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[Hook]
So I wake up in the morning, get on my knees and pray
....Thank God for the day
Thank you for the struggle, thank you for the pain
....Cause I wouldn't have it any other way
So I wake up in the morning, get on my knees and pray
Thank the man up stairs for the day
For the frustration, and especially for the pain
....Cause I wouldn't have it any other way

[Verse]
The last time I seen 'Pac, I was staring in the mirror
Facing Henny to my uncle's name, that thug life
Wipe the tears from my mama's face on the rough nights
Like smile for me Ma, cuz we gon b aight
I promise, til they put me in a box, I got us
And let this 38 be my witness
Empty the clip on anybody tryna go against us
Like hit em up n tell the judge give me a life sentence
Cuz das light compared to 500 plus years in the system
Like what good is having laws of all they finna do is bend em?
In they're own favor...so nigga motherfuck forgiveness
I talk that shit cuz I remember...
I remember having no lights, n dry cereal for dinner
Moms ain't eating, lemme really paint the picture
Kids teasing bout ur sneakers and ur stitches cuz they're hand-me-downs
Pops was missing, no heat in the winter
Can't sleep cuz of the chinchis, constant scratching and itching
Let me paint it for u
Nah, for real, let me paint it for u
Can't walk the streets cuz police constantly tripping
Tweaking on u, all cuz of ur skin's pigment
But fuck the bullshit, ain't gon never catch me slipping
That's that rider's ambition
....Poetry, power, and pistols
....My lyrics my ammunition

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from Poetry, Power, & Pistols EP, released November 5, 2016

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Zachary Peterson Centreville, Virginia

Born and raised in the #DMV. Just a young man that loves to make music. All in all, my music is my bio.

I produce, engineer my own music, rap, and croon (for lack of better words, but I wouldn't call it singing) on occasion.

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