The Struggle

Listening to this guitar riff is soothing to me
And as I get started, I'm improving n free
No longer wit hardship, no longer losing glee
I'm fly as shit, bars hit so hard I bruise emcee's
But as soon as the beat stops, I have to return
N meet lots of problems that can't be tossed and spurned
But we not the victim cause we taught and then learned
This lifestyle, cause we fought authority and earned

No cane or help from family, we all week on the grind
So I'll take the brain bitch, but not a piece of your mind
We ain't the same, your plain eyes can't see inside mine
And this hate makes me trust no one and keep my closed mind
Rap is my only focus, though it has broke us
Our opus is what keeps us going through these atrocious
Times, and without it we're ferocious and hopeless
But enough of that, I'm a write something explosive

Waking up everyday to start the grind
I work so much, but I'm still confined
I sit here and try to focus on this rhyme
But I just got too much on my mind

I am very tough, but this ain't subtle
All of life's troubles, I must juggle
One problem now, but tomorrow double
But that's just life, in the struggle

The moment I get on stage, I feel a peace
That's surreal and seems fake, but this real caprice
Gives me unreal relief, I feel complete
I'm on my heels and speak bars, revealing grief
But then the show ends... and begins the grind
Me n my mind reflect what's seen in my rhymes
Depression, neglection, constantly in decline
Dreaming that I'm on stage at work, screening my mind

And eyes, so I can pretend and escape the earth
I can't just take my words, spit 'em and make them worth
Shit, if you can't relate, or worse, you take my verse
And only wait the first eight bars, to create a terse
Judgement, based on ten seconds, give me more than that
I've been ignored and have been grinding for the last
Four years, and they all swore I'm whack before the track
But my grind makes sure my tracks won't have boring raps

Waking up everyday to start the grind
I work so much, but I'm still confined
I sit here and try to focus on this rhyme
But I just got too much on my mind

I am very tough, but this ain't subtle
All of life's troubles, I must juggle
One problem now, but tomorrow double
But that's just life, in the struggle

All this pressure, all this strain
To get better, n maintain
The same effort, when in pain
Motive: Never become plain

I will not take no for an answer
Cause failure will kill me, like cancer
Each fall I get up and keep workin'
So I can reach my dreams for certain

All I've ever wanted my whole life is to rap
I'm relaxed sitting back and writing, but when that
Has to end at last, I have to combat the cracks
In my life, I swear, I'm gonna fucking snap!
Cause I don't slack at anything, but I still lack
Cash, and have to use whack programs to make tracks
I wanna give it all to those who support me
And keep giving brawls to those spitting all to thwart me

But no diss track can lessen my drive to succeed
The second that I've given up and agreed
To quit's the moment that I'm dead and my mind is freed
I'll leaven or die, it's destined or I will be
Sad and depressed forever, but please understand
I'm just a man, and I don't write songs just to rant
Cause I suffer and wonder can the upper hand
Lessen it's smother and help me crush my grand

Problems cause I solve and try to dissolve 'em
Alone with no stallin' cause to leave the bottom
I can't afford stoppin' I must grind 'til autumn
And it's winter, and I'm fallin', getting more solemn

Waking up everyday to start the grind
I work so much, but I'm still confined
I sit here and try to focus on this rhyme
But I just got too much on my mind

I am very tough, but this ain't subtle
All of life's troubles, I must juggle
One problem now, but tomorrow double
But that's just life, in the struggle

Waking up everyday to start the grind
I work so much, but I'm still confined
I sit here and try to focus on this rhyme
But I just got too much on my mind

I am very tough, but this ain't subtle
All of life's troubles, I must juggle
One problem now, but tomorrow double
But that's just life, in the struggle