[Intro:]
[Joe Budden:]
This for all my real niggas out there that never got to see another day, all my niggas out there still in the struggle, still tryna make it out, this for y'all!
[Marsha Ambrosius:]
If I can make it through the night.
[Verse 1: Joe Budden]
Another collar, another dollar,
Life's short but we live it ‘cause we gotta,
Another day, another blessing for a scholar,
School of Hard Knocks, just reppin' my alma mater.
That was back when I ain't have shit,
God on my shoulder with the Devil on the ad-libs,
Had to think some decisions through,
When times hard, who the fuck you gon' listen to?
Toilet by the bunk put you in a different mood,
Locked up, Thanksgiving eatin' prison food,
Back on the ropes, won't see a nigga budge,
No bail for a felon so you gotta see the judge.
They used to call us all lost niggas,
Had the same dreams to make it 'til we lost niggas,
Some was married to the game, I divorced quicker,
But I can't judge, one day I'll see the Lord with you.
[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]
I'm feelin' like I have my fate on the line,
Headin' closer to the exit sign,
If I can make it through the night?
This game ain't never been no friend of mine,
I'm just tryna make most of my life, my life
If I can make it through the night,
If I can make it through the night,
If I can make it through the night.
[Verse 2: Jadakiss]
Note from the marshall, you can't even borrow,
And it's sad ‘cause they comin' with the padlock tomorrow,
And for you to blame the world, gotta blame yourself, too,
‘Cause everybody feel you but nobody can help you.
Bad thought get in your head, then you loop it,
Stress build up, then you do something stupid,
Put a mountain in front of you, you just try to move it,
Count on one hand the couple niggas you cool with,
Either they ain't pickin' up or they ain't got it.
You learn the hard way when your actions are idiotic,
Product of your environment, and you're the product,
Home invasions, niggas is gettin' tied up,
This is goin' through your head while you're in the bullpen,
Backed into the spot but you shoulda pulled in,
First nigga move and you're on him,
But you're really prayin' for a RoR in the morning, what?
[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]
I'm feelin' like I have my fate on the line,
Headin' closer to the exit sign,
If I can make it through the night?
This game ain't never been no friend of mine,
I'm just tryna make most of my life, my life
If I can make it through the night,
If I can make it through the night,
If I can make it through the night.
[Verse 3: Joe Budden]
They say tomorrow ain't promised, most nights I ain't want it to be,
Nah, a nigga couldn't front it to me,
Too many nights for dinner I just ate an uncomfortable sleep,
Had to open up the oven for heat.
I was a born loser, thoughts of a sinner,
Only made it out ‘cause I fought like a winner,
Threats all my life, I'm good, was all talk, though,
Death around the corner, all you gotta do is walk slow.
Land of the haves and have-nots,
Gun tucked, better to have it than to not,
Try to make it out but crabs are in the lot
That'll plot, so if you take a stab, you'll get shot.
Look, I'm just proof a couple niggas said a prayer for me,
Wasn't fair for me, God had to bear with me,
Nothing to live for, didn't have a care with me,
Suicidal, had my mama sheddin' tears for me
‘Cause my son might need me.
Life is hard but dying is easy,
I thank God every day that I awake,
I avoid another funeral, a homi' or a wake,
I escape from niggas that lived through it
Better days ahead, we just gotta get to it.
[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]
I'm feelin' like I have my fate on the line,
Headin' closer to the exit sign,
If I can make it through the night?
This game ain't never been no friend of mine,
I'm just tryna make most of my life, my life
If I can make it through the night,
If I can make it through the night,
If I can make it through the night.