Lyrics

The Cost

I won?t take I?ll earn when I must
The free air I?m breathin? I ain?t thievin? for my trust
I?ve got loves and I?ve got loves that I?ve lost
And the losing of the trust?s the beginning of the cost

Trust
Yeah I?m livin?
As I gaze across the lies that I?ve been given
We?ve got needs and mouths to feed
Struggle don?t discriminate religion race or creed
Thieves
Is there honor among thieves?
Cuz I don?t wanna have to alter up your sleeves
Baby needs shoes on her feet not cardboard in the street
And the seed that I sow is the destiny we reap
In god
What do we have?
Doesn?t it seem like we?re lookin? at the butcher from the slab?
We need time to forgive the wrong relieve the wounds
And evolve into the strong
With trust
You?ve got to offer all you can
Straight from the city with iron in my hands
Not guns
I?m talkin? nickels dimes and these
Dollars if you can
Benjis if you please
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I?m not a pretender
Don?t wanna be a repeat offender
A big spender with no cash where was that stash
Receiver or sender? I?m back in a flash cuz they really couldn?t hold me
I was the one you were warned about, I know, my mother told me
And you strut through the old yard
Pretend that what?s gone soft has really stayed hard
And really believe it that live could still be good
You told yourself to trust yourself and now you knew you could
Good
Yeah-well life can be tough
That?s my middle name
A diamond from the rough I cornered the market for the game
I ain?t sayin? I give up I ain?t sayin? put me down
I can trust in you to hold me up above this lethal town
I?m not a pretender
And I know trust knows no face or gender
And the choices that I make tell the future life will render
The light I?ve seen
The past was mean but now it?s been
On to meet my queen
Know what I mean?
Freedom