DAY BY DAY

[Intro: Reuben Vincent]
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[Verse 1: Reuben Vincent]
Woke up and send my prayers to the most high
Keep on stackin' my paper, keep me most fly
Meditated and manifest my whole life
I can't keep doing wrong when I know right
I feel like niggas been waitin' on that feeling for that real shit
So why the fuck would I be chillin'? Gotta kill shit
I'm just a prophet touching millions, got a steel lip, all of my niggas
The children is looking at me, the family banking on me
Parents is older now and census is waiting on me
World on my shoulder now, I must be responsible
The world is a carnival, a zoo full of animals
Economy rising up, the rent due yesterday
I went through all my pay, we stuck in a desperate state
Some of us gon' graduate, some of us just rather wait
For something that's tryna make it out here movin' (Day by day), yeah

[Chorus: Reuben Vincent]
Working hard tryna make it out
But you don't know your route, yeah
Stressing, you going hard, tryna get it out
Tryna figure it out (Day by day), yeah
Working hard tryna make it out
But you don't know your route, uh, yeah
Stressing, you going hard, tryna get it out
Tryna figure it out (Yeah, uh)

[Verse 2: Reuben Vincent]
Rest in peace to Nip, my nigga stuck inside the grind
Niggas clocking in, they feel they running out of time
Student loan for college, folks impoverished 'til they die
Money doesn't make you real, that's why some niggas doing fraud
I chose to, uh, make an honest living with the rhyme
I can't lie like I don't be conflicted some times
But something in my heart make me not live a life of crime
I worked for pretty pennies, never ever dropped a dime
Or never sold a pack, but I been victim of the highs and the lows
Cousin selling cereal milk by the bowl
Loud making noise, call him alphabet boys
'Cause you know he got Q's, got P's, got O's
I asked him put me on, nigga laughed and said no
Told me, "Reuben, you know the cons outweigh the pros"
The junkies ain't the only ones addicted and it shows, my nigga
But that's just how it goes, so (Day by day)

[Chorus: Reuben Vincent]
Working hard tryna make it out
But you don't know your route, yeah
Stressing, you going hard, tryna get it out
Tryna figure it out (Day by day), yeah
Working hard tryna make it out
But you don't know your route, uh, yeah
Stressing, you going hard, tryna get it out
Tryna figure it out (Yeah)
Working hard tryna make it out
But you don't know your route, yeah
Stressing, you going hard, tryna get it out
Tryna figure it out, yeah
Working hard tryna make it out
But you don't know your route, uh, yeah
Stressing, you going hard, tryna get it out
Tryna figure it out (Yeah)

[Outro]
Day by day

[Skit]
Yeah (Yeah, yeah, hah)
Introducing Third World (Yeah)
I got my gang, my tribe in the building (Third World)
It's only right we introduce them
Okay
Starting off
We got the 35-millimeter shooter
Nuke in the building, what's up? (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah, my boy)
Next (Yeah), we got my brother (Yeah, yeah)
The fifth-year senior (Hah)
Jelani Maxwell
My brother graduated, though (Hah), for sure (Carolina)
Next, we got my boy, my guy
Abdul (Lavish), Mr. Lavish, yeah (Lavish, hah)
Okay
And then we got (Huh?)
My right-hand man (Uh-huh, what?)
The general (Uh-huh)
Mr. Reuben Vince Carter
Reuther Vandross (Yeah)
Y'all know who he is, yeah (704)
And last, but not least (Uh)
I go by the name of Jonny Kaine (Hah, yeah)
The one behind the tables (Hah), yeah (Yeah, alright)
Representing (Yeah)
Third World in the building, let's go (Third World)