One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Tell me where’s the justice in my present day state
bank account skidding zero lost and out of place
feeling no one’s ever really gonna get to hear me
spend half of my days locked in misery
bill collectors callin but to the world I’m nearly ballin
but me alone I know I’m fallin destined to sin
I state with a grin I’m percieved as demons kin
cause if an apple doesn’t fall far from its tree
then Pop I might as well gone ‘head and forgive ya now I see
cold and calculated how you screwed me fi-nan-cially
you better watch where you steppin
cause you don’t wish to encounter me
again, you see, I was just tryna feed and water my businesses’ seeds
but you greed selfish jealous bastards won’t let me be
excuse my French, I must be blunt, just a product of me
someone please get to preaching cause I’m down on my knees
Chorus (2x)
And it’s one step forward, two steps back
God help me move from all this lack
cause it’s one step forward, two step back
God help me move from all this lack
And uh, Sweet V don’t think I don’t remember
I take pride and pull this trigger
now no longer am I bitter
cause I see what you saw
it must of been intimidating to see me excel
all the the while you foldin’ laundry, your marriage a shell
I rebell, and reak hell on those days of the past
tote a cigar to your memory, your terror’s dead at last
I feel like a Bill Withers song cause it’s now a Lovely Day
When I wake up in the morning son no ugly in my way
and economists say it’s shakey and we’re still headed for trouble
but hell I’m feeling lucky, last night messed around and got a triple-double
Cube said in ‘93 there’d be days like this
now I know in God even misery is bliss
kiss the ring, got my newborn thing
standing now for glory, oh his innocence is bliss, but that’s another story
Chorus (2x)
Time it keeps on growing and I keep getting older
pressure’s on to start my life with a wife
these kids ain’t getting younger
Beyonce said if I liked it I should of put a ring on it and wifed her
but I’m just some 24 odd years barely picked a career
hey yeah, and I’m like a Kanye record
I’ve been droppin in and out college
cause I’m failing to see the reason I need to get my degree
I’m all for learning and shit, but
do most kids really need advanced fucking algebra
some people’s salad’s tossed, by these institutions dispersing degrees
cause when they graduate they find they was just living dreams
nobody a’ hire ya, but you got desires son
life’s such an obstacle, you melt down like popcicle
You wish to find true love and seek out to prove it
and in a number of months you just gonna ruin it, but it’s
Chorus (4x)
