The Higher

Fuck a job I just get out on the streets

Don't need no diploma though how I'm gonna eat?

I could hustle for change and sell about an ounce

But at the end of the day I still don't have my own house.

I get it how I live so I work twice as hard

Cause mama always told me I could be a living star

If I just lived right, and I guess she was right

Cause now I got the money, the fame and a good wife.

I was told when I was young that I was a Queen

Though 5 years later crack got me looking obscene

Never thought a little fun would bring me a life of tears

And this child being born is my biggest worst fear.

My baby was a blessing, had her when I was 25

Just got out of college and she made my entire life

I'm living the dream that everyone wishes for

With a beautiful daughter and a husband all adore.

There's a message in this story

And I wonder who will see

That the harder you work

The more you will achieve

The higher your standards

The higher your self esteem

The higher the pay

The higher your dreams

The higher you will be.

This world is what we make it

We learn from our mistakes and

We need to be all that we can be

Cause our choices are what brings us the life we see.