Just put down Othello

Thinking 'bout who my city got

Carmello, Sam Cassel, Muggsy Bogues, MoNique, Oprah

So much culture could be more hopeful

Living on Dru Hill, listening to Dru Hill

Got an old soul with a new appeal

No deal when I'm so left field

You can look me in my eyes

No lie, you can see the real

So proud that's why I'm saying it loud

Everything they owe, we want, and I share now

Before giving up be willing to tear down

Leap [?] get doing then do it like here [?]

Isn't hip hop amazing?

When a dream dies, just repopulate 'em

My motivation, 2Pac and Jada

Will I be a part of that list of trailblazers

[Chorus] x2

I'm talking 'bout

The lows, the highs

The lows, the highs

The lows, the highs

Don't let it be in the mind's way of downfall

Will you ever know when you had it all

Let it all go when it goes

Then they catalog so much more

They was so sure

The world's at war

And the music, my camouflage

And they aim it, looking like a tug

But when we facing that arraignment

I said it, my future then I claimed it

Reach for the stars, don't matter, attain it

Sounded so bizarre, my thought pan is amazing

The war's in your mind, lifetime in training

Staring at the wall, better yet apaining

Funny when it left is when the pain came in

And the smile when it's raining

Dark clouds, move low as you walk 'round

Old jokes ain't a joke now

Used to be close, we barely talk now

This what I think about when I get up

If they all count on me, can I head up?

For real though, feeling real low

Who's there to pick up?

No matter what, never give up

[Chorus] x2

I'm talking 'bout

The lows, the highs

The lows, the highs

The lows, the highs

Don't let it be in the mind's way of downfall

Will you ever know when you had it all

Let it all go when it goes

Then they catalog so much more

They was so sure

The world's at war

And the music, my camouflage