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I don't care how good you are

how well intended you are

how experienced you are

every now and then something will hit you

and knock you to your knees

you can't stand anymore

and you're on the verge of losing your mind

you throw in a towel on yourself

you surrender to your emotions

a lot of people become discouraged

they become frustrated

and they say

oh what the heck

so you give up when you can't get up

and you decide to yourself

maybe I just have to make the best of a bad situation

there's gonna be certain seasons in life to wear you in

the season of just enduring

no matter how much things go well

you gonna be in some seasons of your life

to where you feel like ain't nothing working

you coming down to court

clear shot at the basket

ain't none fall

man you not crazy

this is life

there's nothing wrong with you

these are the UPS

the downs successes failures

this is the totality and the process of life

and you can't escape it

cause sometimes we don't understand

like what is this

what is my purpose

why am I here

why do I have to go through this pain

why can't it just be peaceful all the time

then there wouldn't be life

you live life long enough

you're gonna have some extreme stress

but what you do with that stress

is what your life is about

anybody can do well when things are going their way

what do you do when everything is unjust

what do you do when it's unfair

what do you do when

your own control of things is taken from you

you have to get to that place

where you let go of what is or what was

and you gotta create a new

but what you really gotta do is decide

I am the creator of my life

I'm not the manager of my circumstances anymore

there is something I can still do

when I think there's nothing can be done

that's when I know something can be done

because if you're creative enough

can you find the answer yes or no

if you're determined enough

can you find the breakthrough yes or no

if there's no way that you're committed

can you find the money

even if you don't have it

yes or no creativity

decisiveness passion

these are the ultimate human resources

and if you don't have what you want

stop telling yourself the story

because you don't have the money

all the time

that's bullshit

it's because you haven't committed yourself

where you would burn your boats

if you want to take the island

burn your boats

and you will take the island

because people when they're gonna either die or succeed

tend to succeed

I want you to say

I can't beat it

I will beat it I must

I got a family to live for

I ain't through yet

my life ain't over yet

and I'm not retreating

I'm not running

I don't care what they say on paper

I don't care if you say we outnumbered

we live by this

and we die by this

we don't retreat

we don't run

we gonna stand

and we gonna live

and we gonna die

by what we stand for

and everybody gonna know what we represent

and what we're part of

I got staying power

I got staying power

there's some things in life

you don't need no degree for it

you don't need no money for it

you don't need no support for it

there's something in life

you just gonna get through

when you tell yourself

I'm gonna get through this

I don't see failure

I see great determination

drive sacrifice

failure means you're trying

I'm looking at failure

I'm against my first

second third attempt

one thing in my desk for sure

the value motherfucker

always wins

forget about the mistakes and failures of yesterday

focus on today

that happened yesterday

it was an error

squash it we gonna fix it

and move forward

we not gonna waste today

on the mistake we made yesterday

today is a new day

and though yesterday wasn't the best day

yesterday is gone

and they know we can do about it

you've got to put all your energy

and focus on today

cause that's all that matters

because as long as we're thinking an era

as long as we own that

negativity is gonna produce negativity

say yes yes

to my dreams

yes to me yes

I can make it yes I can

doesn't matter how many failures I've made

doesn't matter how many mistakes I've endured

doesn't matter about my defeats

doesn't matter about what I've done yes yes

it's possible

that I just stand long enough

I can pull this off

I'm still in the process

of transforming my life

I'm still in the process

of becoming

it's gonna be a fight

but at some point

you gotta go take the life out of it

at some point

you just gotta take that thing out

you gotta take the breath out go get it

don't run from me no more go get it

you go in there

go get that grade

you go in there

and get that information

so you can pass that class

you gotta go get it

I think about my why

I can't quit

I can't stop

I can't get tired

I can't give up

I can't give in

my mama count on me

my wife is count on me

when you ain't got nothing left in your tank

you gotta think about the people in your life

that you doing this for

and then if you could

think about them

you could go one more mile

