Where I'm from they say the sun shine all the time

I keep seeing rain… yeah

Uh, squeezing blood from a rock

Making something out nothing, that's something I got

That's one thing I had, while the others didn't get it

They was chasin the world I brought it right to my block

Brought it back to the (uff?)

Stay reppin my coast… poof, I was blowin the spot

Without knowin or not, not knowing a thing

Trying to prove to most, made it open my lane

I found my slot, they went right, E-V went left

So Common, one day it'll all make sense

Soundbombin'; no way we'll all make ends

Survival of the fit, a few win, but most quit

Or fend for themselves so here's to good health

Here's to drama, two up and one of ‘em fell

"Hear, hear", to that, this is for my LA Cats

And Dogs who never left to the world, "We Back" *C'mon

Sometimes I ask myself, "Why would I need anyone else?"

To Be Determined

To make it through this life… when everything's a brand new (vibe?)

I had struggles in every single muscle, always on the hustle and I know… and I know I can't make it, on my own

Had visions of being caked up

On the island while the weather's freezing

Whether he's in the French Caribbean

Swimming with amphibians

Or in Hawaii blowing Maui Wowie, life is good

I dodge bullet grazes

Slash the nights that coulda ended my existence

For instance, through the persistence, the distance

We formed a number of statistics

Once a lot smaller looking up to Shot-callers, not ballers

We never grew up just got taller

Trying to find freedom in a trap

Hungry for success they eat up

There's food for thought I feed ‘em in a w"Rap"

I'm taking trips to France

Make it rain where the strippers dance, dance

Sip in hand, grippin my money clips in hands

It was hell, I thought I saw demons hiding in lost souls

Straight out the evil books inside of my far scrolls

They say you should toss goals, throw away your dreams

That nothing go the way it seems, It's done or

You feelin unsure, but that's what this one's for

Sometimes I ask myself, "Why would I need anyone else?"

To Be Determined

To make it through this life… when everything's a brand new (vibe?)

I had struggles in every single muscle, always on the hustle and I know…

And I know I can't make it, on my own

Push as hard as you want, against the wall bro

Push the wall, knew they be looking for you like Waldo

Times was harder than before, when it was fun and games

When we was just spittin rhymes trying to get a bigger name

Now car notes involved and bills require grindin'

Who'd ever thought that Aloe Blacc get back to rhymin'

Street philosophers could theorize, "it's all timin'"

Economist would say, "It's kinda rough to find a diamond"

And all the simple lining in the clouds couldn't change

The simple fact that it pours when it rains

All more of the same

And my score in the game, let it reflect

That I earn every little bit of respect I get

Oh, it's time, get up off the wall cross that line

My momma told me that every flower needs rain shower

Like it need sunshine

I know I can make it, you know you can make it, We can make it

If you get on yo Grind…

Rain keeps fallin… music by ALC