Before I Break Lyrics

I'm from the city of the cardinal birds, my mother's last, but my father's first

Growing up, I used to see them hustlers hard at work

And they say you can't be soft if it's that hard you serve

Remember when I used to have to catch the TARC to work

That shit had me pissed, like I'm tryna mark my turf

So my future, I had to plan it out just like Mars and Earth

You never write a statement like a Shawn Carter verse

Cause they'll come and cut your top like an Islamic birth

Shalom to the ones seeking a different truth

Me, I'm just trying to get the coup with the missing roof

And I'll never judge a man based off religious views

Cause the ones they do are typically hypocritical

I'm sorry, I ain't trying to ruffle feathers

But they say one man's trash, another man's sunken treasure

I gotta ask, which one is better

Bad karma or lack of commas but you gotta live with it forever

If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake

How much more can I take before I break

I don't know

I don't know

If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake

How much more can I take before I break

I don't know

I don't know

I'm just searching for my light at the end of the tunnel

I'm just waiting on a break like I'm still in a huddle

Doing this for the ones I came up with in the struggle

Learned from New Jack City, don't let them enter the structure

It's like I injured a muscle I got pull around this bitch

Fuck around and I'ma grab the tool and let it rip

Living in the dream, no Freddy Krueger in this shit

I'm too good for you, but these views ain't from the 6

It's too late if you reading this

And they keep on telling me the game needed this

I'm just trying to make a buck, it's hard to be legit

When you ain't got no options, either trapping or robbing

But where I'm from, it ain't no superheroes

We bout to green like it's the Hulk ain't talking Lou Ferrigno

People sell their soul for dough, what would you do for zeroes

If you was on your last, man, I just gotta ask

If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake

How much more can I take before I break

I don't know

I don't know

If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake

How much more can I take before I break

I don't know

I don't know