Dead Prez - Refuse To Lose lyrics

[Chorus] I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose refuse to lose (it's just energy man) I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose refuse to lose (it's electric) I'm caught up in this untouchable mentality as a man thinkin it becomes his reality I used to let stress build up until I learned that stress'll eat your insides up like worms see worry is the cousin of d**h thinkin negative you might as well go ahead and bury yourself I was taught by the struggles of life to be strong like ian, you hafta have the heart of a lion I been through my share of this hell, but still I rise many days didn't know what to do but we survived every struggle is a test, a lesson you just gotta figure out how to overcome and catch the blessin they want us to turn to dope and lose all hope spirit broke and confused but I refuse to lose through fear, through pain, through loss I can't stop won't stop till we make it to the tip top this is hip hop [Chorus] I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose I refuse to lose (I, I will not lose) I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose I refuse to lose (I, I will not lose) ay yo, failure ain't an option it's a d**h sentence you can't survive without no food that ain't no sustenance plus when it's crunch time back on the wall life on the line before you lose your balance and fall you will find that it's an instinct act first and then think second law of nature, self preservation move without reservation no hesitation when it comes to me and mine do you come from that design or do your compa** need alignment? I'm mercernary My a**ignment? k** or be k**ed, a sin or a sk**? however you define it a sa siembra victoria revolutionary propaghanda intended to raise warriors ain't nothin like this world crisis the price of life is measured by the lifeless it's brutal but I fight this supply, demand, inflation rises we can't afford the rice there's nothing to eat I know it's hard to digest [Chorus] I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose I refuse to lose (I, I will not lose) I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose I refuse to lose (I, I will not lose) they say the best revenge: success and living well no more throwin them coins down in that wishing well go out and get your own we all reap what we sow the end is all on you what you gonna do? I got ba** strong enough to cut through a coal mine hold a goal in my mind till I reach the gold mine overtime grind with no days off but ain't nothin like the feelin when it all pays off all it take is the thought of my son for motivation long as I'm alive you can't break my dedication family first everything real in the field it's a cold game life don giva f** how you feel we live in a material world or so it seems but I ain't got nothin to lose but bad dreams when I woke up I was already 17 but I was determined to break the cycles I'd seen when I learned that the blood in my veins came from kings it curdled, when I looked at the present day scene but the same pressure that turned my brother to a fiend I face it, embrace it and convert it into steam [Chorus] I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose I refuse to lose (I, I will not lose) I got so much trouble on my mind refuse to lose I refuse to lose (I, I will) (I, I will not)