Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah We are taking it easy Bright and breezy, yeah We are living it up Just fine and dandy, yeah And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep No it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all Coz we are so young now, we are so young, so young now And when tommorow comes, we can do it all again We are chasin' the moon Just running wild and free We are following through Every dream and every need And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep No it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all Coz we are so young now, we are so young, so young now And when tommorow comes, we can do it all again Yeah, we are so young now, we are so young, so young now And when tommorow comes, we'll just do it all again All again, all again, yeah, all again, all again..., Yeah, Yeah, Yeah So young now, we are so young, so young now And when tommorow comes, we'll just do it all again Yeah, we are so young now, we are so young, so young now And when tommorow comes, we'll just do it all again We are so young... (Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah-ie Yeah) We are so young... (Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah-ie Yeah)
Don’t let nobody tell you otherwise Listen to your heart And let your dreams fly Never give it up, up, up And even when you fog it up and give another try Never give it up, up, up You gotta beat it And when it rains it pours just stay the course Yeah, and even when you think nobody cares You gotta believe it gets better
When nothing’s gone right And the light just won’t brighten up You got nothing left in your fight Don’t you give it up, yeah
Nobody’s gonna hold me down You gotta understand We only have one life We only have one life I keep my feet upon the ground I gotta realize We only have one life We only have one life We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Yes, we gotta make it work Yes, we gotta make it work We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Yes, we gotta make it work Yes, we gotta make it work
While looking at the old me And thinking back on stuff that all my teachers told me You know it put that fire in my eyes And though I'm blind to the future, I'mma do it 'cause I owe me You know, this grind is my religion Got tired of modest living, survival was my upbringing And my sky, it has no limit, my time is all I'm giving
When nothing’s gone right And the light just won’t brighten up You got nothing left in your fight Don’t you give it up
Nobody’s gonna hold me down You gotta understand We only have one life Only have one life
I keep my feet upon the ground I gotta realize We only have one life We only have one life We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Yes, we gotta make it work Yes, we gotta make it work We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Yes, we gotta make it work Yes, we gotta make it work
You're only getting one life, so live it up You're only getting one life, don't give it up You’re only getting one life so pick it up And give it all you got 'cause all you get is one life
Nobody’s gonna hold me down You gotta understand We only have one life We only have one life
I keep my feet upon the ground/the ground I gotta realize We only have one life We only have one life We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Yes, we gotta make it work Yes, we gotta make it work We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Yes, we gotta make it work Yes, we gotta make it work
1993, shortly before Thanksgiving I got the call, she said Jamal Derek is not longer living Softly she spoke, is this a joke? Man you gotta be kidding As my question was raised this explanation was given A meaningless death made me question the meaning of life Does my body remain at rest like when I'm sleeping at night? Will I burn in eternal hell or will I find paradise? Be rejected or ressurected like the body of Christ? Is it like purgatory, the story described by the Catholics? Or Nirvana that Buddhists honor in both theory and practice? Like I study in my college philosophy classes Or do my molecules and atoms travel back to the gases? I mean, what I like to know, is where my spirit goes? After the curtains close, on my final show? Is there a pain it brings? Enjoy my favorite things? Visit ancient kings? Hear the angels sing? Who'll answer these said the great MCs My man Grym is battling a debilitating disease He said you see a brother like me is willing to fight And everytime I question death my only answer is life
[Chorus: Esthero] One life, yeahhh And my God will set me free Am I living in this moment Am I living righteously It gets haaarrdddd But I know I got to keep on I'm trying so hard to be strooonnnggg
[Verse Two: Poetic] Paralyzed on the bathroom floor by pain Last month I endured, but now I can't ignore Feels like railroad spikes being stuck in my liver Am I dying? Eyes crying, body starting to shiver Crawl upstair from the basement calling my sister (Sniff) Dawn help me, I ain't feeling too healthy Stomach walls burning, head spinning and turning Waiting for the EMS; 3:10 in the morning Rush me to the emergency screaming like a newborn The pain's too strong maybe my soul's trying to move on They hook me to the I.V., put me through some X-Rays Gave me Demerol to kill the pain that was the next phase Early the next day in the hospital roomMoms and pops in the room, three or four docs in the room Test results suggest your colon and your liver Is so cancerous you got three months left Me and Death is playing chess ever since then My strength is the most high, my fam and close friends The Last Emp and Set Free blessed me with a verse Staying healthy comes first Look at me things could be worst
Now here, you go again, you say, you want your freedom Well, who am I to keep you down It's only right that you should play the way you feel it But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness Like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost
Yeah, thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playin' Yeah women, they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know You'll know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal vision I keep my visions to myself But it's only me that wants to be wrap around your dreams And have you any dreams, you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had, yeah And what you lost
Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playin' Yeah women, they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
Yeah, thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Yeah women, they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
The evening fell just like a star
Left a trail behind
You spit as you slammed out the door
If this is love we're crazy
As we fight like cats and dogs
But I just know there's got to be more
So please call me, baby
Wherever you are
It's too cold to be out walking in the streets
We do crazy things when we're wounded
Everyone's a bit insane
I don't want you catching your death of cold
Out walking in the rain
I admit that I ain't no angel
I admit that I ain't no saint
I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind
If I exorcise my devils
Well my angels may leave too
When they leave they're so hard to find
(Chorus)
We're always at each other's throats
It drives me up the wall
Most of the time I'm just blowing off steam
And I wish to God you'd leave me
And I wish to God you'd stay
Life's so different than it is in your dreams
