| It’s another day | 
| And I’m tryin' to keep my beadie lit | 
| Thinkin' I should quit | 
| A thought I swiftly forget as I’m proceeding up the block | 
| Right past the bus stop | 
| Where this fool tried to mug me | 
| A trendy ass punk, I could tell from his rugby | 
| With no idea on what a real thug be | 
| I mean, it’s a nice day it’s just the people that’s ugly | 
| Stroll straight into the store | 
| Where I’m greeted by the clerk who used to treat me like a jerk | 
| Until my brother damn near snatched him up by his shirt and now he’s speakin' | 
| out of fear | 
| Step into the rear | 
| Grab an ice cold juice, really wish I had a beer | 
| Give him the change like, «Here.» | 
| Thinkin' it’s only a year till I can purchase my own Bud | 
| Weiser/wiser than I was when every other word out my little mouth was, «Cuz» | 
| Thought that I could rule the world | 
| Dickies and jheri curl | 
| Not to mention | 
| This snake skin belt | 
| But had to put the nightmares back on the shelf | 
| It don’t take a genius to figure out that gang bangin' | 
| Ain’t good for your health | 
| But shit, neither is the liquor | 
| Keep 'em both in moderation | 
| The trials and tribulations of a Mid-City nigga | 
| I walk the streets | 
| Wonder what’s on the horizon | 
| For life is but a game through these eye’s I’m analyzin' | 
| Realizin' one truth | 
| That everything should change | 
| Enjoy it while you can, cause nothin' stays the same | 
| It’s another day | 
| Still tryin' to keep this beadie lit | 
| The smog is way thick | 
| Just breathin' in L. A | 
| It’s mandatory you inhale at least a pack a day | 
| On my way to the Dell | 
| When I hear this fool yell | 
| «Do you know where I can get a sack?» | 
| The fuck kinda question is that? | 
| I don’t know you from Jack | 
| Yet, I’m supposed to take you to my homie so he can get caught up with it | 
| I mean, I know you lookin' for it | 
| But I’m not the one to stress on your mission to get lifted | 
| Just like them base heads who keep askin' me for work | 
| When I’m only tryin' to kick it | 
| Only makes the block hot | 
| Now I can’t go a day without speakin' to the cops | 
| What’s your name, where you goin', where you been, where you from? | 
| I knew addition to my problems | 
| Can’t calculate the sum | 
| And can’t stand the rain of Avalon as I travel on yet another mission | 
| Minus the umbrella | 
| My story’s Cinderfella | 
| The one you least expect to live happy ever after | 
| Seein' only hope after ruins of disaster | 
| Is the curse and the blessing of a Mid-City bastard | 
| The curse and the blessing of a Mid-City bastard | 
| Yes another day | 
| But fuck all of that beadie shit | 
| I’m really gonna quit once I put my mind to it | 
| Hard times, I rhyme through it | 
| So it’s yours to borrow | 
| As long as some of what I say helps you make it through tomorrow | 
| Hard to deal with the sorrow | 
| But what’s life without it? | 
| You can’t enjoy the good times without the struggle | 
| Can’t appreciate the whole picture minus the puzzle | 
| You didn’t ask for the challenge | 
| But go ahead and do it | 
| Inside we got the talent, just need the courage to use it | 
| This one, I had to lose it | 
| I should have wrote it down | 
| I guess I’ll misquote it now but day to day | 
| I hold it down tryin' to make this music timeless | 
| The call and the duty of Mid-City's finest |