've been working so hard. ...'ve been working so hard. ...To push strong 'til th...se there's no place to run. ...You want to walk how you walk? ...Then watch me try to stay how I stayed, ...You want to take from the sand....Gotta maintain motherfucker, ...Gotta stick to these plans, ... enough men needing to soar. ...ther mother'll have to weep ...Maintain... ...How would you like to stick with me? ...ow much do you love to freefall? ...t that I would have to stay ...So near to keep you near. ...How would you like to stick with me? ...And do you love to freefall? ...t that I would have to speak ...So loud for you to hear. ...And I try so hard. ...To maintain. ...And I try so hard. ...To maintain. ...I want to chill for real, ...But I can't seem to escape. ...hat there's no time to wait; ...ee there's no place to run.

To disaster, wish I as...I was meant to live my life caught...hing, it's just try to seperate ...And to break this all down...So I asked the Lord to help me ...But it be hard to maintain and stay peaceful ...If you don't know to tame the devil then...hey don't ever seem to want to come my way (my way...Trying to make it cause my pe...Face to face it's that assa...pain, then ya gotta maintain ...s right they trying to be like Bone and ke...Little Easy fo sho to teach Bone, ...For my journey to keep me strong ...Put em to bed, tuck em tight ...my sis has got Bone to look up to ...verything it brings to me, yeah ...verything it brings to me ...Been a long, hard way ...a long, long, long, hard way ...That's trying to take mine

er football waiting to be tossed in the ga...you're still trying hard to maintain. ...ou gotta be willing to go out and get it. ...Trying to get what you want i...er football waiting to be tossed in the ga...re still struggling hard to maintain. ...ou gotta be willing to go out and get it. ...ou gotta be willing to go out and get it. ...rs if you were just to try. ...ou gotta be willing to go out and get it. ...ou gotta be willing to go out and get it. ...ou gotta be willing to go out and get it.

a gangsta, you want to be a G ...gie, did you listen to the P? ...But if you true to self, G, I got to show you love ...I'm talkin' to my niggas playin' i...And homie, it's hard to maintain ...And homie, it's hard to maintain ...It's all to the G ...You want to be a G, but you ain...Went to high school, droppe...h them brothers had to knew was straight s... mind that you gots to pack the .44 ...uarter on the hood, to stack a end you sla...I used to be a G-sta of em al...se these fools want to maddog, loc ...They used to settle beef just fr...atory, brothas gots to pick a strap up ...ngstas move in town to built the ghetto ba...I used to buck a fool, say "f...The other dialect to put my G into persp...nd all that's bound to scare should come to get their ass colle...You want to get your stripes, s...ial, black G'z need to wake up then

Too late to pray that I'm on it...To have a choice to be who you wants to be ...It's left up to me, and my momma an...I say to have a choice to be who you wants to be ...Is left up to me, and my momma ne...To make you believe, I...Cause I don't want to be alone (I don't want to be alone) ...I don't want to be alone, yeah ... anything I can say to help you find your ...ople keep your head to the sky ...All ya want to do is give the worl...Record label trying to make you compromise...You want to say "Wait!" but you're scared to ask ...Ya try to stay sane that's th...ng your life trying to numb the pain ...Makes it hard to refrain, from the h...Makes it hard to maintain focus ...Cause it's a hard row to hoe ...To your surprise, no o...ng lightning trying to frighten ..., fool I don't want to get it started ... your heels, scared to bust how you feel ...houldn't be allowed to spread semen

Too late to pray that I'm on it...To have a choice to be who you wants to be ...It's left up to me, and my momma an...I say to have a choice to be who you wants to be ...Is left up to me, and my momma ne...To make you believe, I...Cause I don't want to be alone (I don't want to be alone) ...I don't want to be alone, yeah... anything I can say to help you find your ...ople keep your head to the sky...All ya want to do is give the worl...Record label trying to make you compromise...You want to say "Wait!" but you're scared to ask ...Ya try to stay sane that's th...ng your life trying to numb the pain ...Makes it hard to refrain, from the h...Makes it hard to maintain focus ...Cause it's a hard row to hoe ...To your surprise, no o...ng lightning trying to frighten ..., fool I don't want to get it started ... your heels, scared to bust how you feel ...houldn't be allowed to spread semen

From riding skates, to riding 24's ... the block hustlin' to rockin' shows ...And anybody want to see us apart we need to get rid of...We seem to have plenty of frie... comes don't ask me to borrow it back. ...ey don't contribute to the answer ? from t...Not to let another man spa...e was sufferin just to get a nickle sack, ...Change trying to make 2 dollars or 3 to get ... 99 cent hamburgers to eat ...Its hard to maintain and stay sane at th...Working hard but you bareky gett...To make a line between...ten people you need to start helping yo br...And a shoulder to lean on and don't l... cause times gettin hard these days.

Too late to pray that I'm on it...To have a choice to be who you wants to be ...It's left up to me, and my momma an...I say to have a choice to be who you wants to be ...Is left up to me, and my momma ne...To make you believe, I...Cause I don't want to be alone (I don't want to be alone) ...I don't want to be alone, yeah... anything I can say to help you find your ...ople keep your head to the sky...All ya want to do is give the worl...Record label trying to make you compromise...You want to say "Wait!" but you're scared to ask ...Ya try to stay sane that's th...ng your life trying to numb the pain ...Makes it hard to refrain, from the h...Makes it hard to maintain focus ...Cause it's a hard row to hoe ...To your surprise, no o...ng lightning trying to frighten ..., fool I don't want to get it started ... your heels, scared to bust how you feel ...houldn't be allowed to spread semen

It's hard to maintain the pressure on my ...promoted shows it's hard ...I'm true to the game ...So I'm back black, to take charge, and re..., we kick the Hertz to the curb ...d put blunted minds to work ...to you even in my huma...Why do you choose to mimic these wack MC...Why do you choose to listen to R&B? ...Then I begin to walk away and spit

'm writing a letter to say ...It's always been hard to maintain ...ed when they needed to ...I'm finding it hard to explain ...ve written this out to say

Communication is hard to establish ...if somebody else is to blame ...Communication is hard to maintain

is to learn how to pierce stone ...Welcome back to the temple of hip-h...Hard to spot microdots, we ...is style isn't easy to learn ...kill is ill, listen to the guns holler ...Break fool to this, madness, craz...tree from bark, hard to maintain control

Communication is hard to establish...if somebody else is to blame...Communication is hard to maintain

and it's hard to maintain ...are you trying so hard to fit in? ...re the rain refuses to fall ... a man who is ready to die ...believe she's ready to fly

Nothing seemed to change ...No j-o-be to make ends meet ...ginnin I been tryin to get a grip, but I c...nsid is enough shit to hurt ya, it's tortu...hen your mind tries to desert ya, no one to support ya ...Hard times all around ... motherfuckers want to kill me, but that's...her nigga gonna try to (kill Ray) ...So now I'm thinkin to myself is it really...All I want to do is see my son gr...It's hard to maintain and keep a sane fra...I try to escape the mental m...I can't seem to redeem all my tract...fe niggaz around me to be relaxin ...hose who I'm 'posed to trust ...Don't want to but I'll haunt you if I have to bust ...To protect my welfare ...You clowns tryin to bring me down'll ca