Already, the show goes on
All night 'til the mornin', we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder when they would see the sun
Just remember when you come up, the show goes on

Alright, already, the show goes on
All night 'til the mornin', we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder when they would see the sun
Just remember when you come up, the show goes on

One in the air for the people ain't here
Two in the air for the father that's there
Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto
Four for the kids that don't wanna be there

None for the *****s tryin' to hold them back
Five in the air for the teachers not scared
To tell those kids that's livin' in the ghetto
That the *****s holdin' back that the world is theirs

Yeah, yeah, the world is yours, I was once that little boy
Terrified of the world, now I'm on a world tour
I will give up everything, even start a world war
For these ghetto girls and boys, I'm rappin' 'round the world for

Africa to New York, Haiti, then I detour
Oakland out to Auckland, Gaza Strip to Detroit
Say hip hop only destroy, tell 'em look at me, boy
I hope your son don't have a gun and never be a D-boy

Alright, already, the show goes on
All night 'til the mornin', we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder when they would see the sun?
Just remember when you come up, the show goes on

So no matter what you been through, no matter what you into
No matter what you see when you look outside your window
Brown gr*** or green gr***, picket fence or barbed wire
Never ever put them down, you just lift your arms higher

Raise 'em 'til your arms tired, let 'em know you here
That you strugglin', survivin', that you gon' persevere
Nobody's ever leavin', nobody's goin' home
Even if they turn the lights out, the show is goin' on

Alright, already, the show goes on
All night 'til the mornin', we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder when they would see the sun?
Just remember when you come up, the show goes on all night