(Chorus: Cryptic Wisdom)
Sometimes this life is not what you expect it to be
You've gotta play your cards right
If you're to earn the life you need
I thought i had it figured all out
So I went ahead and let it all out
But what I know is that it's my doubt
Eating it alive

(Verse: Da Real Crisis)
Whats life?
Facing your problems to never run?
Or not knowing where your next meal or check is coming from?
See some think it's easy
Some know what it is
And some have multiple kids without the money for bibs
Gotta be strong to get through and not fall for the bait
You could get out if reality hits you early or late
In this City that's for self we raised in hell
But you could leave out the game quicker than Dave Chappelle
Kids grindin hard for money like they need it for ransom
Business minded
Could've helped Hov make the deal with Samsung
So instead of playing manhunt
It's work and a handgun
And the future they'll worry about that when the next plan come
But these youngins only know what they see to be what they be
The economy's so bad breathing air is a fee
I had my way I saw life but now its more vivid
There's no time for timid
You see where I'm going with it

(Chorus: Cryptic Wisdom)
Sometimes this life is not what you expect it to be
You've gotta play your cards right
If you're to earn the life you need
I thought i had it figured all out
So I went ahead and let it all out
But what I know is that it's my doubt
Eating it alive

(Verse 2: Da Real Crisis)
First Snowden got lost
Then Zimmerman got off
Some artists got blacklisted proving they're not soft
Sometimes you gotta just chill and learn to live another night
If Goliath was smarter he would've learned to pick another fight
I knew things were getting real when I could barely look
At the news talking about them kids in Sandy Hook
Whether the kid from Kriss Kross was sick or was using
Rest in peace to him and the victims of the Aroura shooting
When somebody speaks the truth you hear it from far
On any street
In any hood
In any club
In any bar
So despite all the nonsense the bills and crap
If you happy living through the day I'd drink to that
While others are only caught up in smoke and drizz
We getting ready for the next president whoever that is
At times getting my point across is like a needle in hay
But real people that been through it know I'm trying to say

(Chorus: Cryptic Wisdom)
Sometimes this life is not what you expect it to be
You've gotta play your cards right
If you're to earn the life you need
I thought i had it figured all out
So I went ahead and let it all out
But what I know is that it's my doubt
Eating it alive

(Verse 3: Da Real Crisis)
Figuring this world out is like reading a small script on small leaflets
Or asking a magician to reveal all his secrets
Got Apple not paying taxes over seas killin
A-Rod got caught and still made 100 million
What you do for a living depends on your persona
We lost 19 fire fighters doing they job in Arizona
As we get out a recession and into a corporate vault
I still shout out Obama because it's not his fault
Everybody got they own view on things respectively
If the economy's in jeopardy
We could fix it all collectively
So listen like this is coming out the mouth of your reverend
The world don't spin just off one persons discretion
I shout out all leaders that speak on issues large or small
Because we'd be mangled if they did nothing at all
So keep your head up like Pac and Big both being named king
Because all walks of life they'll tell you the same thing

(Chorus: Cryptic Wisdom)
Sometimes this life is not what you expect it to be
You've gotta play your cards right
If you're to earn the life you need
I thought i had it figured all out
So I went ahead and let it all out
But what I know is that it's my doubt
Eating it alive