Back in the trenches living young seeing people sleeping on benches I gotta think gotta come to my senses is this gonna get offensive just pay attention mama grinding to pay the Bill's asking what kills what's the deal gotta keep real taught us to never steal even at the lowest said even though we moving the slowest we gotta stay focused now look at me tryna be a poet living off the 99 cent store tryna make a dollar wondering what I'm gonna be a scholar, lawyer, author asked myself how am I supposed to succeed while I bleed inside where's my guide just remember that I need to keep trying keep supplying the bag whether it got a tag because we grinding never lag