Performed by Left Eye featuring Blaque
From Left Eye's 2001 album, Supernova.
Chorus (Blaque):
Keep you head to the sky
Live your life, reach high
Wipe your tears, don't cry
You will make it if you try
(Repeat)
Verse One:
To all my lil' shorties comin' up in school
Don't forget what they said about the Golden Rule
Do unto others as you would have them
Do unto you
Your life is what you make it
And that's the truth
And if you don't know what I'm talkin' 'bout
Let lesson number-one be
You better watch what's comin' out your mouth
'Cause while you're talkin' 'bout your friends
Know the messages you send
Got a real funny way
Of comin' back again
I know that life can a struggle, a struggle, a struggle
You're stayin' in and out of trouble, of trouble, of trouble
But the youths killin' our youths
What's up with that?
You're feelin' used and abused
Wanna strike back?
Well, do yourself a favor
Take the anger
Flip it around
I'm tellin' you that it'll save ya
There's more to life
Than you may ever know
But you must recognize
What it means to grow
Chorus
Verse Two (Natina of Blaque):
In the midst of all the confusion
Burned bridges turn into bruises
I conjure flames out in fusion
Mental combustion to music
Compels the demons to shatter
Misconstrued the fantastic
Imagine how clear it's like plastics
Time to fault the unnatural
Copin' and dealin' makin' me feel like I'm about to burn
Any second
Losin' the feelin' like life's depressin'
Generations are burnin'
And people ain't the same no more
For real, 'cause he drop, she drop
What happened to the fall will rise?
Instead of encouragement
We encourage pride
If you instill the blessing in return
It's not for no lie
Unfold your eyes
Don't be blinded
By the pain
And the tears you never dried
Realize peer pressures
Of our young adolescents
Bulletproof vestin'
Searchin' for questions
We tell 'em everything but the truth
For instance, there's a brighter side
Squash the bullshit and you'll be all right
And we'll make it to that other side
Chorus
Verse Three:
Now as we step into the light
And grab the mic
Let's try to know the difference
Between wrong and right
You know they're listenin' to everything that we recite
But if it's glistenin', that makes is aight?
We got shorties on the blocks
Throwin' glocks
Believe it or not
We raised the last generation through hip-hop
Can't forget about Playstation
It don't stop
What's wrong with the nation?
It's flip-flop
But we can turn it all around
Startin' with the sound
Spread love from rock and roll
To the underground
We gotta take control
Of our mind, body and soul
Never fold, never fold, never fold
Then let the truth be told
Let it go
Let it show
Open your mouth
And let it flow
Into the depths of the blackest hole
Where you'll find rainbows
And a pot of gold
Chorus