To Be Determined

Where I’m from

They say the sun shine all the time

I keep seeing rain… yeah

Uh, squeezing blood from a rock

Making something out nothing

That’s something I got

That’s one thing I had

While the others didn’t get it

They was chasin' the world

I brought it right to my block

Brought it back with the oath

Stay reppin my coast

Poof, I was blowin the spot

Without knowin or not

Not knowing a thing, trying to prove to most

Made it open my lane, I found my slot

They went right, E-V went left

So Common, one day it’ll all make sense

Soundbombin’ no way we’ll all make ends

Survival of the fit, a few win, but most quit

Or fend for themselves so

Here’s to good health

Here’s to drama, two up and one of ‘em fell

"Hear, hear" to that, this is for my LA Cats

And Dogs who never left to the world, We back

C’mon sometimes I ask myself

"Why would I need anyone else?"

(To Be Determined)

To make it through this life

When everyday’s a brand new fight

I had struggles in every single muscle

Always on the hustle (and I know)

And I know I can’t make it, on my own

Had visions of being caked up

On the island while the weather’s freezing

Whether he's in the French Caribbean

Swimming with amphibians

Or in Hawaii blowing Maui Wowie, life is good

I dodge bullet grazes

Slash the nights that coulda

Ended my existence

For instance, through the persistence

The distance we from a number of statistics

Once a lot smaller looking

Up to Shot-callers, not ballers

They never grew up, just got taller

Trying to find freedom in a trap

Hungry for success they eat up

There’s food for thought I feed ‘em in a wRap

I’m taking trips to France

Make it rain where the strippers dance, dance

Sip in hand, grippin my money clips in hands

It was hell

I thought I saw demons hiding in lost souls

Straight out the evil books inside

Of my far scrolls

They say you should toss goals

Throw away your dreams

That nothing go the way it seems

It’s done or you feelin unsure

But that’s what this one’s for

Sometimes I ask myself

"Why would I need anyone else?"

(To Be Determined)

To make it through this life

When everyday’s a brand new fight

I had struggles in every single muscle

Always on the hustle (and I know)

And I know I can’t make it, on my own

Push as hard as you want

Against the wall bro push the wrong dude

They be looking for you like Waldo

Times was harder than before

When it was fun and games

When we was just spittin rhymes

Trying to get a bigger name

Now car notes involved and

Bills require grindin’

Who’d ever thought that Aloe Blacc

Get back to rhymin’

Street philosophers could theorize

"it’s all timin’" economist would say

"It’s kinda rough to find a diamond"

And all the simple lining in

The clouds couldn’t change

The simple fact that it pours when it rains

All more of the same

And my score in the game, let it reflect

That I earn every little bit of respect I get

Oh, it’s time, get up off the wall

Cross that line

My momma told me that every flower

Meeds rain shower like it need sunshine

I know I can make it, you

Know you can make it, we can make it

If you get on yo grind

Rain keeps fallin' down… music by ALC