Maintain Lyrics - Organized Konfusion

I'm sitting at the edge of my bed and I'm fed 

Up with negative thoughts running straight through my head 

Life's ready and I can't make moves, it's hard 

And I thought it would have been nice to buy papa dukes some shoes 

Niggas try to get over, pressure on my shoulders 

Dropped the fat LP in '91 of October 

Now that I'm older and my man pops is gone 

My focus is stronger, mom pick up your head, gotta move on 

Do you remember, Mr. J used to say the beats was fat? 

But when it comes to business, nigga, don't play 

I look beyond all this stress to seek fate 

Mad homicides, unemployment rates sky high 

Shorty busting caps, cops caught him out there 

Daytime drama and his mama didn't care 

That's why I should be rapping and packing pistols on the bully 

But niggas be stressing me and I ain't paid in fully 

So I'm dropping something fatter, not for props 

We're respecting the matter, hops 

I'm fat, check my stats, Prince drops data for me and my man Pops 

Rolls Royce and myself are always getting mad, harassed by the cops 

So now I'm in the chop shop creating masterpieces 

So it don't matter, money, what my funny label releases 

Thanks to the streets and my peeps that made me 

And the la-la-lee, la-la-lee 

We gotta maintain, we gotta maintain 

We gotta maintain, we gotta maintain 

We gotta maintain, we gotta maintain 

We gotta maintain, we gotta maintain 

Now it's been said, a grown man ain't supposed to cry 

So why are there tears inside my eyes? 

I wake up in the morning, get some new problem 

I just can't solve 'em, yo, extreme kid, I'm telling you man 

I'm on the brink of [unverified] 

Who's that man in the mirror? Ha 

The picture's getting clearer and clearer, ha 

The end is coming nearer and nearer, ha 

Take a good look at what you fear, ha 

Time marches on and it's a new song 

It's a new morning, it's a new dawn 

Feet don't fail me now, I got to make it to the studio someway 

Somehow, but I need a little bit of nourishment first 

I stop at the store to quench my thirst 

Why are they watching me buy my juice? 

Why must they clock my buy my juice? 

Just give me my change and please put my change in my hand 

Man, would you listen to me if I didn't have a tan? 

All you have to do is show some decency 

But you want to bring out the beast in me 

Papa always told me, be all you can be and maintain, gotta maintain 

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