Chorus:

They got you thinkin’ that you can’t break out.
They got you feelin’ that there’s no way out.
They got you filled with all kinds of doubt. Break the Cycle.
Break the Cycle...

Verse I

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. 
They cut the budget and call it "tough love."
...but it doesn’t matter cause I’m always getting phatter
Those discouraging words I heard jus’ chitter chatter.
Cause I’m makin’ a move to improve the economic situation that I’m facin’.
Slowly erasin’ the cycle of poverty meant for me.
Oh NO! it wasn’t meant to be cause 
I’m plannin’, demandin’, for SAT’s I’m crammin’
feast or famine I raise my fist, resist, persist in my efforts 
that fly in the face of the racist. 
Verse I, Wall of Blue continued:

I want to see smiles on the faces of multicultural city dwellas in ghetto places 
but they drownin’ frownin’ wonderin’ ... 
"Oh my gosh I’m gettin’ dissed when did all this happen? 

Wake UP Wake UP as yo’ face I’m slappin yo, find yo drive, open yo’ eyes, get your mind futurized everything is computerized. Its time you recognize I tell no lies.  I’m a straight shooter. Go out and buy your child a computer.

So he/she can be complete compete not seventeen …out on the street gettin’ shot like Tupac and goin’ through hell, writing his best rhymes from the jail cell. Don’t misquote me mad love fo’ the brotha, but hey if there’s another way, I say try the other.

Discover the hour, knowledge is power. This is love sun, aint no Ivory tower.
Don’t cower under the pressure cause God wants to bless ya.

Break the cycle (chants)

Chorus:

They got you thinkin’ that you can’t break out.
Why should your kids take the exact same route.
They got you filled with all kinds of doubt. Break the Cycle.
Break the Cycle...

Verse II

Ah check it hear come that ol’ school vibe...
so jus’ hip hop hibbib dehop dehop dibby (s)
danga dang dang diggidiggi dop.
motivation is non-stop to keep on dusk to dawn
trainin’ the brain all night long til’ the early morn givin’ it my all and if I fall, 
those are the breaks, got to keep on.
Learn from mistakes that what it takes to be successful 
and I’m not gonna stop til’ I break the cycle...break it up.

Break the cycle (chant)
singing...