Strive (feat. Fred Nice) [Radio Edit]

I just wanna be the man I don't think y'all understand Working (Work) Working Working I just wanna be the man I just wanna world up in my hand Working Working Working (Yeah yeah yeah) I just wanna be the man I don't think y'all understand That I'm working I'm working I'm working yeah I just want to be the man I just want to have the world up in my hand (Yeah) I'm working I'm working I'm working working yeah yeah yeah yeah (Yeah) Strive for a goal Never blind but I fold Bread right up in my pocket And my mind full of gold Got to put your feet to the floor To make a step Pedal to the metal Tunnel your vision and do the best That you can do Looking at them we resemble each other Call me your brother then pull the pistol Suspenseful Low self esteem and resentful The streets raised most of the hood No parental Motivated counting the odds That's against you We all have a talent a skill Some potential Push through like inner strength It's within you Whoever don't eat at the table Is on the menu Simple we roll up one For the mental Celebrate the ones that's here Who been officially We the Fam Thoughts visual got to see the plan The road rough Got to work hard wanna be the man I just wanna be the man I don't think y'all understand That I'm working I'm working I'm working yeah I just wanna be the man I just wanna have the world up in my hand (Yeah) I'm working I'm working I'm working yeah yeah yeah yeah (Yeah) The stories they done told them all Never been a show it off You'll learn that You know nothing Thinking you know it all I think that I was born to brawl All my life had to fight Words from the wise old timer Thought it was bad advice We was out acting like Hustlers trapper life Faking it just to make it My wasn't the capping type Going hard all in the paint But wasn't Shaq in height Sports drugs or entertainment It was c***k or mics Re again We ain't have nothing to believing in Ain't see it then Mislead youth tryna be the man From teens to men The streets make it hard to find peace within We was then Taught hold your emotions Told to keep it in I know I can if could Put my mind on it Be whatever I wanna be Just like Nas chorus Mind forces telling right now The time calling Grind towards it Very hard and often got to strive for it Black people walk like that cause we have style We got flavor We got rhythm I mean bar none Everybody wanna be a But nobody wanna be a How about that question The Colonel's a now The Colonel's a now He done earned so much chicken he's a now I just wanna be the man I don't think y'all understand That I'm working I'm working I'm working yeah I just want to be the man I just want to have the world up in my hand (Yeah) I'm working I'm working Working yeah yeah yeah yeah (Yeah) I just wanna be the man Yeah yeah yeah yeah (Yeah)