shorty got knocked
• Was blessed with a little girl, but now my grandma heart stopped
• Put a pistol to my dome, couldn't execute with the shot
• Now back to square one gotta get it straight off the block
• Barber told me give it to God; my questions over the top
• Steady chippin at these chains just to break the circle of life
• See my, ball of confusion uniquely tailored from pain
• But I'm tryna get it right so my babies won't face the same, lord
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• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say
• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say
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• Yeah
• Currently unemployed, anything but overjoyed
• Searching frantically for something useful that can fill the void
• Need some peace and quiet, sick and tired of all this fucking noise
• Think my heart is getting colder than the wind in Illinois
• Running through the six--pack of beer to wash away my woes
• When I'm sober, they come back over that's the way it goes
• Never ending cycle, everyday I see the Irish Rose
• Will I ever make it? I guess only my Creator knows
• Do we choose our own destiny or is it predetermined
• Does God already know my thoughts 'fore I decide my purpose
• Wonder if He already knows the job that I'll be working
• If that's the case, I wish I knew then I'd apply in person
• And get hired the same day, provide for my lady
• And have enough sustenance for thousands of babies
• And purchase enough weapons to guarantee safety
• Just a little taste of what I've been thinking about lately
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• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say
• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say
• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say
• One step forward, two steps back
• Put in overtime just to make up for that
• I must be careful not to lose my way
• I got too much to lose do you hear what I say