Tupac Feat. Eminem - One Day At A Time lyrics

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Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the mornin'<br />

Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear 'em anymore<br />

Got me heartbroken, fine, so many babies screamin'<br />

'Cause they seein' destruction before they a see human bein'<br />

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So they start smokin' weed, we'll never get our day<br />

Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape<br />

'Cause they all broke an' why do ghetto birds die?<br />

Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in guns<br />

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Smokin' weed can all make a change<br />

So I'm told but I haven't seen the change unfold<br />

I keep hopin' please, if you prefer to breathe<br />

Communities in need of people that will lead<br />

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Keep your eyes open now, can only say I'll try<br />

Until the day I die, I promise to be wise<br />

With my heart open, greed brings only misery<br />

A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free<br />

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Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens, rise<br />

Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die<br />

For the door to open wide, my brothers be wise<br />

Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies<br />

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We can only learn to take our anger an' our hate<br />

Control our mental state, settle down an' just set it straight<br />

Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump our brakes<br />

'For we said it, regret it later an' let it escalate<br />

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'Cause by then it's too just late, there's so much we can take<br />

And there's only so much someone can swallow an' tolerate<br />

Up to the point that he just breaks, snaps an' that's all it takes<br />

You'd think that we was learnin' from other rappers mistakes<br />

But we ain't<br />

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It's plain to go against, with every artists comes the image<br />

He portrays an' a picture that he paints<br />

But in the midst of all this anger an' this angst<br />

Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster<br />

An' I ain't hear no complaints<br />

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But I know that I will always continue to grow<br />

As long as I lead an' never follow no one else's shadow<br />

There will never be another me an' that I can guarantee<br />

That's why the fuck I remain sucker free<br />

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To this day the game will never be the same<br />

No matter how much fame or success they attain<br />

There will never be another me an' no matter what they do<br />

There will never be another you<br />

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You can search but you'll never find<br />

You can try to rewind time<br />

But in your hearts an' your minds, we will never die<br />

We are forever alive an' we continue growin' one day at a time<br />

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Don't be caught in the publicity an' caught in the hype<br />

Rappers are regular people minus money an' light<br />

Searchin' for fortune an' fame an' super stardom<br />

All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest<br />

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Now the hip hop police, the villains is watchin'<br />

An' kids think beef is they only option<br />

Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged<br />

My memories could die but Makaveli lives on<br />

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You think the industry is fun an' no pity with guns<br />

An' when your money is up, that's when your enemies come<br />

So if he died an' came back, would he try to save rap?<br />

We needin' a change, the drama remains<br />

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I spent my whole life fightin' myself<br />

That I can't win, so I'm invitin' some help<br />

An' every now an' then I take rights from the left<br />

I'm still just like a kid lookin' for stripes on my belt<br />

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An' that there is a fight in itself<br />

So I just pray an' hope God take a like to myself<br />

No matter how much, I try stay alive<br />

I'm gonna die mad, still standin' there in love with my pride<br />

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My heart frivolous beats, we past that<br />

I'm tryin' to keep some income comin' in an' collect on my ass cap<br />

The rappers in the game ain't changed<br />

An' I finally realized that we not in the same game<br />

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The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal wit it<br />

Them 4 5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it<br />

The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier<br />

Gotta stay leery an' keep your eyes on the rollers<br />

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They do what they gotta do to shackle an' hold us<br />

So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin'<br />

One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind<br />

An' we continue growin' one day at a time, damn