uh uh this for my hood niggas whats good with you verse 1 grew up a dreamer eager to make believers of doubters and fill arenas with shouters rooting me on lighting herb reciting words to my songs the ink spills to heal those who were born like me who look up to the stars in the middle of the night mind cloudy as the skies trying to figure out their life what was once looking brights now dim your odds of making its slim youre looking all in the mirror like who is him uncertainty all over your face what a disgrace what happened to your faith nigga stand up straight hard times make you who you are man up ay if life knocks you down seven times stand up eight and move forward towards them goals you jotted and plotted taped to the wall and told yourself you got it you got it listen im reminiscing on the position that i was just in visions balling like a pistons my mission pre hook im trying to make it out ay yo i gotta make it out hook so we grind all day hustle all night dusk till dawn getting my money right a nigga trying to get paid fuck being broke get up go and get it yeah thats all i know im just trying to make it out ay yo i gotta make it out without a doubt verse 2 imma keep working for better as long as im able fuck your thought s about me less you putting food on my table nigga you don t pay these bills under my nails is dirt cant clean em can t chill as long as my mamas at work wanna see her quit her job and pull off in her dream car and park it at her dream house with three accounts one for mortgage and bills one when she wants to chill and one for a rainy day i pray she never faces cuz lord knows weve had storms 40 days and 40 nights and had floods did things for money only god could judge nigga hand me them scissors and pass me that beanie im bout to cut three holes in it yo so no one sees me and jack a nigga for his jesus piece father forgive me just reacted to mamas tears but god you know the real me but first thing in the morning this chain getting dropped and imma hit quan phone and we gon set up shop prehook to make it out cuz we just trying to make it out without a doubt hook grind all day hustle all night on my grind getting my money right man i m trying to get paid fuck being broke get up go and get it yeah thats all i know im just trying to make it out ay man i gotta make it out without a doubt verse 3 your honor before you bang that gavel may i ask why youre so quick to try and give us niggas numbers like an unattractive bitch sentence us to ten ten years and then go home like it ain t shit cuz we was doing shit for dough to come up with the rent fucking prick i keep my distance im smart enough to know that i fit the description to be another statistic raised in living conditions where the crime pays theyre even doing scams nowadays and who am i to feel a way or say a thing about it were chasing money nigga we can t go a day without it i got some issues mama told me i should pray about it cuz she don t want me in them streets she hopes i stay up out em but ay im knee deep trying to make a way up out em its either hustle or be hungry ain t no way around it see people only see the shine they don t ever see the grind before you ever make a dime you gotta put it time pre hook to make it out cuz boy we trying to make it out ay what you bout hook grind all day hustle all night dusk till dawn getting my money right a nigga trying to get paid fuck being broke get up go and get it yeah thats all i know i m just trying to make it out ay i just gotta make it out without a doubt i gotta make it out man im trying to make it out man i wanna make it out man i gotta make it out this for my hood niggas whats good with you by any means nigga gotta make it out ain t nothing coming to a sleeper but a good nights rest im up early in the morning trying to get that check you heard trying to make it out ay yo i gotta make it out if you got a idea and you wanna be a rapper or you wanna be a singer or you wanna do something in life you can t let no one tell you that you can t do it you just gotta keep doing it and keep doing it and its good to have someone behind you so if its not your parents get a friend and you know yawl be down and yall do what you gotta do and don t look behind you just keep doing what you gotta do and itll come to you one of these days