De La Soul
Pain
Pain gon make it better
Tell me how you feel
Look over your shoulder
Time gon make it real
Give me no excuses
I know how you feel
Pain gon make it better
Pain gon make ya..

Wanna get up and make a difference of this world
Somebody's gotta be there for them little boys and girls
I see nothing but hate pain and distress
Nobody's making sense. And when i listen to the TV
They're saying times are the best. Ha!
Honestly, I can see obviously it's a mess
These role models so hollow, how are these kids obsessed
Chains'll make you shine but being real will make you
Realize your destiny and be the one to break through
Walls can't stop you, if your not afraid to go knock em down
Block by block from the bottom up to the top and down
Sock it with your fists, and kick that shit til it hits the ground
Chop it up and put it aside, no time for a different route
Ever since i was a kid in the crib, nothings different now
I might've been young but now i fit the crown
And when i hit the crowd, Jaali gon rain down like the weather
Whatever's clever cause you know that..
Pain gon make it better
Tell me how you feel
Look over your shoulder
Time gon make it real
Give me no excuses
I know how you feel
Pain gon make it better
Pain gon make ya..

See, things so differently
I guess a little blood on my knee, is sorta what i need
Justin is so extreme. Justice is what I be
Lovely when i speak, just because when i breath
I know i'm still alive
Opposite of the one's above me watching still I cry
Hands on the clock mocking me, wondering when will i die
But there's no time left for me to second guess this life
Cause I still got about a thousand mountain hills to climb
And you can bet that i'll make it up to the top
When i'm chasing this dream I want and embracing just what i've got
Theres no possible way to stop me from taking the pain I felt
To another level, excelling while making my way through hell
Already I know this conscious shit is never gonna sell
As long as I'm being honest, I know it never will
Money foreign, I just wish we had a little cheddar
But for now i'm poor and know that..
Pain gon make it better
Tell me how you feel
Look over your shoulder
Time gon make it real
Give me no excuses
I know how you feel
Pain gon make it better
Pain gon make ya..

Wanna get drunk, fuck, and smoke weed
Blow a shit-load of dough on some shit that I dont need
Forget about everything and every single one of my responsibilities
Unfortunately, I don't get that kind of luxury
Get the picture, it's me and Rodney in a caddy
Two dope boyz, cruising women callin me daddy
Two more years got the crowd screamin out Jaali
Now i'm going, going, gone. Back to cali
I had a dream and now i know it's what i'm born to do
Give me some time and I promise i'll be on tour with you
Shout out to my city Buffalo, ayeo here's some love
But i'ma have to get going i know there's more to view
And so do you, get up off your ass you dont have to cry
Life is a bitch but dont ever let that shit pass you by
Part of growing up is learning from the pain instead of escaping it just embrace it because..

Pain gon make it better
Tell me how you feel
Look over your shoulder
Time gon make it real
Give me no excuses
I know how you feel
Pain gon make it better
Pain gon make ya..