What Can I Do? (feat. Kelly Price)

What can I do?

What can I do to make it better?

I thank the Lord, for every morning he allows me to rise

And though the sun is shining, there's a cloud in the sky

Lettin' me know that at any moment, there could be rain

And as beautiful as life is, there still could be pain

Down the block, I hear the sirens, just a screamin' away

And then the inevitable happens, the ending them days

Sad as it sounds, but that's the price we all gotta pay

And the whole world knows God giveth, and taketh away

Live and I learn, I sit and watch my cigarette burn

Down to the ash, it reminds me of the now and the past

I say me a prayer, 'cause eventually I'll stand in the path

Of the souls and dark roads that lead to the rest

Do you hear them crying

Waiting for someone to come and dry their tears?

They're waiting on someone like you and me

Take away their fears

Another child is born bloody, naked, clingin' to life

Unaware of his surroundings or if breathin' is right

In the arms of his mother as he looks in her eyes

He takes his first breath and he screams (Baby's alive)

At the same time, another mother murders her kids

And the unbearable thought of this here just brings me to tears

It's hard enough we gotta raise our kids to live in this world

So full of hate with no faith, and killin' your pearls

And sometimes, I gotta sit it down and wonder myself

But then again, I ain't Jesus, and I couldn't help

All I can do is hope I never live with the fact

That I hurt one of my seeds ‘cause dealin' with that

Would be the hardest thing I'd ever have to do with my time

I'd have to take my own life too, and I couldn't climb

That stairway that you hear me singin' 'bout in my rhyme

And a parent hurtin' his kid ain't decidin' the time

I know it's truth, the next day, we just livin' to die

But I believe if you livin' right, you'll live in the sky

Lookin' down on the good and the bad, the world as a whole

Now hopefully you did what you did before you had to go

Do you hear them, crying

Waiting for someone to come and dry their tears?

Oh, someone to dry their tears

Take away their fears

Can I make it better?

I want to make it better

Can I ease the pain that they are goin' through?

They're going through

What can I do?

What can I do?

I'll say goodbye to you, cruel world, I see peace in the red sky

See the beast when the dead die, relief when my head high

If the streets up ahead cry, when the heat from the lead fly

The grief when I said bye 'fore the sheets on my bed dried

The turn of the table, the tale of the tape

The destruction of human flesh, of the not so great

Long list of the John Does that accompany the spirit

As the yells of the souls lost with hopes that God hears it

The resurrections of empty hearts crowd the room

Muffled sounds of the outside echo the tomb

But I'm cool (Do you hear me?)

(They're cryin')

Do you hear them crying

Waiting for someone to come and dry their tears?

Someone to dry their tears

Take away their fears

Take away their fears

Can I make it better?

Wanna make it better

Can I ease the pain that they are goin' through?

Everything they're goin' through

What can I do?

Do you hear them crying?

Do you, do you hear, do you hear?

Waiting for someone to come and dry their tears

I hear their cries

Take away their fears

Can I take away their fears?

Can I make it better?

I wanna make it little better

Can I ease the pain that they are goin' through?

What can I do?

What can I do?