Pain Is Real

[Intro: M.A.D]
It be one of them days, man
Wake up in the morning, get my son and my daughter ready
In the morning, get my son and my daughter ready
Wake up in the morning, get my son-

[Verse 1: M.A.D]
Wake up in the morning, get my son and my daughter ready
Got work, little job but the money steady
World up on my shoulder, got to fake it with a smile though (With a smile)
I'm a clown face painted, Where’s Waldo?
Got my hoodie on, I'm high from the motivation
Dark clouds overhead, it's like a storm waiting
I ain’t seen a path cut clear since my dad died
Questioned faith, еven God on my bad side
Differеnt faces that I paint up on the wall
Like Picasso with the easel, I'm evil after all (Huh)
For the fathers that be going through the struggle
Working hand over hand, check to check for the hustle
M.A.D on the same damn boat
Bigger dreams for the scrub, grab life by the throat (Ah)
Always told me live a little larger
Leave a legacy for my son and my daughter

[Chorus: J Dunja]
If I can't say nothing (nothing), I can say that pain is real
Could choose to be nothing (nothing), fall in the trap with the homies out here but I choose to be something (Something)
I hope you all get the same idea
And we'll be onto better things from the bottom up
Swerving in our lane, can't you feel the pain?

[Verse 2: J Dunja]
Yo! From the bottom where I came, never paid for me
I grind even when I got to do it painfully
There ain't a question, I'ma ride so just pray for me
I'm only rockin’ with them ones thinkin’ the same as me
Try to get up out them chains, shackles on our brain
I live and let live, the reasons I give back
Some acknowledged by life and I'm hoping you feel that
Life ain’t no joke so let's go, where the real at?
No stage, no awards, no ESPY
No hate off in my art, no fraud, no thespian
I'm praying every day to be the best, admit it
While some hustle every day to rock the freshest threads
Yeah, fuck that, I'm in it for the culture
Grinding with no limits on my vision what I go for
No 0-4, I’m Curry, step back and this swish be buried

[Chorus: J Dunja]
If I can't say nothing (nothing), I can say that pain is real
Could choose to be nothing (nothing), fall in the trap with the homies out here but I choose to be something (Something)
I hope you all get the same idea
And we'll be onto better things from the bottom up
Swerving in our lane, can't you feel the pain?

[Verse 3: Ant Dog]
Wake up every morning and I gotta ask God why?
Why'd you take my father? Why did Jesse take his own life?
Tears flow like the rivers and it won't stop
Get it together bro, sinking in depression, nah
I gotta keep my head up in this time of struggle
Keep it moving, keep it going, I was destined for greatness
Took the Band-Aids off and yeah this pain is real
I gotta face the facts, I gotta put in work
I gotta stay true, stay focused in this game or it'll ruin you
I'm living life on better terms, wouldn't have it any other way
I gotta play my cards right 'cause I don't wanna fold
'Cause I choose to be something, I choose to be something, I don't wanna fold (Don't wanna fold)
I choose to be something, I choose to be something, I don't wanna fold

[Chorus: J Dunja]
If I can't say nothing (nothing), I can say that pain is real
Could choose to be nothing (nothing), fall in the trap with the homies out here but I choose to be something (Something)
I hope you all get the same idea
And we'll be onto better things from the bottom up
Swerving in our lane, can't you feel the pain?

[Outro: J Dunja]
Yah, yah, yah