I've been working so,
I've been working so,
I've been working so hard
Why you bring me down?
Why you bring me down?
I've been working so hard

You'll be smooth,
I'll be smoother,
Smoother than silk
Let honesty remain my virtue,
Motherin' is my milk
To push strong 'til the end,
Because the stress is the life
Keep on pushin' like a player,
Guess you can't see our strife
We're in this together 'cause there's no place to run
Man's built the gun, that's why I'm chasing the sun
You wanna walk how you walk?
Then watch me try to stay how I stayed,
I can't be swayed by the man
I love my shorties with my heart,
I'll always lend them my hand
Teach my children about the seeds you wanna take from the sand
Gotta maintain motherfucker,
Gotta stick to these plans,
'Cause this globalized village made it all-out war
And hip hop will be my wings,
And enough men needing to soar
I see more guns than children being born everyday
Another mother'll have to weep because you'd rob her's away
I guess you're never gonna figure,
No man's bigger than the next
Instead of building, you'll be killing,
Every man's getting vexed

So carry on; carry on
Carry on
Maintain

How would you like to stick with me?
How much do you love to freefall?
I never thought that I would have to stay so near to keep you near
How would you like to stick with me?
And do you love to freefall?
I never thought that I would have to speak so loud for you to hear

I need your loving,
And I try so hard
To maintain
I need your loving,
And I try so hard
To maintain

Carry on, carry on, carry on,
Carry on, carry on, carry on,
Carry on, carry on, carry on,
Carry on

I wanna chill for real,
But I can't seem to escape
Because your five-minute pleasures got me screaming out rape
And parliament, they keep me tied up with the fucking red tape;
Left taps on my phone,
They got me thinking about fate
"Hold it, freeze," keeps me thinking that there's no time to wait;
And now the prison cell bars offer up heaven's gate
But we're like in this together,
See there's no place to run
Man's built the gun,
So we're chasing the sun

Carry on; carry on

Day and night,
Hell, everyday,
I'll carry on
On every single part I play,
I'll be so strong,
Hell, I won't give up the fight
Day and night,
Everyday,
I'll carry on
I'll live my life on centre stage,
I'll carry on, I'll be so strong,
I won't give up the fight

Carry on
Carry on, carry on, carry on,
Carry on, carry on, carry on