[Verse 1]

Propel myself to levels that I can't control

Attach myself to things that disturb my soul

But my path ain't old

This like a hunt for gold

And the treasure [?] make a sick man whole

I want [?]

Can't sleep for weeks

Like I need to weep

It just helps me think

I don't sink I rise

I don't hate or despise

I've learned to let things go

I like to dislike guys

And when my eyes get heavy and I get the chance

I think about sad things that send me into a trance

Where I'm dazed

Lost and amazed

So I sit and rest

I'm not at my worst, could care less about my best

I'm stress free

Even when God bless me

It's like God invites the world to depress me

And test me

And I don't understand these acts

But my mind get the best of me when I write raps

[Hook]

Life in the game

We suffer through pain

Ain't no one to blame when it rains

But you gotta maintain [3x]

Life in the game

Ain't no one to blame

Maintain

[Scratched]

To whom it may concern

Maintain

This goes out to anybody

Maintain

Looking for someone to blame

But I maintain my focus and just hold the fort down

[Verse 2]

Living life going to do

Die but nothing's done

Is the fate for over 3/4 of the nation

Absence of occupation there's no reason to rest

A mind that's vacant is a mind depressed

Complete emotionless, on the escalator of life

As friend and foe elevate the smoke from grandpa's pipe

Other words take flight as thoughts remain below

Words without thoughts never click as second hands [?]

In the low half hour of the nights we call

When hearts fill with fear and backs to the wall

Failing to rise from the greatest of our falls

Just a stamp of a quitter on the hearts of all

[Hook]

Life in the game

We suffer through pain

Ain't no one to blame when it rains

But you gotta maintain [3x]

Life in the game

We suffer through pain

Ain't no one to blame

Maintain

[Verse 3]

Naturally hardships happen every so often until you fill up a coffin

This circumstance I never contemplated when we circulated by the dolphin

Spin the b-side to bus stop infinite water drops

Fortune of reality happens a lot in hip hop

I guess commitment and optimism are no-nos

Even after finally pressing the phonos

Smile for the photos play back as in slow mo

Cross into unfamiliar territory now that I'm flying solo

Years of sacrifice now becomes time wasted into a pipe dream

Not really hollow as though it might seem

It hurts to watch your crew collapse

Not only that it hurts more when things ain't the same as before

But the day brings a new dawn

While music changes the friendship

Sometimes I wish my life would end quick but I hold on

[Hook]

Life in the game

We suffer through pain

Ain't no one to blame when it rains

But you gotta maintain [3x]

Life in the game

We suffer through pain

Ain't no one to blame

Maintain (maintain)

[Bridge]

Yeah that's why I maintain

Everybody in L.A. maintain

Everybody in New York maintain

Everybody in the south maintain

Everybody north maintain

Lock down all of them cribs and maintain

[Outro]

What's up holmes?

[?] turn the music down man

You all got any dope today?

Not us. We just say no to drugs