hustling

[Hook] Grew up struggling, had to learn to stay strong, Moving weight, pushing work, I was grinding all night long, Threw it through the block, had to hustle, had to crawl, Moving fast, flipping bricks — but that shit don't last at all. [Verse 1] I grew up with the pressure, had the weight on my back, Empty pockets, broken dreams, had to find me a path, Every dollar that I made disappeared just as fast, Had to learn about the future from mistakes in my past. Cold nights, long roads, everybody chasing cash, Some was built for the struggle, some got caught in the trap, I was young, making moves, trying to make something last, Then I learned the hardest lesson — you gotta take a loss. [Hook] Grew up struggling, had to learn to stay strong, Moving weight, pushing work, I was grinding all night long, Threw it through the block, had to hustle, had to crawl, Moving fast, flipping bricks — but that shit don't last at all. [Verse 2] I done watched good people disappear from the scene, Watched a dollar turn a friend into somebody you don't need, Had my back against the wall, couldn't fall, couldn't fold, Every scar on my heart got a story untold. Now I'm moving with a purpose, trying to build something real, Still remember being broke, wondering what I would feel, If I ever made it out, if I could change it all, Sometimes winning ain't the lesson — you gotta learn from the fall. [Bridge] Take a loss, get back up, that's the code that I know, Life'll knock you to the dirt, but you still gotta grow, I was running from the pain, now I'm facing it all, Turned the weight of my past into strength when I fall. [Outro] Moving fast, flipping bricks, thought the money would last, Now I'm looking at my life, all them years went past, Still strong through the struggle, standing tall through it all, I ain't scared of losing now — I learned to take a loss.