(yo, what would happen if everyone on earth held their breath for one minute, all at the same time...)nnstand strong, be a man, understandndo the best that you can nthat's all i knownpeople lie, people steal, people kill nbut everyone feelsnthat's all i knownwhere i am, what i do, what i knewnhow i grew bein' with younthat's all i knownand today i'm still here, still fearnstill somethin' ain't clearnthat's all i knownnmaybe you could tell me how to feeln'cause i lost my owner's manual to this ordealni walk through life one day at a timen'cause people talk so much i stop listenin' to mineni wanna throw up my heart but i don't wanna bondni don't wanna have no problems but i'm far from bein' finenif i could take one step out this lifenif i could see myself the way that everybody does nthen i might just decide to be like every tom, dick and harrynwork a job and get married, raise kids, die scaryni don't wanna be a sitcomni don't watch tvni'm a 25 non-smoker, no std'snnit's kinda weird bein' alone soberna big change from bein' fucked up, all of my dogs overni said a lotta shit and some of it i take backnsome of it i never spoke, so sit and meditate thatnthanks for the line, it -- it just fit nsometimes i second-guess what i just didnno matter what i do, know that fools rush innin the backgrounds, beatin' the percussionnnstand strong, be a man, understandndo the best that you can nthat's all i knownpeople lie, people steal, people kill nbut everyone feelsnand that's all i knownwhere i am, what i do, what i knewnhow i grew bein' with younthat's all i knownand today i'm still here, still fearnstill somethin' ain't clearnthat's all i knownnsomeone stop me from sellin' myself shortnbecause we both know the non-shallow deserve moreni'm real but compared to what, i don't knowni feel but don't ageni'm young and still brokeni haven't lost enough to appreciate a thingni'm surrounded by people that hold people only as dreamsnwell let it be 'cause there ain't no remedy to heal a broke heartnif somethin's temptin' me, the emptiness is a part nof how i walk nowneverything i see is a piece of what makes the pieces that make up menand when i breathe weed-free, it's a bit too sharpni need to check my visionntimes ain't that hardni got a good thing goin' and i'm good at itni need to drop these bad habits, i ain't no addictnand when the sun shines down there ain't no staticnand when i smile i just know that i so had it madennstand strong, be a man, understandndo the best that you can nthat's all i knownpeople lie, people steal, people kill nbut everyone feelsnthat's all i knownwhere i am, what i do, what i knewnhow i grew bein' with younthat's all i knownand today i'm still here, still fearnstill somethin' ain't clearnthat's all i knownngrey skies make blue much betternand times only endeavor as practicin' npull the lever to rewind it all and watch you barely even see meni'll make a short appearance but cameo's off the tvnlet the cd play and let the real me shinen'cause what happened was over a long time and it's all fineni'm lovin' the unexpectancynfeelin' the feelings feltni'm diggin' the new experiencenlettin' it all meltnyo i'm so strong, i move on, don't look backni can only walk forward with a smile and you know thatni had to write thisni fuckin' wrote thisnthis is my own life laid out, support thisnn(that's all i ask... for sure... that's all i can ask... for sure... support this...)nnthat's all i knownnstand strong, be a man, understandndo the best that you can nthat's all i knownpeople lie, people steal, people kill nbut everyone feelsnand that's all i knownwhere i am, what i do, what i knewnhow i grew bein' with younthat's all i knownand today i'm still here, still fearnstill somethin' ain't clearnthat's all i knownnstand strong, be a man, understandndo the best that you can nthat's all i knownpeople lie, people steal, people kill nbut everyone feelsnand that's all i knownwhere i am, what i do, what i knewnhow i grew bein' with younthat's all i knownand today i'm still here, still fearnstill somethin' ain't clearnthat's all i knownnknow know know... nknow know know...nknow know know...