Can I Rise-Mathematics

[ti:Can I Rise] [ar:Mathematics] [al:The Problem] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Can I Rise - Mathematics [00:03.42]Yeah it's that pain [00:05.66] [00:06.40]Strongarm Mathematics yeah yo [00:12.62]Sometimes I zone out [00:13.86]Starin' at the wall with the chrome out [00:15.81]I'm broke but I'm black [00:16.80]So I can't take a loan out [00:18.39]Judges sendin' me in [00:19.47]Cases hardly gettin' thrown out [00:20.84]Lost in the system fam [00:22.30]Like I miss 'em [00:23.26]Had a smart mouth [00:24.34]So the gods probably twist 'em [00:25.85]On the floor leaking [00:26.85]Til the meds come and stitch 'em [00:28.45]Little brother got that [00:29.77]Cops pistol whipped 'em [00:31.02]Heard he in the gay house [00:32.38]Faggot ni**a pimpin' him [00:33.58]Thought he was a thug [00:34.75]Look what the world did to him [00:36.01]Everything's changing [00:37.13]Everybody banging [00:38.69]Every where you go in this world [00:40.32]Niggaz hating [00:41.18]Used to kick a** [00:42.22]Now he take it in the anus [00:43.78]Told his moms [00:44.66]Phone hit the floor when she fainted [00:46.35]She a Jehovah witness [00:47.62]She blamin' it on Satan [00:48.79]Both sons locked up [00:49.98]Spend her nights prayin' [00:51.31]Welfare washed up [00:52.70]Living in the basement [00:54.06]Daughter on the strip now [00:55.28]Hoe and for nathin' [00:56.56]Moms got arthritis [00:57.62]Hands keep shaking [00:58.94]Couple months passed [01:00.15]Now she buried in the pavement [01:01.77]Fifteen alcoholic [01:03.07]Whole life wasted [01:04.14]Can I rise And get to the laugh [01:05.86]Through the cries [01:06.50]While I'm alive the projects [01:07.66]The hood through my eyes [01:09.05]No lies people relyin' or just enough cash [01:11.46]To survive I'mma strive [01:12.64]To the top before I die [01:13.96]Can I rise And get to the laugh [01:15.97]Through the cries [01:16.66]While I'm alive the projects [01:17.90]The hood through my eyes [01:19.30]No lies people relyin' or just enough cash [01:21.76]To survive I'mma strive [01:22.84]To the top before I die [01:24.41]Little man again [01:25.17]Tired of people making fun of him [01:26.83]Poppy spaz out [01:27.77]If you put the gun in front of him [01:29.48]O G hustling ni**a [01:30.81]Gave him a pack [01:31.94]Told him to [01:32.64]Hold his head and gave him a gat [01:34.47]Shorty coming through [01:35.54]Whips now we started to stack [01:37.03]Started hanging out with pimps now [01:38.70]Started to mack [01:39.64]Flossin' his lady got pregnant [01:41.29]Had an abortion [01:42.28]Cops raided his crib [01:43.53]Took half of his fortune [01:44.77]The other half that he had [01:46.10]Was the O G 's potion [01:47.18]He's left for nothing thirty thou' [01:48.88]Down the drain [01:49.65]Now he mad the gate [01:51.04]That he fouled the game [01:52.31]He got knocked lost his dough [01:53.91]Write after he lost his hoes [01:55.54]Did a year then they off of parole [01:57.42]Five years it took that [01:58.73]Couldn't wait to get home [02:00.06]But that O G hustler [02:01.57]Was waiting with chrome [02:02.45]He owed him twenty five [02:03.82]Only gave him fifteen [02:04.99]He thought being that he did time [02:06.61]The ni**a wouldn't see him [02:07.55]But he did [02:08.27]Came home and he was waiting in his crib [02:10.40]Came in his door he had his lady [02:11.90]Suckin' his dick [02:12.69]Down to the floor he spazzed out [02:14.35]Thought she was cheating [02:15.32]Til he seen her face was beaten he had no gun [02:17.71]But he did start swinging the O G whistle [02:19.70]Three niggaz came in with pistols poppin' [02:21.96]And left his last words were 'baby I miss you' [02:24.65] [02:25.72]Can I rise [02:26.40]And get to the laugh [02:27.51]Through the cries [02:28.17]While I'm alive the projects [02:29.46]The hood through my eyes [02:30.68]No lies people relyin' or just enough cash [02:33.09]To survive [02:33.77]I'mma strive to the top [02:35.12]Before I die [02:35.73]Can I rise And get to the laugh [02:37.65]Through the cries [02:38.41]While I'm alive the projects [02:39.69]The hood through my eyes [02:40.90]No lies people relyin' or just enough cash [02:43.32]To survive I'mma strive [02:44.50]To the top before I die [02:46.05]Son started rappin at 12 [02:47.24]By 15 he was sick [02:48.45]His whole hood thought he had potential [02:50.08]To be the next B I G [02:50.97]So many rap niggaz [02:52.10]Offered to put him under the table [02:53.62]But he signed with no lawyer [02:55.14]To an underground label [02:56.30]Everything was good at first [02:57.47]So he was feeling the vibe [02:58.77]I mean he knew he was gonna struggle [03:00.26]But he was willing to ride [03:01.31]They had him on some pretty sh*t [03:02.56]And it was killing his pride [03:03.75]But he held it in kept it all hittin' in sides [03:06.49]See he was gutter since birth [03:07.73]He didn't know about flossin' [03:09.08]Coppin' him new Benz [03:10.30]He didn't know it was gon' cost him [03:11.85]He ain't know if he ain't blowin' [03:13.13]He gon' wind up owein' [03:14.26]And that brand new car [03:15.27]They gonna wind up towin' [03:16.64]It's more than music [03:17.59]Everything is based on business [03:19.05]He's a hard headed little ni**a [03:20.70]Never would listen [03:21.70]Signed off his publishing [03:23.01]For half of his spinach [03:24.48]Spaz out on 'em [03:25.46]And his whole career was finished [03:26.86]Til he signed to another label [03:28.28]And repaired his image [03:29.48]Got back on that hard sh*t [03:30.70]They ain't feelin' him now [03:31.87]Hand fools last year [03:33.37]He was killing the crowd [03:34.62]Now he can't even go gold [03:35.81]He gettin' tired of the game [03:37.14]Niggaz makin' fun of his name [03:38.44]He gettin' tired of the shame [03:39.73]Took it out on his dame [03:40.98]Now he locked in the bang it's crazy [03:43.20] [03:45.06]It's how we live yeah [03:46.29] [03:47.32]Can I rise And get to the laugh [03:49.27]Through the cries [03:49.93]While I'm alive the projects [03:51.17]The hood through my eyes [03:52.38]No lies people relyin' or just enough cash [03:54.85]To survive I'mma strive [03:55.99]To the top before I die [03:57.39]Can I rise And get to the laugh [03:59.37]Through the cries [04:00.09]While I'm alive the projects [04:01.44]The hood through my eyes [04:02.68]No lies people relyin' or just enough cash [04:05.05]To survive I'mma strive [04:06.24]To the top before I die [04:07.69]Can I Rise [04:08.46] [04:12.90]Can I Rise