Forward

Let the short timers speak
Maintaining this façade
Got em sure hard to keep
Thinking bout the streets got the kid losing sleep
No Jpay so State food is all I eat
Piece of mind is all I need and prayers from family

Asking God above keep his hands over me
Phone calls or no response, my back's against the wall
Feeling turn nonchalant gotta learn to shrug it off
Bad blood from old feuds, no one to turn to
Hot head tryna learn cool, young man got turned loose
Young kid wanna turn up, I had to grow up
Asking questions like, now what
And struggles make you tough
Ignorance get you cuffed
The system has you trapped, time, can't get it back
Learn the value cuz it's spent
False hope has you bent
Told myself not again, this the end

The solution is to keep moving forward
Backwards ain't an option
Distractions only slow ya
The solution is to keep movin' forward
Backwards ain't an option
Distractions only slow ya
Down is not the movement
Up is where I'm shootin
Give it up to God, He is the one to pull me through it
He's the one to pull me through it, he's the one to pull me through it

Now I can tell you 'bout some trouble
I can tell you how it feels when you thing nobody love you
I can tell real stories bout hunger and the struggle
Going against the tough, the pain starts to double
Put yourself here feel like ain't nobody for you
Burnt a couple bridges so ain't no one to turn to
Never ran track but I jumped a couple hurdles
Yeah, I been down but I get up when I stumble
Somewhat abrasive but I've learned to be humble
It is what it is, that's the way the cookie crumbles
Did it to myself so I gotta get through it
I'm a grown man feeling like a dependent
I be home soon back to southern Cali livin'
To ease my mind but I'm here at San Quentin
Shout out to the ville can't wait to see the city limits (can't wait to see the city limits)
I can't stand still
I gotta keep moving forward
Next level, elevate

The solution is to keep moving forward
Backwards ain't an option
Distractions only slow ya
The solution is to keep movin' forward
Backwards ain't an option
Distractions only slow ya
Down is not the movement
Up is where I'm shootin'
Give it up to God, He is the one to pull me through it
He's the one to pull me through it, he's the one to pull me through it