[Chorus: Faith Evans (Saigon)] 
 We try our best to survive 
 (We ain't runnin away) 
 And keep our heads to the sky 
 (Y'all never will lead us astray) 
 Kiss that stress and depression goodbye 
 (Chase all of our troubles away) 
 If we could just get it right 
 (Then everything, it should be okay) 
 Oh okay 
    [Saigon:] 
 Do away with the clubs and the drug spots 
 Do away with the judge and the mug shots 
 Like we do away with the day when the sun drops 
 Clap your hands if you tired of hearin gunshots 
 Or hearin news about who got popped 
 By another black man or knockin a white cop 
 If I ain't there when it start I'm there when the fight stop like ock 
 Slow your roll or be cold as a ice pop, ya 
 We gotta start helpin each other, quit hurtin each other 
 Money'll have a nigga thinkin 'bout murkin his mother 
 How does it feel bein slaves to a dollar bill? 
 Givin you somethin y'all can feel, are y'all for real? 
 Do away with all the Chinese restaurants 
 Do away with all the fake Gloria Estefans 
 Clap your hands if you gettin up in some real estate 
 Buy the crib ma, the Benz with the wheels could wait 
 I 'member I used to instigate 
 Now I'm the one breakin up the fight makin sure that detention's straight 
 Will let a nigga get the heart to push me 
 I'll snuff the biggest nigga with him, show him that his partner pussy 
 You ain't got to be soft to be compete 
 I'm like the Martin Luther King then I knock out some teeth 
 Now I'm a flip it and shift it, give it prolific 
 Case niggaz just get it twisted, forget that I'm so gifted 
 Do away with the jails and the group homes 
 Like we did away with the shells and the two-tone 
 Clap your hands if you lovin that Just Blaze shit 
 Cause we don't just make songs, we make statements   
 [Chorus]   
 [Saigon:] 
 Do away with the hip-hop police force 
 Fuck the pigs, I was taught not to eat pork 
 Clap your hands if you ain't forget where you came from 
 Clap again if you ready to see a change come 
 I used to live in the same slum 
 As Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe, that's where the knuckle game from 
 Spring Valley had the same bums 
 We had to stay in, I ain't hang late cause we ain't have a income 
 Now I be on the track like when the train come 
 And I don't rap to just jaw-jack, nigga I be sayin somethin! 
 And with my man Just Bliggity Blaze 
 You're just about to witness history made 
 Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap 
 Clap your hands if you lovin that Just Blaze shit (clap) 
 Clap, y'all, clap 
 Let's, let's, let's go!   
 [Chorus]   
 [Outro: Faith Evans] 
 Oh okay (mmmmmmmm) 
 Oh okay, we're tryin our best to survive 
 Oh okay, tell me when we're gonna get it riiiiight 
 Oh okay, just keep our heads to the sky 
 Oh okay, kiss that stress and depression goodbye 
 Oh okay (ohhhhh) oh okay (ohhhhh) 
 Oh okay (ohhhhh) oh okay (keep your heads to the sky) 
 Oh okay (mm-hmm) oh okay (hey heyyyyyyy!) 
 Oh okay (ohhhh!) oh okay (yeah) 
 Oh okay, ohhhhhhhhhhh ohhhohhhhhhh 
 Oh okay, tell me when we're gonna get it riiiiight 
 Oh okay, all we gotta do is keep our heads to the sky 
 Oh okay, hallelujah holla back at me if you hear me now 
 Oh okay (oh-hohhhhh) oh okay (oh-hohhhh) 
 Oh okay (OHHH!) oh okay (gonna be alright now) 
 Oh okay (oh-hohhhhh) oh okay (ooh ohhhhhhhh) 
 Oh okay, oh okay (okay) 
 Oh okay, hallelujah holla back at me if you hear me now 
 Oh okay, ohh yeahhhhhhh   
 [Ad libs to the end]