Take Me Away

[Intro]
Hello
(Hi Daddy!)
What are you doing?
(Umm, will you come and pick me up right now?)
Oh, I can't pick you up right now I'm busy I gotta go, record a song right now I'll pick you up after I get out of the studio, okay?
(Mmhm)
I love you
(I love you, daddy)
Aiight imma go back to work right now, okay?
(Okay)
I gotta go make that money for us
(I love you)
Be careful and behave alright?
(Okay)

[Chorus]
We do what we gotta do to make it through these hard times
I'm struggling & hustling I'm always on the grind, it's like
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay

[Verse 1]
I barely made rent and the sink needs fixing
Barely got money to put food in the kitchen
After working hard trying to make ends meet
Best believe, to many, life ain't sweet
But no one gonna hold me down
And this I swear to myself
Nobody gonna get the best of me
Cause I need nobody's help
And that for sure, I hold my own man, & do my own thing
I ain't gonna stop til' my coffin drops until I'm resting in peace
I know I gotta stay strong so I don't break so my kids say
"Daddy's gotta make that bank"
And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take
Cause never will I give 'em, never will I fail my faith, because

[Chorus]
We do what we gotta do to make it through these hard times
I'm struggling & hustling I'm always on the grind it's like
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay

[Verse 2]
No matter what I do, it never seems to be enough
They try to hold me down, but I get back up
My mind stays tough when these times get rough
So I gotta take a puff on this purple stuff
I can't sleep I'm still up in the late night
I'm thinking about my next move for the daylight
There's nothing left, so I gotta get my pay right
One false move, they send me straight to the cage right
I still live the same up in the street game
I still grind every day trying to maintain
I still try to get up on my feet
Still trying to fly away, still trying to spread my wings
But no matter what, I'm never gonna give up
I Gotta stay above water with my head up
And even though times are rough and you're fed up
We gotta do what it takes to get up

[Chorus]
We do what we gotta do to make it through these hard times
I'm struggling & hustling I'm always on the grind it's like
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay

[Verse 3]
I wake up in the morning every day with the same thought
Is the pain and the rain ever gonna stop?
And will I make it through the day without getting shot?
Or will the ways of the world get me caught?
Up in the mix down where I can't move
Doing what I do it's hard to walk in my shoes
I give it up to go to work a 9 To 5
Keep on doing what you doing to survive in your life
But what would you do if your son was at home
Crying on the floor cause he's always left alone
Wishing he could fly away every single night
Cause his daddy's up in prison and his mom's on the pipe
Will that be enough to get you back on your feet
Or knowing that he ain't got food to eat
We do what we gotta do to make it through these hard times
I'm always on the grind, I gotta get mine!

[Chorus]
We do what we gotta do to make it through these hard times
I'm struggling & hustling I'm always on the grind it's like
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay
Why can't I get away? Somebody take me away
To a better place, where everything gonna be okay