[Intro: Yared]
You done know, it's Red and Io
Killing beats, never stop
We going straight to the top

[Intro: iotosh]
Straight to the top, never going to stop
No matter how bad things look in life
You can always, always, reach the top

[Verse 1: Yared]
Got to stay sharp, like you double edged
Cut a brother down to size like an ugly hedge
Spit the sickest flows, like he was chewing lead
This brother so down to earth gravel in his head
Money on his mind
Got some close contacts, friends with Calvin Klein
Draw first blood with my pen, that's a lifeline
Gon' need one if you dis if you or end up on primetime

News got me stuck on the couch like the stain in my shirt
Abstain being sober, lil liquor never hurt
Pain to my mama and a stain on the earth
And I'm tryna make a living, what the true really worth?
What the worth of the wealth if the cost is in hell
Money and secrets in my pocket cause the bank always tell
Try to feed me poison apples so I'm going back to Dell
And you see me on your tele, chopper ring like a cell

And we got the hard bars like a life sentence
Thug life, steal your life essence
Making money like the mint but it don't make sense
That we jump a n***a quick like the was a short fence
I'm Alcatraz, boy you monkey bars
TRESemmé made my mind up so I'm going far
Try to sell me out now I know who the phonies are
Bout to conquer earth in a minute, then it's off to Mars

[Verse 2: iotosh]
Di war of righteousness start, I'm a part of Jah Jah army
We trample beasts of Babylon, dem wah fi try and harm me
Fearless warrior, not even need a shield to guard me
From Jah inna mi boat, mi nah jump ship
Even in stormy weather
Some people only goal in life is to obtain the cheddar
Dem nuh care 'bout human life, so earth a run redder
Which one you prefer? Jah light that's like a lamp?
Or Babylon lies that's as light as a white feather?
Which one better?

To guide you through the darkness?
Nuh must Jah light, regardless
Of the fact that mankind nowadays a move too damn heartless
Dem nuh think we smart-- dem feel dem a di smartest
Some get brainwashed; the images on TV leave them thoughtless
Food for thought dis, betta mark dis
Mark my words, hear what I'm talking
When you've fallen, get on up
And keep on walking, a nuh laugh ting
Shine your light in the midst of all this darkness
Cause the people who achieved greatness had to overcome the hardest

The rough and the tough, most difficult stuff
Life is a bitch and she thick and she buff
And she tricking so much and she tricking nuff
All you need to do is just give her a --
Keep looking up if you down on your luck
Cause all will be well if you're pouring out love
Fear not a soul cause you need not fear
Anyone but the Great One above
Look at your life and find it's meaning
Watch out for snakes, 'member looks are deceiving
Coulda you brother, you sister, you friend
If you let them in, you might end up grieving
Maybe just bleeding, believe me
Greedy conniving backstabbing heathen
Try your best to be good, don't be them
They'll try to fool you, don't believe them

Put your best works out, you must buss
Don't feel a way if it's not after the first
Song that you drop or race that you run
Or exam you sit, and last place you come
As the beat starts, or you hear the gun
Or the timer start till the exam done
Better put everything that you have inna life
Cause better must always come, uh

Remember when you start to feel tired
That's when you don't stop
Cause you might just be this close to the finish line
On the way to the top