Still Get Through The Day

Little ones listen, learn from me, see, you could be the best
 But sit in your room depressed and you'll never progress
 My sister Dee-Dee was born mentally retarded
 She was a beautiful woman at 26, but now she's dearly departed
 This May Tenth she suffered from a heart attack
 The depletion of oxygen in the head left her in a coma braindead
 Her internal organs was failing, her body no longer releasing excreations
 My parents wouldn't pull the plug cause she was still breathing
 Black, white, let's unite us, never divide us
 X-Clan, Professor X died from spinal meningitis
 So many like us are in Riker's suffering, struggling, slumming
 A few years ago you was sucking your thumb
 And now you're busting your gun
 And dumbing, an innocent man is done
 And enough of your bluffing, your thugging
 And enough of the ruckus running, the roughest is coming
 It's a miracle just being born
 Learn to enjoy life, it ain't that long
 Sing the words to my song, come on
 Wake up, don't cry
 So sad inside
 I still get through the day
 I'm gonna make it anyway
 Wanna give up, feel like hiding
 Yeah, I get down, but keep fighting
 I still get through the day
 I'm gonna make it anyway
 Away, away
 I still get through the day
 I'm gonna make it anyway
 Living ain't a breeze, please, life's full of tragedies
 We see our friends die, some get murdered, some die by disease
 Got your finger on the trigger, don't do it
 Contemplating suicide, just put the gun down, we've all been through it
 An infant in his crib sprayed by straight bullets and dies
 He was a future genius, he would have won a Pulitzer prize
 The racist cop shot an innocent black
 An 8-year old prostitue hoing getting mommy money for crack
 A little boy molested by his step-father, hopeless
 The little boy grew up now, he's molesting his own kids
 The government watching you from a satellite like you ain't had it right
 Your best friend snitching on you, that's animal-like
 It's horrible watching your loved ones die and having to bury them
 To seeing my cousin found dead, she overdosed shooting heroin
 My family dying from sickening disorders
 We found my brother Maxx
 He was blue and purple and he was stiff with rigamortis
 My father got spots on his lungs, they think it's cancer
 I'm praying every night, even if God don't ever answer
 We can do it together, women hold your mans
 Men hold your women, everybody let's hold hands and sing
 Wake up, don't cry
 So sad inside
 I still get through the day
 I'm gonna make it anyway
 Wanna give up, feel like hiding
 Yeah, I get down, but keep fighting
 I still get through the day
 I'm gonna make it anyway
 Away, away
 I still get through the day
 I'm gonna make it anyway