Lyrics

Chorus: through hard times /even though we struggle to grind/ we still know to keep in mind/ its our ambition to shine/ through hard times/ even though we stress through strive/ most things we can't win but at least we tried

Repeat chorus

Verse 1 by [Haynie Smith]
a lot of things changed through the years but still struggle to live/I spent 20 years of begin one of poverty's kids/and growing up with the list of all the politics fib's/ I see a beggar on the streets and I ain't got nothing to give these hard times/ and plus I'm still up on the grind/its been a minute with my rapping and still hoping to sign/as I'm down memory lane I see we neglect the past/cuz in the present its like we lost all respect that we've had/and man I'm glad that I've learned how to count my blessings/cuz we stressin/and we fear another great depression/I wonder where I might be 60 months from now/cuz it's a struggle in this life to advance a round/u never know when the game of life wanna defeat ya/plus the devil's on the streets walkin around with the reaper/now I finally realized though it took me a while/ that the future brings tears and make it hard to smile/so I'm making every chance to try to change from broke/that why I'm spittin on this mic like I got snot in my throat/I feel my destination suppose to be my voice behind beats/instead of hustlin in the hood and commit to the streets/I'm steady breathing for my dad uncle and cousin/I'm bout to make it in this game when haters thought that I wasn't/now I believe in myself by keepin hope in mind/and staying/humble in this life to make it through hard times.

Chorus repeat

Verse 2 by [William (pappa will ) Stokes
A yo my mind is blowin/I'm bumpin pac picture me rollin/niggaz think they doing it big but they head is just swollen/ try'n to keep it in the wind/ writing my life with the pen/sittin here stumbling on my words drinking juice and gin/I'm in the land of these hoe's crooks and thieves/man we hustle everyday to put our life at ease/because I rise from all the hatred and hurt/I gained confidence in my self I wont be treated like dirt/that's why I pray every day to make my life complete/I rather fight for my life than to welcome defeat/when hard times cause for desperate measures/people 40 years old ain't got the life together/ can't be like that I put my life in the zone/hoping I can find a key to a place called home/I'm on my own/ as I'm ridding in my chevy/trying to make it to the top but the game is too heavy/it's the pain from the game man life is a bitch/u better get off yo ass if you wanna be rich/all my people know the deal we gotta hustle to survive/trying to be a better man through what/ through hard times


Chorus repeat