ADT - Before I Break Lyrics

I'm from the city of the cardinal birds, my mother's last, but my father's first
Growing up, I used to see them hustlers hard at work
And they say you can't be soft if it's that hard you serve
Remember when I used to have to catch the TARC to work
That shit had me pissed, like I'm tryna mark my turf
So my future, I had to plan it out just like Mars and Earth
You never write a statement like a Shawn Carter verse
Cause they'll come and cut your top like an Islamic birth
Shalom to the ones seeking a different truth
Me, I'm just trying to get the coup with the missing roof
And I'll never judge a man based off religious views
Cause the ones they do are typically hypocritical
I'm sorry, I ain't trying to ruffle feathers
But they say one man's trash, another man's sunken treasure
I gotta ask, which one is better
Bad karma or lack of commas but you gotta live with it forever

If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake
How much more can I take before I break
I don't know
I don't know
If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake
How much more can I take before I break
I don't know
I don't know

I'm just searching for my light at the end of the tunnel
I'm just waiting on a break like I'm still in a huddle
Doing this for the ones I came up with in the struggle
Learned from New Jack City, don't let them enter the structure
It's like I injured a muscle I got pull around this bitch
F*ck around and I'ma grab the tool and let it rip
Living in the dream, no Freddy Krueger in this shit
I'm too good for you, but these views ain't from the 6
It's too late if you reading this
And they keep on telling me the game needed this
I'm just trying to make a buck, it's hard to be legit
When you ain't got no options, either trapping or robbing
But where I'm from, it ain't no superheroes
We bout to green like it's the Hulk ain't talking Lou Ferrigno
People sell their soul for dough, what would you do for zeroes
If you was on your last, man, I just gotta ask

If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake
How much more can I take before I break
I don't know
I don't know
If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake
How much more can I take before I break
I don't know
I don't know