[Intro: Def MC 4Life]

Guess I'm on my own (yeah)

This one goes out to my boys and my crew

And my chicks and my family, too

My boys' families, my girls' families

My haters' families

When they lay they sons in the ground

No lay formalities

[Chorus: HRH & Def MC 4Life]

'Cause I will not fall (gotta make it through this day)

And I gotta stay strong (this is my life)

So I've come up this far (and uh)

And I can't ever go back (it's time to move forward)

[Verse 1: Def MC 4Life]

Gotta get up and get moving, shake out the stiff and bruises

This powder steady flowing, caffeine I'll make it through this

I know I'm looking rough, people say I'm looking sorta sick

And I ain't sick, except for working double shifts

I had to go in hard, I had to draw the lines

My team is looking at me, "Def, we gon' lay this down?"

My heart is halfway in it, I feel like fucking quitting

And every day is like a struggle just to put up with it

[Chorus: HRH & Def MC 4Life]

'Cause I will not fall (every day)

And I gotta stay strong (same thing)

So I've come up this far (tired of walking everywhere)

And I can't ever go back (tired of oatmeal, ha)

[Verse 2: Def MC 4Life]

These walls are closing in, man, this drama starts to grow

Then I start that second-guessing 'bout my team and all my flows

Sometimes I just unload, these rhymes cypher my code

If you read into their meanings you will understand my troubled soul

If you listen for the beat, you just like any man

I know what I'm saying is dope, I don't need any fans (nah)

In fact, I never needed you or any them

Go back to talking shit or beefing or sleeping in (ha)

[Chorus: HRH & Def MC 4Life]

'Cause I will not fall (got this mp3)

And I gotta stay strong (this hoodie)

So I've come up this far (my bus pass, my team)

And I can't ever go back (yo, I got this)

[Verse 3: Def MC 4Life]

Just stepping over puddles as I go

Cuffs, cuffs, sagging down into the dirty city snow

Jacket riding high, it's feeling kinda soaked

And the wind is creeping down from my neck into my coat

My hands are feeling cold, my eyes are looking low

So that means my earbuds are set as high as they can go (yeah)

I'm holding on to hope, so I whisper "Long Walk Home"

As I navigate the curves of this inner city road (damn)

I'm running really late, so I'm speeding up my pace

Need to make it to the bus so I can make it to my place (yeah)

The snow is falling down, it's getting hard to see

And I really dread the thought of walking to the PRT

I had another chance, and I shoulda caught a ride

But my main chick is kind of giving me a funny vibe

So now I gotta dash, let me chart the path

And give me room to walk, that's all a kidda ask

(All a kidda ask)

[Chorus: HRH & Def MC 4Life]

'Cause I will not fall (I keep doing me)

And I gotta stay strong (stay true to myself)

So I've come up this far (and look at things a little different)

And I can't ever go back (I'll make it, I will)

[Outro: Def MC 4Life]

Fresh like me, dope like me

Fresh like me, said dope like me

Fresh like me, dope like me

Fresh like me, said dope like me

Fresh like me, dope like me

Fresh like me, said dope like me