Yo, let me take you back to where I started from
Concrete jungle where the real get it done
Raised in the gutter, hunger was the motto
Mamma worked two jobs, still we had no pounds
Streets ain't calm, they try to keep a young boy down
But I escaped the spiral through the punch of them sounds
From the struggles, hustle was critical
Use the lyrics as the ritual
To rise above, prove I was more
Than a statistic of this civil war
The rap was my remedy, safe inside the beats
Gave me strength, helped me stand on my feats
Put in work, had to grind, couldn't sleep
Getting blocked at every door, but I wouldn't cease
Haters tried to stop the dream, said I wouldn't be
Nothing but a kid who spit, but couldn't really see
The vision clear, reality, make it or get ate
I chose to never contemplate, just formulate
From the struggles, hustle was critical
Use the lyrics as the ritual
To rise above, prove I was more
Than a statistic of this civil war
The rap was my remedy, safe inside the beats
Gave me strength, helped me stand on my feats
Look at me now, rose up, defied the odds
From sleeping on floors to sleeping in exotic spots
The journey was treacherous but I stayed trill
'Cause giving up was something I knew I couldn't will
So to the strugglers out there, trying to pursue
Don't be afraid to hustle, that's just what we knew
Keep pushing ahead, you can overcome
And make something of yourself, like I once had done
So to the strugglers out there, trying to pursue
Don't be afraid to hustle, that's just what we knew
Keep pushing ahead, you can overcome
And make something of yourself, like I once had done