Atmosphere Keep Steppin Lyrics

It goes job after job after blow to the self-value
He doesn't get along with powerful people
The mind is a box kept locked
Inside is the pride and the ego and he can't find the keyhole
Compensates with alcohol and hate
And contemplates whether or not he wants to be awake
Bounce around the words all the nouns and verbs
But better late than never doesn't work for work
Can't hold employment, can't hold a girl
But he can hold a weapon and keep this whole world steppin
Another angry arrogant American
One frustrated step away from where you stand
Put your hands up for fear of fear itself
Or write it off as balances and checks
Or take the sign out the window and change it
To say you want to help
And maybe we can talk him into walkin up these steps

Keep lookin up, tryna count how many left
Hook 'em up, one at a time until you're outta breath
One foot in front of the other, right, left
And spend your whole life climbin these steps
Brotha keep lookin up, tryna count how many left
Hook 'em up, one at a time until you're outta breath
One foot in front of the other, right, left
And spend your whole life climbin these steps

For every boy she allows to step on her heart
She comes one step closer to findin what she needs
The sad part is she's still stuck somewhere
Behind the start, still doesn't know
What it takes to make it leave
The tattoo bleeds upon the paid dues
Break the rules to balance the odds
Challenge her god, the untrained eye
Think she got it all together
But the first time I seen her smile I knew better
Write down the letters, piece 'em in order
Make sense out of a sentence give a picture a border
Gotta sort through the images that clutter the soul
But the photo got fried cause the shutter didn't close
Overexposed, too many steps, too soon
Kill the pain with Jameson under a Blue Moon
She climbs, she cries, she waits
How many more can she take before her legs break

Girl keep lookin up, tryna count how many left
Hook 'em up, one at a time until you're outta breath
One foot in front of the other, right, left
And spend your whole life climbin these steps
Sister keep lookin up, tryna count how many left
Hook 'em up, one at a time until you're outta breath
One foot in front of the other, right, left
And spend your whole life climbin these steps

Girl keep

Girl keep..

(steppin on our left, steppin on our right)

So if you're doin bad, I'ma sing about you
And if you're doin good, I'ma sing about you
Whether or not you knew, I been singin 'bout you
It's all I know, I don't know what else to do
When you take a step, I take a step
Or maybe it's the other way around I'm not too sure
Right and wrong got together, the vision was blurred
The path was crooked but the intentions were pure
And I count these steps, gettin closer to home
And I love each step like it was my own
And when I reach the top or the goal or whatever
Maybe finally they'll let me forget her

So then I keep lookin up,
Hook 'em up, one at a time until you're outta breath
One foot in front of the other, right, left
And spend your whole life climbin these steps
I never quit lookin up, tryna count how many left
Hook 'em up, one at a time until you're outta breath
One foot in front of the other, right, left
And spend your whole life climbin these steps

I don't stop lookin up