J'fais C'que J'peux

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I'm doing all I can to reach the place where I wanna be,
all I can to let my mind is being free,
All I can do to get me through. I do what I can. {x2}

Days pass, weeks, months and years follow.
I dodge the sharp, when I can, I try to live well, but I can't get rid of the demons that follow me, even on probation I have to reoffend.
I can't help it, it's life and its temptations, my acquaintances are champions of consumption. Only consolation, my wife believes in me, it shows (yeah!)
otherwise she would have been gone a long time ago, that's obvious.
What is less clear is knowing where we are going, stepping on our pride and retracing our steps.
It's not easy to admit when we are wrong.
Hey yo it's difficult but unintentionally when it's too late.
But it's life and you have to deal with it.
Living with your conscience or at least what's left of it.
I try to do what I can, I try to do what I want, but even more importantly
I try to do my best.
It's true that in life things don't always go as we would like
in the past I haven't always acted as I should have
but the important thing is that today I am more aware than ever
at 22 I know the path to follow man
My buddies say I don't trip enough (not enough)
but it's stronger than me I have to be lucid to move forward
I keep a cool head so I don't get trapped.
I watch my back and I can rarely let myself go (no)
Party days are becoming more and more spaced out, I have too much to think about
The time when I didn't care about anything is over (finished)
now I have a wife, friends, a business, cash, and a name to protect, Ha!
A lot to lose, not much to gain (it's true)
I know who my enemies are, I know my allies well
I've had hard knocks, I've been through trials
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger now I know.

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We worked damn hard for so little
on top of that people talk shit man what do you want, yes I do my best
I don't give up it has to work
I have to deal with all the freaks who dream that I crash
On the mic I tear it up, there's no thousand but the pool is small
we are in Quebec here and half of them are my enemies
sometimes I think, for sure I could be a graduate
graduate from university have a steady job but that's not the case (no)
I made another choice, I took the difficult path
it's in my hip hop that I believe, it's like a crossroads
man (what) the end is never near
you try to do well (shit) you get rocks thrown at you
the earth spins crooked, I don't complain I live with it
I ask for nothing I take nothing away I just want to be respected
I stay alert I check you out but look at the arches who were doing hip hop before the trend arrived.
When I look back my journey is far from perfect
I pushed myself off the right path, not knowing where it was leading
what I didn't realize is that it would attract trouble
but I've come out well so far in my life
Sure sometimes I feel down, there are highs and lows
I have regrets (shit) moments I don't forget
I've spent too many sleepless nights, I'm starting to get tired
I live at a frantic pace I don't take the time to stop (no)
often I wonder how it will end
the answer scares me, I try not to think about it too much
I have too much rage in me one day man I'll crack
I know there are people who are there to support me (here)
at least I tell myself that I do what I love with those I love
and when I do it anyway with hate harr!
that's what forces me to continue, to never give up
even if it's not easy, there's no question of giving up.

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