R.A. The Rugged Man

Released: April 30, 2013

Songwriter: R.A. The Rugged Man

Producer: Ayatollah

[Verse 1: R.A. The Rugged Man]
Little ones listen, learn from me, see, you could be the best
But sit in your room depressed and you'll never progress
My sister Dee-Dee was born mentally retarded, she was a beautiful
Woman at 26, but now she's dearly departed
This May Tenth she suffered from a heart attack, the depletion of
Oxygen in the head left her in a coma brain-dead
Her internal organs was failing, her body no longer releasing excretions
My parents wouldn't pull the plug cause she was still breathing
Black, white, let's unite us, never divide us. X-Clan
Professor X died from spinal meningitis, so many like us
Are in Rikers suffering, struggling, slumming. A few years ago
You was sucking your thumb and now you're busting your gun and dumbing
An innocent man is done, and enough of your bluffing, your thugging
And enough of the ruckus running, the roughest is coming
It's a miracle just being born, learn to enjoy life
It ain't that long. sing the words to my song, come on

[Chorus: Eamon]
Wake up, don't cry
So sad inside
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway
Wanna give up, feel like hiding
Yeah, I get down, but keep fighting
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway
Away
Away
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway

[Verse 2: R.A. The Rugged Man]
Living ain’t a breeze, please, life’s full of tragedies
We see our friends die, some get murdered, some die by disease
Got your finger on the trigger, don't do it, contemplating
Suicide, just put the gun down, we've all been through it
An infant in his crib sprayed by stray bullets and dies
He was a future genius, he would have won a Pulitzer prize
The racist cop shot an innocent black, an 8-year old
Prostitute hoing getting mommy money for crack
A little boy molested by his step-father, hopeless
The little boy grew up now, he's molesting his own kids
The government watching you from a satellite like you ain't had it right
Your best friend snitching on you; that's animal-like
It's horrible watching your loved ones die and having to bury 'em
This year, my cousin found dead, she overdosed shooting heroin
My family dying from sickening disorders, we found my brother Maxx
He was blue and purple and he was stiff with rigor mortis
My father got spots on his lungs, they think it's cancer
I'm praying every night, even if God don't ever answer
We can do it together, women hold your mans
Men hold your women, everybody let's hold hands and sing

[Chorus: Eamon]
Wake up, don't cry
So sad inside
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway
Wanna give up, feel like hiding
Yeah, I get down, but keep fighting
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway
Away
Away
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway
Wake up, don't cry
So sad inside
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway
Wanna give up, feel like hiding
Yeah, I get down, but keep fighting
I still get through the day
I'm gonna make it anyway

R.A. Thorburn better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper, screenwriter, film director and film producer. He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills. R.A. signed to major label Jive Records at age 18, but his debut album, Night of the Bloody Apes, was never released.

Since then, he has worked with the likes of Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, and Notorious B.I.G., as well as producers Erick Sermon, Trackmasters, DJ Quik, The Alchemist, J-Zone, and Ayatollah.[citation needed] He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album. After a brief stint on Capitol Records (during which he recorded another unreleased album, American Lowlife), R.A. signed with independent label Nature Sounds and released his official debut, Die, Rugged Man, Die.[4] In 2013, R.A. released his second album, Legends Never Die on Nature Sounds

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