i may not be the smartest guy
  but i can always smell a lie
  and there is something going on
  my live has tortured me at times
  that's why i write these simple lines
  to keep from getting too far gone
  i never had the time to call it only mine
  there's never a chance, i'm always in a bind
  and when the day is done and the cards have been dealt
  all i can say is i'm catching on
  to what can tear me down
  i'm catching on
  to what can tear me down
  i hope i never have to say
  that i regret a single day
  cuz life's a lesson that you're taught
  i'll try to hold my head up high lift my fists up to the sky
  and say i know i always fought