Maintain Lyrics - Singles - Master Ace

Verse one: masta ase 

I'm surrounded, by psychopathic, little fellas 

Ghetto dwellas 

With ammunition in their cellas 

And no remorse in their hearts 

When the shit starts it don't end 

Until somebody's gone with the wind 

And I'm tryin' to keep a level head so instead 

Of goin' out to die, I write rhymes on my bed 

And little kids at the playground 

Better stay down 

Keep duckin' 

Cause somebody else is buckin' 

Don't seem to be no relief from the beef 

Only nigga round my way without the gold teeth 

And the gold chain, with the whole name on my neck 

Jewelries your worse enemy without a tech 

I'm tryin' to maintain, but it ain't workin' 

Niggas keep lurkin' 

Through the darkness I see the grim reaper smirkin' 

Could it be that he's smilin' at me 

Not tryin' to see fatal injury, injury 

What must I do to avoid the pain 

It seems insane, but I gotta maintain 

I can feel the pressure on my brain 

Feel the strain 

But I gotta maintain 

Chorus: 

Workin' hard may help ya maintain 

Be able to maintain 

Be able to maintain 

Workin' hard may help ya maintain 

Be able to, be able to 

Be able to maintain 

Workin' hard may help ya maintain 

Be able to maintain 

Be able to maintain 

Workin' hard may help ya maintain 

Be able to, be able to 

Be able to maintain 

Verse two: lord digga 

Back in the days I use to do a little dirt 

Now that's comin' back around, and man it hurts 

To see everbody gettin' on 

But I got to wait cause of the things I done wrong 

In my life, I regret it 

But the man upstairs won't let me forget it 

Everytime I think of doin' somethin' right 

Here comes a dark tunnel with no signs of a light 

I got to fight to keep my head above water 

Dollars are real tight, I be askin' bums for quarters 

I had enough of the quick cash 

So I got to find a way to make the shit last 

In the past I woulda just gave up 

But there's more days to come, I know they bring ya good luck 

So I'm a keep doin' what I'm doin' 

Sippin' on the brew and catchin' wreck wit my crewin' 

I feel stuck with a lot of aches and pains 

And it's stressin' me, but I gotta maintain 

(maintain, maintain)/ I gotta maintain 

(maintain, maintain)/ I gotta maintain 

Chorus 

Verse three: 

There's too much pressure and stress on my chest 

Life's a mess 

And I feel depressed 

Seems so hard to survive and stay alive 

Jump in my ride and I drive, doin' 95 

With my system blastin' 

I'm passin' cars in the right lane, light change I'm gasin' 

No, destination 

But I'm racin' 

With my lights on, I got my brights on 

Play the right song 

And the sweat beeds my five 

Drive past five-o and now they givin' chase 

They'll probably want to know where the fire's at 

Or where the drug buyers at 

Fuck, my tire's flat 

I guess I'm pullin' over, to take a loss 

But it won't be the loss of my life from drivin' off course 

God knows I need to be here to shap me son's brain 

So I gotta maintain 

Chorus 

Chorus (fades out)