In Time

Sometimes it's lonely
Living this life
But nothing comes easy
Without sacrifice
I remember the times
That I slept on the floor
Asking myself
What you doing this for?
You left your friends
And your girl back home
For a shot at the world
But now you're on your own
But you want this right?
This glitz and the glamour
One taste of the limelight
And I was enamored
I worked downstairs
From Bad Boy and Diddy
I was just a young buck
Roaming the city
Thinking I made it
Blackberry in my palm
Dreams of being famous
Hail Marys from my mom
From a distance
'Cause I left home too soon
If you water a seed
You gonna see a flower bloom
A bird spreads his wings
An eagle flies high
But I'm grounded when a child is killed
In a drive-by
'Cause life is unfair
Some got it made
Others gotta get their hustle on
To get paid
I got two degrees
But I can't get a job
So how you expect
That poor man not to rob?
I gave fifteen years of my life to the game
Not to mention the bullshit that I overcame
But I'm still standing
With my head held high
'Cause I know everything will be alright in time

In time we'll be dancing in the streets all night
Now put your hands in the sky, uh
Now put your hands in the sky, c'mon
In time, yes, everything will be all right
'Cause everything is gonna be all right
Said everything is gonna be all right
It'll take time but we're going far
Now wave your hands side to side, uh
Now wave your hands side to side, c'mon
You and me, yes I know we are
In time we'll be dancing in the streets all night
'Cause everything is gonna be all right
Everything is gonna be all right

For the vet that's on the street
Who got nothing to eat
No need to put a man down
Help him rise to his feet
Single mother on the pipe
Trying to fight her demons
She probably had dreams
Before she was a crack fiend
I believe with patience
We can heal our nation
Through rehabilitation
Rebuild our nation
And since when does church mass
Become a massacre?
We pray to go to heaven
'Cause it's hell on Earth
People buying guns
Like they're going to war
How we gotta fear
Going to the grocery store?
And then you got them brothers
Out in Allen, Texas
Who suffered from depression
Couldn't get the help so next is
Take their family out
Plot a murder suicide
How they look at one another
And decide they wanna die?
Had a childhood friend
That was going through it
But shorty was a fighter
So we never knew it
She lost someone close
I won't get into it
But somehow she smiled
I don't know how she'd do it
Last time we spoke
She was so energetic
How am I writing these words about her
I don't get it
One day you were here
The next you were gone
Still can't believe
That you've passed on
I can still hear your laugh
You was one of a kind
Here's a kiss for you boo
I'ma see you in time

In time we'll be dancing in the streets all night
Now put your hands in the sky, uh
Now put your hands in the sky, c'mon
In time, yes, everything will be all right
'Cause everything is gonna be all right
Said everything is gonna be all right
It'll take time but we're going far
Now wave your hands side to side, uh
Now wave your hands side to side, c'mon
You and me, yes I know we are
In time we'll be dancing in the streets all night
'Cause everything is gonna be all right
Everything is gonna be all right

Uh, Uh
Yea
That's right
Everything is gonna be all right
Uh huh
Put you're hands in the sky c'mon
Uh, Suave Sounds