| Rules to the game, tools to the game | 
| The wise gon' rise but a fool never change | 
| Walk through the fire, emerge from the flames | 
| E’ybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon) | 
| Stressin, the struggle is a blessin' (Blessin') | 
| Everyday dealin' wit' one of god’s test’s (Gods testin' us) | 
| It’s three doors, you get two guesses | 
| One lead to the grave, one lead to incarceration (Carceration) | 
| And th third door is for your imagination (Yeah) | 
| It could be whatevr, life is what you make it (Make it) | 
| You gotta take it, the world is yours (Yours) | 
| Succeed or failure, the choice is yours (Choice is yours) | 
| I know it’s hard it ain’t easy for none of us | 
| But some of us choose to overcome what’s in front of us | 
| And stay awake, (Stay awake) | 
| The kind of people never got nothin' good to say | 
| Drag you in the mud but they smile in ya face | 
| All the time in his mind wanna take a nigga place (Place) | 
| One of a kind I’m irreplaceable | 
| We can’t erase the pain, it’s irrerasable | 
| Some people shoot dope, some sniff caine | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| Some stay busy just to keep it off the brain | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| No matter what keep pushin, charge it to the game | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| If you ain’t doin' nothin bout it ain’t nothin' gon' change | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon) | 
| As I sit and reminisce on kids I used to pick on, girls I used to kiss on | 
| Back in elementary | 
| My father would tell me that soon it’s gon' be memories | 
| Never did I listen to what he was tryna kick and shit | 
| That’s probably why I’m stuck in this position | 
| Hung and on a mission | 
| No Apollo thirteen space ship | 
| If I ain’t got it then I’m finna go get it | 
| True shit, and if I take it then you finna go snitch | 
| And I ain’t ballin' but I’m Crys' and Mo sippin' | 
| Sittin' low, grippin' on that P nine, oh nigga it’s no slippin | 
| Foes itchin' to take it from me | 
| Ho’s hopin' maybe I could fuck 'em, why? | 
| So I can pay 'em for that baby monthly | 
| Please, a real nigga don’t do that | 
| Hustle like I’m Nino, but I’m far from a new jack | 
| My city is the ground floor, I’m tryna move on up | 
| To that penthouse and get my George Jeff on | 
| Fake niggas I step on, to make it when I’m tryna go | 
| Some people shoot dope, some sniff caine | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| Some stay busy just to keep it off the brain | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| No matter what keep pushin, charge it to the game | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| If you ain’t doin' nothin bout it ain’t nothin' gon' change | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon) | 
| How much can he take? | 
| Get locked up one more time and he livin' upstate | 
| But yet he hustle like his record is straight | 
| 'Cause them eviction notice gave me the motive to be sellin' that weight | 
| I made a vow to get my family straight | 
| Too many years of seein' my mommy tears runnin' down on her face | 
| And I’m sick of it, why the fuck my daddy ain’t make a difference (Why) | 
| Just feel if he was there in my life then things would be different | 
| But I ain’t gonna cry on no bitchin' shit (Nah) | 
| I’m just gonna grind out this predicament | 
| I’ma get the house on the hill and count a couple of mils | 
| I just wanna see the smile on yo' grill (Smile for me) | 
| That’s why I’m up in the studio, givin' it my all | 
| I’m just waiting patient on that moment I’ma ball | 
| On dogs, ya struggle and my struggle ain’t the same (Nah) | 
| I’m just tryna show you how I’m dealin' wit' the pain | 
| Some people shoot dope, some sniff caine | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| Some stay busy just to keep it off the brain | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| No matter what keep pushin, charge it to the game | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain | 
| If you ain’t doin' nothin bout it ain’t nothin' gon' change | 
| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon) | 
| Dealin' wit' the pain (Damn) |