[Verse 1]
All I have is my misery
A bucks and some cigarettes
A perfect billboard model just kissed my cheek
That one morning the city slept
I've got a dirty mind but my shoes are clean
I don't look away cus' I choose to see
The chain around your neck isn't jewellery
You ain't foolin' me, cause I...
Never had no shades to cry behind
Never found the place I tried to find
If I told you so then I'd be lying, uh
I was lost and made a change, of course
But I'm still afraid of change, of course
Someone told me "when it rains, it pours"
[Hook]
I've been thinking of sunshine (sunshine)
Through the pain and strife
I've been thinking of sunshine
Through the coldest days of life
[Verse 2]
All I have is my history
Strolled the streets when a stranger passed
He spoke and, when I got to hear his story
I realized my life's not so bad
I used to have a job 'til they fired me
I thought I was the person I strived to be
Now everything is gone but that's fine with me
Cause my mind is free, and I...
Never had no shades to cry behind
Never found the place I tried to find
If I told you so then I'd be lying, uh
I was lost and made a change, of course
But I'm still afraid of change, of course
Someone told me "when it rains, it pours"
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
I never took nothing from no one, except bad advice
Some of my homies never overcame the setbacks of life
Li, li, life has taught me two things
Life has taught me two things
Tie your own shoestrings, sometimes we go through things
I've done things, I do things I'm not always proud of
But I smile through the struggle just as I've won the lotto
I know reality is hard sometimes, it's easy to dream
It's only when you close your eyes that you can see what I see
See what I mean?
[Hook] x2