Though I never pray God reigns today Let's be, let's be love And if I never stand on another corner trying hard to be a father If I never need again I'll find that sleep again Oh, once you crawl in, you never come back again Oh, and once you crawl in,

I can't keep calm, I can't keep still I forget all that I've been taught Pulled apart against my will And I'm caught It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do To try and keep from calling you Well, can my dreams keep coming true How can they, cause when

It's never too late Maybe we'll turn it all around 'Cause it's not too late Even if I say It'll be alright Still I hear you say You want to end your life Now and again we try To just stay alive

Know me, you know, me You know me, you know me Every time you try to forget who I am I'll be right there to remind you again You know me (pow! pow!), you know me 'mind them that they know me Oh, na-na-na-na-na-na

I'm the illest Cause I'm the illest Yeah, say it (say it) uh-huh I gotta be a ill nigga, with no denyin How the FUCK I get this crowd movin without even tryin? Made it out the projects, against all odds

I will rise Here in the deep below I’m just trying to hold on I’m falling in the dark below I feel I’m falling in the big unknown I will rise again Only love could bring us Bring us to this bitter plane And only one of us who’s gonna walk away

Is it in you to be honest? Say what it is you’re trying to say, But if you lie to me again. I'll be the one that walks away. Is it in you to be honest? Honest. We don’t communicate can you not say what’s on your mind? And I see it every day you hide the

If I recover, will you take me back again? I'm just another, trying hard to fit right in But my photographs remind me of who I used to be If only I could go back when I, I was me "One step at a time", they say "One trip, and you're back that way" I don't

Never gonna have to try to pretend Never, never, never I'll never love again I'll never gonna love again And I never wanna clarify And justify So I run and hide All my hate inside

Stay alive, stay alive for me You will die, but now your life is free Take pride in what is sure to die Now the night is coming to an end The sun will rise and we will try again I will fear the night again I hope I'm not my only friend