Like a scream inside The one you just can't hide Sounds so defying, You can't hear yourself think As real as real can it Keeping my heart in check, From feeling anything but my own Again, again It's creeping up on me Making it harder to breathe We're all under pressure Can't stand the weather For the worst and not for the better Please, this ain't the way to live Something's got to give We forgive but don't forget it, no Another day, another battle We all have a cage to rattle This just might be the death of me Might be the death of me It's reached a fever pitch I'm living proof of it I find it hard to cope Without a thread of hope Blood is thicker then water But love is even stronger Hold out a little longer Until we found ourselves Again, again It's creeping up on me Making it harder to breathe We're all under pressure Can't stand the weather For the worst and not for the better Please, this ain't the way to live Something's got to give We forgive but don't forget it, no Another day, another battle We all have a cage to rattle This just might be the death of me Might be the death of me Another day, another battle We all have a cage to rattle This just might be the death of me Might be the death of me Like a scream inside The one you just can't hide Sounds so defying You can't hear yourself think As real as real can it Keeping my heart in check From feeling anything Making it harder to breathe We're all under pressure Can't stand the weather For the worst and not for the better Please, this ain't the way to live Something's got to give We forgive but don't forget it, no Another day, another battle We all have a cage to rattle This just might be the death of me Might be the death of me Another day, another battle We all have a cage to rattle This just might be Yeah, this might be the death of me

I should have seen those signs all around me But I was comfortable inside these wounds So go ahead and take another piece of me, now While we all bow down to you You tear me down And then you pick me up You take it all And still it's not enough You try to tell me You can heal me But I'm still bleeding And you'll be the death of me How can you end my affliction If you're the sickness and I'm the cure? Too long I've faked this addiction Another sacrifice to make us pure You tear me down And then you pick me up You take it all And still it's not enough You try to tell me You can heal me But I'm still bleeding And you'll be the death of me You tear me down And then you pick me up You take it all And still it's not enough You try to tell me You can heal me But I'm still bleeding And you'll be the death of me I won't forget I cannot forget this I won't forget I'll never forget this I won't forget I cannot forget this I won't forget I'll never forget this I won't forget I cannot forget this I won't forget I'll never forget this I won't forget I cannot forget this I won't forget I'll never forget You know I can never prove this solution You aren't the one that I thought you were And so I learn to embrace this illusion The line that separates It starts to blur You tear me down And then you pick me up You take it all And say it's not enough You try to tell me You can heal me But I'm still bleeding And you'll be the death of me And you'll be the death of me I will not forget I cannot forget this And you'll be the death of me

Yeah, pocket full of boarding passes Huh, I don't know what city I was in last But I'm out here trying to make an impact Same time keep myself intact Say, take it, take it easy A like it's gym class Tell me how I could? there's slaves in world Before I die I'm trying to see us end that So I move fast, Ramadan Ugh, most fast, autobahn Who cares if I ever get a grammy nom If my soul takes L's, phenomenon Still can't believe I get paid for this As a kid all I did was pray for this Now I'm living out my dream, craziest Got me really feeling like I was made for this! At the same time never knew how dangerous It could be when lives start getting changed to this When somebody say you they favorite Guess it carry some weight to it You know, cuz ugh That's power and that's influence, the temptation is To use it for myself and serve somebody else I'm sitting here buggin just rememberin What them rappers showed me, ugh How to bag a honey, stack the money They said I was mac by the number of shorties that I could smash Now I'm waiting on that matrimony Cuz, I've been changed up, lil homie came up It's depressing, kicking with dudes I used to look up to They still on that same stuff I ain't have no role models, now I gotta be one I bought the lie hiphop sold me, man I want a refund. I feel like it's the real me Feel me? Yeah, I been changed But I'm still me What I am now Not what I will be I'm trying to give life But this could be the death of me Oh The death of me This could be the death of me Oh (Just trying to give life, what I do for a living could kill me) Yeah-yeah-yeah The death of me This could be the death of me (Just trying to give life, what I do for a living could kill me) Yeah-yeah-yeah Look, mama feel like she losing me To this lifestyle that's consuming me I travel every weekend Even when I'm weak, man You know what that to do to me Huh? Back pain, back pain Sleeping on planes and feeling like Bruce Wayne Blackout all night on that stage Man, I need a batcave just to get away Uhh Jesus retreated to speak with his Father I know that I need it My career been growing But tell me where I'm going if my time with God is depleted (Nowhere) God, I'm sorry, I mean it All I want to do is walk with you but My priorities wrong, I talk about you more than I talk with you Uhh One of my mentors taught me Whenever things get foggy If you wanna grow in God It's not complicated It just costy Gotta spend that time, currency Uhh, overtime gets to learn to be Uhh, strong enough to admit I'm weak To meet with God I'll need his needs Yeah, 2014 bout' to be different I think my favorite word will be no Opportunities come and they go, but None of them is worth my soul That's somethin' that you can't afford, and Got me thinking what's most important Uhh, I get kicks watching grown men in line for some Jordans Nowadays, time is fortune, but chasing fortune is all consuming I feel like God is calling dudes They just wanna play Call of Duty This that Peter Pan At the dinner table out in Never Land Eating, can't nobody see it but me and my boys That's the way I wanna keep it Huh Aye, I lost a couple friends to this new season Jealousy and hate for a few reasons Used to be down, now whassup? Guess everybody around when the fun's up Yeah Got me feeling like Céli Dé Women wanna holla, I just tell em' that I'm taken Even if I wasn't I'd be slow for the taking I don't if they love me or the money I'm making (I don't know!) Ain't no way to really tell Where somebody heart truly at Bad girls coming at me looking good Showing off they body, that's a booby trap Been low, but I never let my guard down Huh? Buddy, I ain't crazy You ain't bout' to catch me slipping Put a million dollar baby! (No sir!) Me and Dre trying to eat good Cutting out the nonsense On the road trying to give life Huh? But, I might lose mine in the process I ain't have no role models, now I gotta be one I bought the lie hip-hop sold me, man I want a refund. I feel like it's the real me Feel me? Yeah, I been changed But I'm still me What I am now Not what I will be I'm trying to give life But this could be the death of me Oh The death of me This could be the death of me Oh (Just trying to give life, what I do for a living could kill me) Yeah-yeah-yeah The death of me This could be the death of me (Just trying to give life, what I do for a living could kill me) Yeah-yeah-yeah