you would go one more day at work

you keep going

you keep studying

you keep writing

you keep singing

you keep rapping

you keep boxing

you keep fighting

you keep dribbling

you just keep on keeping up

and if you persevere

every storm that's come

it will pass

I wish I could tell you that

it's gonna get easier

I wish I could tell you

it's gonna get easier

I wish I could tell you that

if you just keep going

it's gonna get lighter

the weight is gonna get like

I wish I could tell you that

but that's not the truth

the truth is

you gotta find

something within

you gotta find

something within

and that's gotta push you

and that's gotta

elevate you

and that's gotta drive you

and that's gotta move you

and when you find out

what your why is

you find a way to make it happen

there is some times in life where you fall down

you feel like you don't have the strength

to get back up

you so sort of put a mask on your face

and pretend that everything's okay

when it's not

and you go home and lay in your bed

when no one's looking at you

when you don't have to impress anybody

and you're yourself

and fear comes in

maybe you have doubt in your life

maybe you don't know for sure

what's gonna be happening in the future

and it scares you

maybe you're worried about what people think of you

what people say about you

just that fear paralyzes you

and I just wanna ask you today

do you think you have hope

every time you hit a low place

don't those voices come back up again

every time things go wrong

don't those voices come back

you start saying to yourself

I'm a mess up

I'm a failure

I'd be better off not being here

we just keep feeding ourselves this toxic thinking

the biggest

single obstacle standing in your way to success

is not lack of education

it's not lack of background

it's not lack of money

it's lack of belief in yourself

the fundamental key to success

is what you believe is true for yourself

not what you want

not what you desire is

what do you believe

you have never changed your belief

and you will never completely be healed or whole

until you change the voice inside of your own head

what I've Learned

is that I have to start talking to myself

I'm like rich

you're great

you can do this

rich you can handle this

rich this is not a big deal

you're amazing

rich this too shall pass

the predicament that you are in right now

does not define your destiny

you ought to look at every

negative situation in your house and say

you're a liar

every time something whispers in your ear and says

you can't make it through this

you can't take this

you're gonna have a nervous breakdown

you're gonna lose your mind

you're gonna die like your mama did

you're gonna get sick like your daddy did

you gotta talk back to those voices and say hey

you're lying on me

I'm better than this

every voice that said you'll never be nothing

you gotta call it out

you're a liar

sickness is a liar

failure is a liar

despair is a liar

disease you're a liar

can't learn

you're a liar can't read

you're a liar

can't take it

you're a liar

can't take it

you ought to call out every liar

you need to abort every voice that says

you can't do it

you can't have it

you can't be it

you'll never get up

you'll never survive

abort that thing

push it out

life go whip your butt

life is gonna bully you

stop whining

stop crying

nobody cares

be demanding

let it hit you

but don't let it pump you

now if you gonna hurt any huh

get some yardage out of it

get something from it

you already in pain

use it do something with it

allow your pain to push you to greatness

I don't care if you've been beaten to the floor

if your legs are too tired to lift that weight

break through that barrier and create new ones

for you and for others to show off

get back up and live life

whoever stays down is a loser

and winners will fail and get up

fail and get up

you always get up

that is a winner

it's a guy that's willing to get knocked down

finally tell someone for to stand back up

stand back up

the perseverance to see it through

the never say die attitude

if I don't win

I showed up

I gave my valid effort

and tomorrow

I'll do the same thing

I'll continue and throw shit against the wall

every time I get knocked down

I will get back up

and I will succeed

I will not surrender

the moments that take your breath away

the ones that count

you need the downs to make the UPS

you need the UPS to create the downs

you need to feel the opposite

it's to truly understand

the full reality of the life you are living

you can dream of these things

but understand you can also achieve them

other people have done it

then we can do it

we fail a lot of times

well a lot of other folks fail

and eventually

they came back

and they succeeded

so it's possible

we can have what we want

and it's necessary we get negative

do nothing people out of our lives

it's necessary we never stop learning and going

and developing ourselves

it's necessary that we never give up

whatever we have to do

it's worth it