Can It Be (Murs)

Oh lay it down

Lay it down

Lay it down again

Men can live as brothers

Candles in the rain..

From the independent hip hop scene

Now they talkin' like

How I'm not a hip hop fiend

Needle in my arm, can't they see I'm O.D.'in

You'll never take the strife from this triple O.G. in

I blaze trails

Created festivals

Lost fifty G's on Paid Dues, is that acceptable

What? I'm not down for the cause

(Hold on, Mike) I'm a need a few bars

I could've done the Nas and scream, "Hip Hop Is Dead"

I got up off my ass and I did somethin' instead

Signed with the devil, brought the scene up a level

Killed the beast from within, I'm a born again rebel

Tryin' to save the youth

From the way of the gun

And if I only save one, then my job is done

So you can say what you will, but you should judge me none

From my God, from my faith, as I move place to place

Times I thought, "If I could just die, it'd be great"

Drop on the spot, man, I didn't even care

I stopped talkin' to you, I stopped sayin' prayers

Numb from the liquor and the anti-depressants

Pressure from the label, studio stressin'

Almost lost my passion to persue this profession

From myself, from my soul, when I'm out on the road

I give so much shout to these kids, I don't know

I thought I lost you, with no one to talk to

But you're the one that open up these doors that I walk through

I can't fault you, only forgive you

I'm the only one that seen the pain that you been through

The drama, the struggle that built all your issues

The drama, the struggle, that built all these issues

Is all just to make sure they never forget you