Resist the Temptation

Resist the temptation of the beast

You slip and lose your grip, and forever fall asleep

The venom is contagious, be wary of its spell

What you thought would be heaven turns out to be hell

I wonder if she knows the devil's taken off her clothes

Deep into her soul, slow, now he's in control

Pop is doing worse, a victim of the deadly curse

Wouldn't be the first to leave the ghetto in a hearse

Oh and how it hurts, the children pay the biggest price

Never gets the chance to grow up with a happy life

Blame it on the rock but we know that's a bunch of crap

Someone from the top supplying us with plenty crack

Keep 'em in a daze, don't let 'em see the other way

Let 'em all get paid, won't live to see another day

See, they never got a breath of the sunshine

Now the kid's addicted and only hit it one time

We're destined to be dead as a nation

Don't let it come to this, resist the temptation

From pyramid top to bottom of bowl

From whips and locks to fist and afro

We dug too deep to give up this gold

Don't be bought and you won't be sold

Running on empty, you ain't gon' go

Running on empty, lead you to nowhere

Real facts, nobody can lie

So resist the temptation

Gamble for your soul with the devil

You wonder, how low can you go

Before you finally reach the lowest level?

As everybody sits and stares

There's no use looking in you eyes 'cause there isn't anybody there

And though it may make you wanna cry

Got you stealing from your family and you don't even know why

I guess you think they'll understand

You feel cold 'cause you sold your soul to the dope man

And now there's no turning back, in fact

It's decided that would live and die for the crack

You got no friends 'cause you cheated them all

Feel lonely, low, defeated, and small

No one was there when I took the wrong path

And nobody cared if I died in a blood bath

But is this my destiny?

Tell the Lord, they got my mind but He can have the rest of me

'Cause I'm ready to end it all

One bullet to the brain, forgive my sins and all

I didn't mean to be a bother

A failure as a son, a husband, and a father

I wish I could turn back the time

Go back and find why I let it crack my mind

And my only explanation, it came to this

Resist the temptation

From pyramid top to bottom of bowl

From whips and locks to fist and afro

We dug too deep to give up this gold

Don't be bought and you won't be sold

Running on empty, you ain't gon' go

Running on empty, lead you to nowhere

Real facts, nobody can lie

So resist the temptation

Your death left family behind

Your wife and your son find a gun and pieces of daddy's mind

On the door and on the floor

Now her husband is dead, what else is she living for?

So now she picks up the gun

Now son is the only one

Grows up in adoption homes

Gets older, bolder, and cold 'cause he's left alone

To him, nothing is funny

Mind set on one thing, making his money

Since I was left with no hope

I want money and gold ropes and so, I slang dope

Now I'm the neighborhood dope man

And as long 'cause they smoking, I'll never be broke, man

I live the life of a trifle

Following a cycle so I'm just as psyched up

But if I had a better life

I would have lived a good life and did more things right

Hard to resist temptation

With all the aggravation and the frustration

Of living in the ghetto

Your mind gets twisted just like a pretzel

So it's time that I check out

But one nosy cop just won't let me get out

They got me trapped once again

With a choice, shoot the **** or live life in the pen

I can't stand the frustration

Resist the temptation

From pyramid top to bottom of bowl

From whips and locks to fist and afro

We dug too deep to give up this gold

Don't be bought and you won't be sold

Running on empty, you ain't gon' go

Running on empty, lead you to nowhere

Real facts, nobody can lie

So resist the temptation

Five thousand

This song go out to the Underground Railround

Digital Underground