Ayo, to stay positive ain't easy to do.
Are you hearing the lyricism, cause I'm speaking to you.
You can hang on every word I say 'cause each of them's true.
This life we lead is so much more than if your sneakers are new.
Without a margin I'll be chargin' like a Mexican bull,
Sometimes the same exact glass can look half empty and full.
And negativity just does not work,
Remaining positive ain't easy 'cause I just got hurt.
And I know that I'm getting better but it's just a slow process.
The chemo ain't no fun but I know that is shows promise.
So far, I've been through so much, but I'm still here.
That's how I know that I'll get through this with my mind still clear.
Everybody tries to tell me that I gotta stay cheerful,
But they don't really know they just talking the same earful.
So even though optimism is not what I know,
I stay positive, and spit it with a positive flow.
Ayo, I got to keep it positive yo, I got to spit it wit a positive flow, ya know.
Ayo, I got to keep it positive yo, I got to spit it with a positive flow, oh, oh.
"How am I feeling?" is inquired a lot,
Am I o-kay, or not so hot, do I get tired or not?
I'm keeping it positive and not the opposite of it,
I'm not ecstatic, obviously I am not gonna love it.
Just try to understand it, when each day's crappy,
And everybody's always telling you to please stay happy.
All I know is that it isn't such a wonderful life,
When you're lying an operating table under the knife.
Surgery, and none of y'all can hurt for me,
Plus I've met twelve year olds who got it much worse than me.
And even younger, stuck on chemo for three years,
Infant babies, it is crazy, in faces I've seen fears.
I've seen the tears of mothers, and significant others,
I've seen brothers with tears of joy because his sister recovers.
I'll fight back, attacking like an operative yo,
But I keep it positive, and spit it wit a positive flow.
Ayo, I got to keep it positive yo, I got to spit it wit a positive flow, ya know.
Ayo, I got to keep it positive yo, I got to spit it with a positive flow, oh, oh.
Positive is not just a word, it's much more,
It makes war with all the feelings that I may be done for.
But I'm ready for anything that life throws at me,
It's a dice roll, its ice cold, but I'm so happy.
Just happy to be breathing, this cancer I'm defeating,
That's the answer, cause with me there ain't never no retreating.
With "chemo brain" which means that I go insane,
And it ain't rational, what happens up inside of my brain.
Remaining positive, it does not mean that I stay smiling,
It just means I haven't quit or decided I ain't trying.
But some days, each minute takes longer than paint drying,
I ain't lying, or keeping it cautious like safe driving.
As far as staying positive goes, I am trying,
Look into my eyes, I don't make the face of a man lying.
But I'll tell you what's my number one prerogative yo,
Remaining positive, and spitting with a positive flow.
Ayo, I got to keep it positive yo, I got to spit it wit a positive flow, ya know.
Ayo, I got to keep it positive yo, I got to spit it with a positive flow, oh, oh.
