Fallin’ Songtext
von Royal C

I keep ballin′
It's been many times I thought about dying
But hell, I′m still here maintaining
Ain't nothing easy
Only the strong survive
Plus when you got a strong family
Ain't no falling short in anything in life

I′m on the edge of insanity, ′bout to give up and let go
And if it weren't for my family I would′ve been dead a long time ago
Watching my kids make me think twice
Now if I fuck this up it's all over, ain′t no second life
And how my people gon' react or survive
Behind lines and find my murder was a suicide
They probably have to bury half the clan

Block off the streets and light a candle for one man
Being that I was the oldest out my mama′s three
I figured I had to be the man of my family
My lifestyle ain't no piece of cake
It's all good when it give but fucked up when it take


I usually have to pay the wages
Though I don′t have no way out I′m tired of going through these stages
It's too hard to keep your head up over water
Especially being a young black father that′s falling
It's too hard to keep your head up over the water
Especially being a young black bro that′s falling
It's too hard to keep your head up over the water
Especially being a young black bro

I picture myself being rich
Knowing nine times out of ten I might not never see that shit
But that ain′t kept me from trying to hang
And after all these years of spending time in the chain gang
You would think I'd be straight by now

Riding fat, pockets fat, living in a phat house
But oh no, I'm still struggling

And then these police folks done threw a wrench in my hustling
I thought about working a job again
But after getting these ends on the
Street I′d rather have the fast money
′Cause ain't no small check gon′ put me in no power
Making a bill a week or four something an hour


I usually have to pay the wages
Though I don't have no way out I′m tired of going through these stages
It's too hard to keep your head up over water
Especially being a young black father that′s falling
It's too hard to keep your head up over the water
Especially being a young black bro that's falling
It′s too hard to keep your head up over the water
Especially being a young black bro

I′m looking into the future to see if
I can see something worth staying down
Plus the fact that all these rumors are going around
It's got a nigga on Front Street, packing heat
And pressed to kill a nigga in a heartbeat

Without my phone to have my back up
Any act of violence can place me in the mode of a jacker
Ready to take on the world and then some
Anything that may increase my fucking income
It′s been some times where I flipped the script
And said fuck rapping and fuck a tired ass relationship
That thing done fucked my stability and peace of mind
Bullshit, don't see my shoes for the last time

I usually have to pay the wages
Though I don′t have no way out I'm tired of going through these stages
It′s too hard to keep your head up over water
Especially being a young black father that's falling
It's too hard to keep your head up over the water
Especially being a young black bro that′s falling
It′s too hard to keep your head up over the water
Especially being a young black bro