Us3 What's Goin On in the World Today Lyrics

I had my eyes on the prize since I was five
Said look world I've arrived
I had the drive to make it out alive
But no matter how I tried to fake it
Realised that I couldn't escape it
Put my foot to the pavement
Then I got to stepping
Ended up in the opposite direction from where I was heading
Regressing
The path I was led in had me guessing, asking questions
But the answers I'm getting only led into more questions
What lessons am I learning
The seconds keep on turning back reversing the hands of time
But I can't rewind or change the past
People I asked laugh and said stand in line
We all wish we could
You should get out the hood
Cos staying would
Do you more harm than good
Unless you look past the stars you'll never get that far
Facts are you'll never make it in your own backyard

What's goin on in the world today
Can't find the words cos it's hard to say
Just makes me wanna holler like Marvin Gaye
Got my eyes on the prize but it's far away

Now what you gonna do when it comes to your last breath
And when it's all over and you're down in your casket
Looking back I know you might've saw it coming
But maybe not as quick as everybody still running the race
To find a cure for the universe suffering
With a real fix not a poem or a Bufferin
I wanna cuss cos it makes me disgusted
To see the f___ed up way we struggle for justice
My great great grandfather grew up in bondage
My great grandfather died beaten unconscious
Both my grandfathers were dead when I came forth to this earth
And everybody living here's hurt
And so I search for a deeper purpose beneath the surface
Sometimes I wonder if it's even worth it
All I've got is this pen at my side
My enemies lied, trying to hide genocide

What's goin on in the world today
Can't find the words cos it's hard to say
Just makes me wanna holler like Marvin Gaye
Got my eyes on the prize but it's far away

Well I finally made it out
Got a bank account, new car, new house, new spouse and a few doubts
Cos every time I depart and I start stepping forward
I take two steps back and things get outta order
It's like I'm trying to keep my head above water
Due to cutbacks hours kept getting shorter
Now it's my old house old wife, a new daughter
But I can't support her cos I'm back on the corner
That's life it's gonna run out like a flashlight
And use you to make new people to clap right
You wanna know what the meaning of life is?
You might live to find out and die when you find it
But either way when you're living today
You better behave as if it's all withered away
Cos it's all a small ripple in the ocean of time
But it shapes the size of a generation of coastlines