"Back On The Bike"
(intro) it's a crazy old world that we're living in / it'll have a fighter feeling like giving in / when you crash and your laying there / you got to get back on the bike.
-this is for my people who don't buy into the gimmicks that / millionaire rappers try to sell us when they spit a rap / people who know life is about more than just a dollar sign / partying and smoking weed and chasing women all the time / people who will never make a six figure salary - and all those that are dealing with the issues of reality / people out there struggling and starving everyday - digging thru a dirty garbage can for food we throw away / or living out the car, or sleeping on a bench / served with an eviction 'cause they couldn't pay the rent /children out there living in conditions inhumane / miserable and hopeless thinking things will never change - put hands up to ceiling if you've been to where the bottom's at / if you ever fell behind but fought it off and brought it back / if i didn't know it then i wouldn't be saying it / this is for my people everywhere that can relate to this.
(chorus) it's a crazy old world that we're living in / it'll have a fighter feeling like giving in / when you crash and your laying there / you got to get back on that bike / got to pick it up when it all falls down / got to pick it up when it all falls down / got to pick it up when it all falls down / got to pick it up when it all falls down down.
-if you've ever been the victim of depression or of brokenness / then you know how hard it is to try to live and cope with this / being with a broken heart makes everything so difficult - it's hard to even fake a smile when all you feel is miserable / living in a world where almost everything is negative - will have the hardest people out there reaching for a handkerchief / it's hard living when your dealing with the pain / and you want to keep your your head up but instead you let it hang / 'cause life will bring you down, beat you to the ground / take away your smile and replace it with a frown / i know what it's like when all your colors turn to to grey - and you got to keep on fighting just to make it thru the day / when you fall and skin your knee you got to get back on your bicycle / don't be hanging on to stuff that happened along time ago / if i didn't know it then i wouldn't be saying it / this is for my people everywhere that can relate to this.
(repeat chorus)
-do you see what's on the news and the conditions that we're living in - no dinner for the hungry, no future for the children / seems like everybody's going back to being primitive - there's people trying to make a change but governments are killing them / kids are dropping out to be a stripper or a criminal / all they ever really end up being is a prisoner / every thirty seconds there's a murder going down - and the killer's on the loose and probably will never be found / it's only getting worse, people live in fear / i've seen a lot of things that made me shed alot of tears / everything I've been thru has only made me strong - but it's wearing on me heavy so i release on a song / put your hands up to the ceiling if you've been to where the bottoms at / if you've ever fell behind but fought it off and brought it back / if i didn't know it then i wouldn't be saying it / this is for my people everywhere that can relate to this.
(repeat chorus)
JF
10-19-2011