You're here, trembling with fear You made it clear You turned your back and now you've gone astray Nothing left to say What's standing in your way? You had the chance to never walk alone But you gave it all away When I needed you to stay Just open up your arms I need you here I can't do this on my own I've got nothing left to show Open up your arms I need you here! Again, lying in your bed Nightmares is in your head Facing all that you just threw away At the edge again It's coming to an end You had the chance to never walk alone But you gave it all away When I needed you to stay Just open up your arms I need you here I can't do this on my own I've got nothing left to show Open up your arms I need you I need you, here! Here! I need you, here! Here! You gave it all away When I needed you to stay Just open up your arms I need you here I can't do this on my own I've got nothing left to show Open up your arms I need you here Just open up your arms I need you here I can't do this on my own I've got nothing left to show Open up your arms I need you here!

You always said we'd meet again You always said you'd be here Where are you now? You touched the deepest part of me The places I could not see Just tell me why I'm so dark inside Somewhere I will find All the pieces torn apart You just left behind In your mystery Somewhere I will see All you've taken from me All you kept deep inside In the mystery of you The mystery of you It's obvious you understand The blood that's on my hands Where are you now? I'm paralyzed, I can't escape Until I see your face Don't leave me all alone You're all I know Somewhere I will find All the pieces torn apart You just left behind In your mystery Somewhere I will see All you've taken from me All you kept deep inside In the mystery of you The mystery of you You're all I know You're all I know Don't go Don't go Somewhere I will find All the pieces torn apart You've hidden deep inside The mystery of you (somewhere, somewhere) The mystery of you (somewhere)

Enemy Familiar friend My beginning and my end Broken truth Whispering lies And it hurts again What I fear And what I try The words I say and what I hide All the pain I want it to end But I want it again And it finds me The fight inside is Coursing through my veins And it's raging The fight inside is Breaking me again Still the same Pursuing pain Is it worth all I have gained? We both know how it will end But I do it again And it finds me The fight inside is Coursing through my veins And it's raging The fight inside is Hurting me again And it finds me The war within me Pulls me under And without you The fight inside is Breaking me again And it finds me The war within me Pulls me under And without you The fight inside is Breaking me again Oh, it's everything Oh, it's everything Yeah Oh, oh, it's everything Oh, it's everything Oh, it's everything Oh

You always said we'd meet again You always said you'd be here You touch the deepest part of me The places I could not save Just tell me why I'm so dark inside Somewhere, I will find All the pieces torn apart, you just left behind In your mystery Somewhere I will see All you taken from me All you kept deep inside In the mystery of you! The mystery of you! It's obvious you understand the blood that on my hands I'm paralyzed, I can't escape Until I see your face You're all I know Somewhere, I will find All the pieces torn apart, you just left behind In your mystery Somewhere I will see All you taken from me All you kept deep inside In the mystery of you! The mystery of you! You're all I know You're all I know oh, oh, oh Don't go oh, oh, oh Don't go oh, oh, oh Somewhere, I will find All the pieces torn apart, you filled me deep inside The mystery of you Somewhere Somewhere They mysteries of you Somewhere