This is track number 1 off Street Lights. Great opener to this excellent album, Grynch is giving his all to make it in the game – but if he can’t make it at least he gave it his all.
[Verse 1: Grynch]
Uh, and the beat goes on
Four albums deep man and nothing gonna delete those songs
Started writing rhymes at ten years been in the game for ten years
Funny how time flies but you can't dispute my ten yeah
Yeah, i'm looking back like how'd I get here?
The work put in beens clear i've always kept it sincere
Since day one rep the town, you don't know then ask round
Some new jacks is to whack, but I don't need they daps and pounds
I've seen em' come and go yeah they think they gonna blow
Get a little buzz flow and never do another show
Yo over the years some cats have thrown salt
But that ain't my problem see they failures is they own faults, I'm so appalled
You ain't never felt my records?
Like Pac' said, "don't bump it but, you damn well best respect it" and check it
You tripping off the way that I look judging by the cover you ain't never read a page in the book just
Illiterate up on the bottom while I spent my time just rising
Getting props to my songs to cats I grew up idolizing
Life's surprising it's crazy where its taking me
Even when it's breaking me, I'm breath man it's great to me
[Hook]
So imma carry on to this road
Came along way but, still I got much longer to go
People want to know the answer man I stop and just know
Imma keep it pushing farther with my heart and my soul
[Verse 2: Grynch]
Yo, ain't always peaches and cream see they'res ups and downs
Stucken down the 11th gotta make it through another round
I'm feeling like fuck a crown I'm sick off all of this shit
Can't lie couple times I called it a quits
The bars that I spit never had shit dropping it breaks
But its the bullshit in the game that should have got me to sit yeah
The folks at Volvo said they would get me a new whip
And yeah here I am two years later and they didn't do shit
Oh well, for a while I had to struggle with the pen
I put it down for a second and fell in love with it again
Trying to find the hunger that I had when I made my second wind
Better yet the hunger I had back when this shit began
Plus I gotta get them mans when things just ain't going right
I gotta do a better job and really take my own advice
Done a lot of shit its stupid yo the truth is dope
I'm feeling good and I'm excited to see just what the future holds
It's like I gotta win no time to thing what could have been
Been on the verge for years between bubbling and struggling
Gotta make it count and if that day really never comes
At least I gave my all to this, when it's said and done
[Hook]
Carry On was produced by Elan Wright & Nima Skeemz.