Da Real's Verse:
my life aint the shit thats why i lack a smile
whenever i move up an inch it goes back a mile
cop some new kicks so i wont lack in style
but its like ima small whip trapped in traffic while
try not to let it get to me its beatin my health
cause it seems like history repeating itself
new crib but sleepin cold new job is gettin old
new paths are unfold but 10 forks is in the road
new dough with new bills young though i feel ill
no foes but still chill hate always in the air
niggas cool one minute then snap the next
till i run up on em stealth style snap they necks
i dont run around vet style blastin tecks
rather roll around exec style flashin checks
thats why im on the real grind 9-5 slow money
hence why i strive in rap nigga im so hungry
Chorus:
real life real strife (my nigga)
we on that real grind 9-5 just tryna stay alive
we all know that we soon gon' die
but we strive to make strides
as time winds by
this is real life real strife (my nigga)
we on that real grind 9-5 just tryna stay alive
we all know that we soon gon' die
but we strive to make strides
as time winds by
Cabar's Verse:
what doesn't kill you only makes your stronger
11 years ago I lost the person I my corner
Dear mother left me at an early age
just set the stage of the struggles that await
wakin up before the sun did I did so many things
and kept the pain on close lid
you can't tell me shit about growin up hard
when your father inserts heron into arms
had to be the strong one and play the dad role
made sure my brothers got to school and were clothed
you couldn't walk a block in my tattered soles
but it's not a battered soul now i'm invicable
throw it my way the kid gonna overcome it
all the pain and the tears wasn't all for nothing
it's now or never so i'm lookin fate in the face
letting the motherfucker know he's in my place
life wouldn't be life without a little struggle
dead in the dirt or high like clouds above you
with that in mind i'm inclined to live it like my last
cuz no clock tellin you when your time'll pass
