back for the first time and I ain't leaving again  without fam I'll lose before I even begin  home at last and I'm breathing it in  you see the surface value I know the hidden secrets within  so I gotta represent for the people on the ave  where status ain't measured by how much you have  and I know that this world will come to pass  but the goal of the game, I'm still running past  or it's like I'm hiding behind a mask  and ain't coming out until enough time has passed  but na I can't ignore the signs  I need to start looking out for more than mine  but I stop at the borderline cause I'm in fear of losing  what I hold dear but what do I have here  all I got is my fellow man, they outside  I belong by their side, we fight to stay alive    CHORUS:  come around my way  I ain't got nothin but a ball and a chain  tell me mister man do still wanna play  my people stand up just say  it's gon be OK    and at the end of the day  It's hard to hold back trying to place all the blame  living in a struggle but I stay in the game  my people stand up just say  it's gon be OK    sincere people keep putting in work  cause change is dependent on what we each do  trust I'm here with you, and they wonder how  I'ma reach the masses but the last thing that I could do is down it   down  cause that would just add insult to the injury  this mindset has been injecting into me  so you have got to be kidding me  I could care less what the majority of the upper class considers   interesting  that's all irrelevant and I can't even tell if it's  what we really feel is right or what is on the television  made to forget the honor of wisdom intelligence  look my peoples road of life ain't made out of yellow bricks  I've said it before, this day is like never before  today we settle the score for what we stand for  and demand more out of each other as one  when we discover we're one, and then the struggle is won    CHORUS:  come around my way  I ain't got nothin but a ball and a chain  tell me mister man do still wanna play  my people stand up just say  it's gon be OK    and at the end of the day  It's hard to hold back trying to place all the blame  living in a struggle but I stay in the game  my people stand up just say  it's gon be OK