Alright - Devin the Dude

Lord thank you for the food that I’m about to receive

May it nourrish my body and keep my mind at ease

But as far as my soul I been meanin to holler atcha

And I know you been busy with niggas steady tryina catch ya

Gotta get somethin off my mind for a while

Cause when problems start to pile it gets kinda hard to smile

But I — keep my head up

And try to hold on until my kids all grown

I know one day that could be me lyin there in a hearse

So I hope for the best, prepare for the worst

Swearin I curse, but really there’s no harm done

Just havin fun, but there’s some who wanna take it and run

I left a life of lootin and thievin, and shit

Because my friends and my family was leavin me quick

It seems everything is happenin without me knowin

Tryina stay sane, but mayn, this shit has got me goin

Goin crazy

Feelin like I’m feelin

But it’s gonna be alright

Alright

Alright

I’m goin crazy

Feelin like I’m feelin

But it’s gonna be alright

Alright

Alright

Alright

It’s hard to keep away from sin, but you know I try

And hopefully I get it together before I die

Thinkin a drink can ease my pain and tough luck

But when I finish, it just leaves me craned and fucked up

Call my folks to tell em how I feel

Before I get to speak they tell me someone else got killed

Slowly but surely they’re goin one at a time

I wish you could rewind and show em some kind of sign

I realize I put my life on the line just bein born

Gotta git up, git out, no time to be snorin

And just play with the cards I’m dealt

And if I lose I won’t blame nobody else

Cause it’s all about survival and the strongest survive

But even the strongest won’t make it alive

Cause death sneaks up from behind without you knowin

And just the thought of it has got me goin

We are livin on a see-sawer

And when we fall it hurts

We can’t get up from the dirt

Like lotto you got a different number picked daily

Here one day, and gone the next, this shit crazy

Now I gotta work on gettin my brain back together

Be ready for whatever, rain and bad weather

Had never seen so many dark clouds around

A lotta strange looks and smiles turned to frowns

Maybe one day it’ll all make sense

When everybody’s chillin on that other side of the fence

But for now I just leave it up to the keeper

Be thankful for what he gave me, chill out and smoke some reefer

Set all my problems aside for a few

Before I lose my cool, do somethin I don’t wanna do

Because I seen frustrations frequently flowin

All I need is your strenght to keep me from goin