All I knew

I feel like we are still paying taxes to deal with

harassment aint nothing different except for the minute we

take what we're giving we're living in past tenths .

im the rose that grew from concrete and through all i

survived you only noticed my flaws not the fact im alive .

im spitting for the hustlers who never had a voice im

writing for the ghetto cause we dont have a voice scraping

and scheming by any means eating i gotta get mine and you

gotta get yours .

fast pace in this rat race if you aint in first then its

last place im m.i.a on this paper chase on cruise control in

the fastlanes .

most the shit we go through is prepping us for something

better as long as you remain you you dont have to worry bout

keeping your head up .

most the shit we go through is prepping us for something

better as long as you remain you you dont have to worry bout

keeping your head up .

life is a test and the world is a stage its already written

who's turning the page we make ends meet on minimum wage say

that we're free but we stuck in a cage .

the world dont stop cause you hurt it keeps on spinning and

even though we came from the dirt we keep on winning .

     

CHORUS

     

before i learned anything the hustles all i knew applied it

to everything and now thats all i do .

regardless of evrything im still remaining true as bad as

they trying to they still cant fill my shoes .

  

2nd Verse

From the ground up never had enough

Live day to day hard to stack it up

Mom packed us up and she moved us south

Back in NY to the same house

Life's hard to figure out

Then I figured out a whole nother route

Its money to be made and her son he came to dish it out

Waiting on to get older hot days but the nights got colder

I'm a hold it down for the whole fam i got a big chip on my shoulder

Shits rough one day it be over

Im a grind go get it like im posed to

Even if that mean i gotta post up

I done lived i done been through some worse stuff

No obstacle is impossible

Made it far still got lots to do

If you could walk a mile out in my shoes

You deserve to be just as true

Not turning back we never heard of that

Through these bars we'll bridge the gap

If you fall off you could get it back

Give a little hustle..try again

Anything i want i worked for it

Go time moving forward

Dont count me out you better count me in, im a key player i do the scoring

Knee deep 10 toes down the way im on it

Look up never down thats the way im going

Lead by example guess what i showed it

Live my best life damn right i own it