Never Fallin'

Down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

Even if I was blindsided by Mack trucks, on a side street

In a alleyway, in a foreign city, I'd still make it back home

On a highway, no bulletins, no street signs, no other cars

No radio, no satellite, I'd still make it back home

Connected to the universe like a string of lights on a holiday

If one's out, doesn't mean the demise of all who roam the stone

Feel the earth char with the fire water and sky under his toes

Under his flows, under his belt is the brain that sets the tones

I never regret the way canals of birth shot me forth

On my feet, not my fins, I am a man to finish it out

Don't forget gravity laws, only thing keepin' me from flight

Wings of space, infinite night, downward spiral not in sight, never

Down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

Wait, there's no father, it's her and her offspring

Nobody's offerin' help, skin ain't softenin'

Acts chopped to the ankles, her baby's coughin'

Maybe the check will come today, the wait's exhaustin'

She's a pillar, so she can't be tilted

Giver her sons, the feeling as though they got a million to blow

Need no stilts to reach the stars

Teach the kids to reach with they heads and they each'll be yours

I give a piece of me for her to have peace of mind

Or a piece of your chicken 'cause it's ramen all the time

She's thin and gettin' scared, but she never lets on

Many men will not fall 'cause they mama's head strong

Down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

Pick your feet on up

Why don't you get on up?

Lift your spirits up

Damn, I know this shit is tough

I flunked in high school

My pops, he left me young

I often lost my cool days, I feel my mama's gun

I lost my only son, when my girl, she almost died

A bad abortion haunted by a baby's eyes

And every reason lies 'cause you know the truth inside

You're feelin' like a coward, like the wrong person died

But still you gotta ride, let the years pass on by

Never really knowin' why, no questions why I'm always high

(Damn) Down, down, down

Ever falling down

Down, down, down

Ever falling down

Look, we slippin' and slidin', 808 kick ridin'

Servin' rocks, ballin' while they conquerin' and dividin'

Teeth glistenin', shinin', listenin' to ourselves lyin'

Believin' the bleedin' ego, still tryin'

Identifyin' with the why and the whats

Self-hatin' is the scars and the cuts that run deep down

Not givin' a fuck behind the sweet sound of the new blues

Rattlin' the truck, from the sun roof to new shoes

Chrome, neglectin' the home

Disrespected the zone that Sankofa shoulda shone us

Lookin' back before the times that they owned us

But never really owned a damn thing, the spirit soundin' like

Down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

I'm hella irresponsible, I'm possibly the cause

Of my subsequent downfall

Now I take a pause and reflect on my karma and laws

I've ignored all the signs that could cause a turn

And redirect my preferred

Course of action, before the curse of my actions

The rehabilitation of the baddest on the planet

Will set a mark, a milestone of progress

The life-changing tones of why heart and soul mean the most

Learning forces be the search and exume all my skeletons

A room full of demons where the angel was a prisoner

She's tortured for the visitors

The listeners who read between the lines

And stay inquisitive to dissect these sentences

Down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

Last night I took a field trip, kind of bent, hopped a fence

Cut across a playground and laid down in the cemetery

Reflectin' on my past, present, and current events

Speech slurrin', out ventin' to the moon, swear she was answerin' me

Not literal, but in a spiritual sense

We spoke, me, myself, and I, but I wasn't alone

In fact it felt that picture of a beach with footprints in the sand

You know that poem hangin' in grandmama's home?

Where does love come from? Where does it go when it's gone?

What takes it's place and why does that space turn hard as stone?

Another year I am older today, in many ways I've grown

But in my head, them questions, still they roam

Ridin' a bike she said, "It's like cyclin' in circles

With your eyes closed, with no hands"

Blind faith is what she called it, man

Said life's an ocean with a lotta commotion

Once you dive in, yeah, it's deep

But if you could swim it ain't matterin'

Down

Never fallin' down, down, down

Ever falling down

Down, down, down

Ever falling down