[Intro]

I know this life ain't always what it seems

And I know this life ain't always what you dream

But close your eyes, you gon' realize

Life is what you make it

And I'm tired of being down, tired of having family problems

Tired of living broke, and you know know nothing 'bout it

Man, I notice something, I start to notice something

Feeling like you wanna ride, and life just wanna drive

So I'm just gonna roll, I'm just gonna roll

Right before I go, I just wanna tell 'em

"You can live the life that you want, you can live the life that you want"

I'm tryna tell 'em (You can live the life that you want)

I'm tryna tell 'em

Just keep trying and trying

That's all

Just keep trying and trying, that's all

Just keep trying and trying, man (That you want)

[Verse 1]

I'm not kidding no

You thought the give and go wouldn't involve the pick and roll

You think anything that's beautiful or reputable comes packaged with the usual

That's cute and all, but you don't get the viewing off

You don't wanna do it all, hands tied slacking that's not suitable

Hands full of callous, dirt up in my cuticles

You gotta understand work begins when you leave the cubicle

And if your feet are planted, where you thinking that the roots will go?

Fans cheering, packed jam, and you shooting slow

It's funny how quickly that turns into Beirut and all

Live for the past and become delusion or delusional

I know life ain't a musical, but man I'm tryna tell 'em

[Hook]

I'm tryna tell 'em if your back's against the wall

Just keep trying and trying

Just keep trying and trying if your back's against the wall

Just keep trying and trying that's all

Just keep trying and trying, man

You can live the life that you want just keep trying and trying

(Trying and trying)

(That's all we do)

(That's all we do)

[Spoken word]

We're gonna get it done

By any means

When you get hit, you go down

Pop right back up

By any means

You make a mistake

Heads aren't falling down

Heads are gonna rise

[Verse 2]

I'm out here living, not asking to be forgiven

For giving, I got incisions from outside of my vision

I learn to roll with the punches, I turn that shit into rhythm

And I'm ripping right now, so envision that while you listen, man

Was taught at a young age not to do just what pays

But pay dues while doing it, and always be you in it

It's better to say sorry than to live life hardly

So I apologize like you should but even if it's your party

I mean, you don't get wings if you're not stretched thin

Never have your hands raised high if you don't ever try

It's just a couple guidelines I'm choosing to live by

So you could wake up every morning, but your dreams never die

Hard working isn't purchased, no reassuring and deserving

And no matter how you word it, it's always deeper than the surface

So even if you got it, won't get it until you earn it

Feed the fire for your furnace and don't always be inserting

Focus, be for certain, and make sure that it's worth it

Don't ever search for your worth if you find it in another person

I hope that you see it, I'm geeking, that's why I'm preaching

Always take a stand if they tell you "remain seated"

I'm saying "do it", I'm saying not only do it

But when you do that shit make sure you do it for a reason

By any means

By any means

[Outro]

Right before I go, I just wanna tell 'em

"You can live the life that you want, you can live the life that you want"

You can live the life that you want