Conviction - JESSIA

I wanna build a life worth living I wanna be rich, 'cause I wanna be giving I feel the time keeps ticking I wish I had more, but I'll take what's given I just wanna pop, 'cause I been working a lot I think I deserve a shot, I think I deserve a spot 'Cause it's been years on this path that I walked And if I keep going I pray I'll be at the top When I dream big, yeah, I commit Wanted this life since I was a little kid Never thought twice, I just did what I did Worked towards it and now I have an addiction I've been living life like a dream, like it's fiction I've been doing things like I have no restrictions I don't plan to stop, no, I don't plan on quitting Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction I will never give up, I will never give in Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction I've been on a mission, I ain't ever quitting Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction I believe in free will I make choices that lead to what I build I will never give up, I will never give in Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction Give me a minute, I need to test out my limits Like I be sending to Guinness I'm breaking records, I'm finished I feel like I keep on winning, If I don't stop once I'm in it I'm moving forward, I'm inching But this is just the beginning I've learned a lot of lessons, I've had a lot of blessings My friends know I'm obsessive, they be chillin', I be stressing But I don't second guess it, I'm loving every second I see my life progressing, so I spend time investing When I dream big, yeah, I commit Wanted this life since I was a little kid Never thought twice, I just did what I did Worked towards it and now I have an addiction I've been living life like a dream, like it's fiction I've been doing things like I have no restrictions I don't plan to stop, no, I don't plan on quitting Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction I will never give up, I will never give in Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction I've been on a mission, I ain't ever quitting Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction I believe in free will I make choices that lead to what I build I will never give up, I will never give in Everything I do, yeah, I do it with conviction

Where are the dreams That we once had? This is the time To bring them back What were the promises Caught on the tips of our tongues? Do we forget or forgive? There's a whole other life Waiting to be lived when One day we're brave enough To talk with conviction of the heart And down your streets I've walked alone As if my feet were not my own Such is the path I chose Doors I have opened and closed I'm tired of living this life Fooling myself, believing we're right when I've never given love With any conviction of the heart One with the earth With the sky One with everything in life I believe we'll survive If we only try How long must we all wait to change This world bound in chains that we live in To know what it is to forgive and be forgiven? Too many years of taking now Isn't it time to stop somehow? Air that's too angry to breathe Water our children can't drink You've heard it Hundreds of times You say you're aware Believe, and you care But do you care enough Where's your conviction of the heart? One with the Earth With the sky One with everything in life I believe it will start With conviction of the heart With the Earth With the sky One with everything in life I believe it will start With conviction of the heart One Earth One sky Only one world Only one chance For one life When will live (With conviction of the heart) One child One dream And only one life Give her one chance For one life When will we live Only one Earth Only one sky Only one world We've only got one chance To live in one life I believe it's only gonna start When we begin with Some conviction of the heart

Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions I find myself growing In an environment Where finding food Is just as hard as Paying the rent In trodding these roads of trial And tribulations I've seen where Some have died in desperation To keep Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions In a family of ten And raised In the ghetto Hustling's The only education I know Can't grow no crops In this Concrete jungle A situation like this Is getting Too tough to handle To keep Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions Battering down sentence, All day long, Fighting against convictions With a pregnant woman, yes, And five kids to care for Can't cool my heels, I've got to do the town Skillful as I am, The jailer-man Is bound to find me I pray the day will come When I shall be free from Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions Battering down sentence, All live long day, Fighting against convictions To be trapped and caught and taken Before judge And angry jury Pleading before men, Who seem To have no mercy Can't afford to find myself Down in the dungeons I've got to stay free So that my kids won't be Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions Battering down sentence, All live long day now, Fighting against convictions Now a fugitive at large Could this be my destiny With no one to care for The welfare of my family In solitude I've found New faith and hope in this I'll be secure For mind and soul would soon be weary Just couldn't take no more Battering down sentence, All live long day, Fighting against convictions Children hear me when I say Battering down sentence, All day long, Fighting against convictions Hear me when I sing my song Battering down sentence, Fighting against convictions.