When I close my eyes,
when I close my eyes
Everything's alright and I drift away,
drift
And away, drift away, I drift away
When I close my eyes,
when I close my eyes
Everything's alright
And I drift away, drift away, I away
Still I rise, still I rise
They try to clip my wings but still I fly
They try to bring me down
and kill my high
They took away my crown
trying to steal my pride
But it just made me stronger
And even though them days got longer
I learned some vital lessons
when I made those wrong turns
I'm grateful for the painful things
that forced me to grow
Cause now I know to head
straight at that fork in the road
And I'm a fortunate soul,
cause I learned from the best
They told me just work on your music
and you'll find the respect
But the product I promoted,
watch it turn to a check
And every time you rock,
they might give it your personal best
But sometimes, this life is too much for me
I should be living in a effin'
life of luxury
Cause the limit is the sky,
but I struggle to survive
So when it gets too hard,
I just close my eyes
When I close,
when I close my eyes
Everything's alright and I drift away,
drift away, drift away
I drift away, when I close my eyes
When I close, when I close my eyes
Everything's alright and I drift away,
drift away, drift away, I drift away
And yo I rise with the sun
in the early morning
Facing this world we born in
My mind swirling, storming
Working till the words be forming
People tell me that the sky is the limit
But I'm living for right now
Cause I could die any
minute this life is
Turnin' a page, earnin' a wage
And learnin' to stay firm
in your ways
Burnin' with rage,
livin' only for the lessons
Not concerned with the grades
And roamin' lonely through this
California urban decay
They always told me plan your work,
work your plan
Be a man, stay strong when it hurts to stand
If you love somethin'
and it's really worth the damn
Then you should always feel
the passion like you first began
So here I am, my eyes on what's next
I'ma fight to the death,
the pride of the West
Inside of my chest,
I man euver through the
cries and the sweat
And when it gets too hard
I close my eyes and reflect
When close my eyes,
when I close my eyes
Everything's alright and I drift away
Drift away, I drift away
When I close my eyes,
when I close my eyes
Everything's alright and I drift away
Sometimes I wanna drift away
No more living in the past,
gotta live today
Sometimes I wanna drift away
But I got so much to do,
so many things to say
Sometimes I wanna drift away
No more living in the past,
gotta live today
Sometimes I wanna drift away
But I got so much to do,
so many things to say
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