Still Standing-Pharoahe Monch/Jean Grae/M-Phazes/Jill Scott/Skyzoo

Still Standing - M-Phazes This for the soldiers (soldiers) Stay strong my niggaz (gangsters, players) Stay up my niggaz (real niggaz) Verse one: t-mo Leavin the cut in a rage Loadin up my mac, goin to my crib, to get my 12 gauge One of my boys just got shot, huh *****in around, in that million dollar spot A educated brother Didnt have no money for college he was taught the street knowledge Part of the plan To keep us fightin in the street instead of becomin a strong black man Every two weeks I see sam Pitchin out my check with no respect but I still don't give a damn Becaause I gotta make my dough My kill, rocked down, til I started seein cash flow Everything happens for a reason, choose the season To commit the perfect treason Who brought me -- to the land, of unfree man To move about and catch trout, by the dozens Even had my cousin locked down, at the feet shackled A one-way seat, to milledgeville Ni**a this real, how can you kill another When its your brother? still standing Verse two: gipp I never thought about, talked about what I did Just experimented life as a young gump Them days long gone, school bells done rung no mo Spendin hours at the house in my favorite chair Slow mo, custom funk fingerprinted to carry a hucklebuck Feelin stuck with the art that my skin carries, scary If I ever had to plot again, needin my stick ? gidgets to pidgits, moves to philly and the crew? Nothin else to prove, fold a plot like chrome Salt lick teddy bears in the college students room Speed, gipp got that too Watch that dude, inspect that fool, still standing Chorus: all together Unscathed, cause this is pain This for soldiers to feel Mcs, are running out of things to say Radio stations are running out of songs to play Still standing, unscathed, cause of pain This for soldiers to feel Mcs, are running out of things to say Radio stations are running out of songs to play Verse three: khujo On the sick side, of south central 33rd avenue, block 600 Workers have wash and car details The eses got the fresh chevrolets for sale Twenty gs or better, the whole neighborhood tanked up What? on the fortress walls, there is no letters Buddha say, the bloods are strictly outnumbered They beseiged, on the beats, goodie mo-b, run the creeps Yall can have the streets, asphault caught many suckers Slippin on wet floors, we puttin out the signs On krokers, c-i, t-y, such a pity Bein suckled dry, like a newborn On his mommas titty before I retired I hit twenty True to cellulite with big ? room pesquite? on the porch Poundin, like cartoon ennis, old school efforts Through the sunday down, crenshaw sparkin Zoned out, off the ink, for life Goin through time and metal detectors, I can't take my weapon And I can't be no d**e dealer Cause they be done put a hit out on a ni**a, plus I can't keep up With them keys, locked in the fo-do Backseat drivers havin out-of-body experiences Wakin up, somewhere else... still standing Verse four: cee-lo Yeah.. Each and every element that exists in this Universe is manifested from a thought first Through the inner minds eye of the unseen power in the sky Gave birth to mother earth and all its worth to you and i This most loved invention, my conciousness is an extension Of him, yet I'm flesh and bone with a mind of my own To dig deeper than the surface, whether I learn From your upcomings or your downfalls we all have individual purpose Its amazing, how the streets do the majority of raising Of children who end up dead before hearing what you said And its sad, so all I can write about is what I had Interpretations of life good and bad with a pen and pad It seems like abortion, when I just write a small portion Its either crumpled up or torn without lettin the thought be born Young minded, and blinded in those days; I didnt want to Have a thought that I couldn't raise, nurture, and care for Be there for, help prepare for, the times ahead When someone doesn't agree with what is said, huh And if they did, don't get all arrogant cause thats my kid Just be thankful that its good and somebody overstood Now, the listener in here want the same flow but I gotta let it grow Clever enough to let it go, if I don't wanna rap no mo And Ill make sure that no one ever forgets Its immortalized forever, on wax cds and casettes And when someone goes to the store and purchases it for ten The life cycle starts all over again And I was granted this music as my soulmate, to procreate And give back what I was given, a life worth livin And i, am still standing, unscathed Pain is for suckers to feel Mcs are running out of things to say, and Radio stations running out of songs to play, sh*t! We still standing, unscathed And pain is for suckers to feel, huh And mcs running out of things to say...