The old folk use to say baby keep on living
Life is gonna show you things
and some things you won't understand
just keep on living
Ima keep pushing and moving
I won't let nothing stop me
Yes I think I'll run on and see what the ends gone be

Life is full of uncertainties the unknown
There's something about your tomorrow
that you don't know.
I've heard the old folk say baby keep on living
life changes every day every hour and every minute
What goes around is gonna come right back to you
I don't care if you're the preacher or
teacher doctor or dealer
You can blame it on karma
Blame it on God if you like
but I've seen it with my own eyes
and it looks like it's the circle of life

The old folk use to say baby keep on living
Life is gonna show you things
and some things you won't understand
just keep on living
Ima keep pushing and moving
I won't let nothing stop me
Yes I think I'll run on and see what the ends gone be

Back in the days every year we had a family reunion
Cars would be lined up the street
and the children would be outside playing
There would be grandparents parents aunties uncles cousins and friends laughing and talking
food spades and Al Green singing
sitting on the dock of the bay
But now it's parents against child
child against their parents sisters against brothers brothers against their sisters forgiveness for a friend
but no forgiveness for your kin
And couples don't last long
because they can't handle no pressure
And they quick to give up on love
but will stay on a job that they don't like
a job that they been tired of

The old folk use to say baby keep on living
Life is gonna show you things
and some things you won't understand
just keep on living
Ima keep pushing and moving
I won't let nothing stop me
Yes I think I'll run on and see what the ends gone be

To that person out there that never gives up
keep on living
To the one that keeps falling down
but you keep on trying again
baby keep on living
When it gets real hard to the one
that keep on pushing through
keep on living
When you keep on going
persistence has a way of rewarding you
baby keep on living
When you reach for the moon
you might fall somewhere amongst the stars
keep on living
Just remember that every star has some light
and a story of its own baby keep on living

The old folk use to say baby keep on living
Life is gonna show you things
and some things you won't understand
just keep on living

The old folk use to say baby keep on living
Life is gonna show you things
and some things you won't understand
just keep on living"