sometimes you gotta fall down just to climb to the top
sometimes you go blind to find out what you've got
well now it's my time and i'm taking my shot
sometimes you lose a battle that you never fought
and back to win later because whoever thought
that this would be my time so i'm taking my shot

i've spent years diggin, days designing, months thinking, weeks reminding me nights that i should stop drinking, with these angel all around me i should probably stop blinking, and i've been at it so long the fat lady stopped singing, my ears haven't stopped ringing like the sound of a cash drawer, flash more memories of mine than I am ready to crash for, i ain't here to do nothing cept for settle a bad score, if you got some bad blood then what the fuck's a tad more

every step i take seems to leave another smashed floor, but when the dust settles i guess this is what i asked for, i'm not afraid to burn bridges if this is my shot and i miss it only got myself to blame whether it's a mile or inches, i can be vile and vicious with a violent disposition or chartiable and gracious towards the human condition but if you try to step between myself and my mission, you'll be someone that i used to know that was formery living

the thing that kills the spark is a lack of motivation, i'm back and forth debatin bout packin up my playthings, and making, the changes that i need to succeed, but not get too conceited so i'm free to believe that somewhere out there there is someone better than me, so i gotta keep driven to find my rival to beat, i trek like fivel through heat, go west and find out i need to grow a dream from a seed, and not bring the tree with me cuz it kills the leaves

one shot red dot got me reaching for the diazepam, better not let em drop cuz i'm shakin four or five in hand, never caught steady thoughts in the mind of a snipers plan but this ain't metal gear solid i can't pause to reach the promised land, i'm an honest man living virtually realistic, i'll search for you in a minute but right now i need to finish this fight from the beginning because you broke my concentration, now i'm out of the enemy base and back in front of the playstation

sometimes you gotta fall down just to climb to the top
sometimes you go blind to find out what you've got
well now it's my time and i'm taking my shot
sometimes you lose a battle that you never fought
and back to win later because whoever thought
that this would be my time so i'm taking my shot

but if i try and i fail then was it time wasted? perish the thought, cuz even if i don't make it, it's clear that i got closer to the places that i wanna go, just gotta figure out where the gate is, if success don't like it when i knock then i gotta break in, plant my flag into the pavement of glory that i'll partake in, shakin down the dream til it allows me to make my way in and blow the door with more c4 than in fiona's basement

sometimes you gotta fall down just to climb to the top
sometimes you go blind to find out what you've got
well now it's my time and i'm taking my shot
sometimes you lose a battle that you never fought
and back to win later because whoever thought
that this would be my time so i'm taking my shot
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