Push On (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

This is for you, and you, and you, and you

Now I came up with little bad ass yeagas
To never had ass yeagas

Slept and ate with our peeps but we let the streets raise us
Kept the weed blazin', done let the drink age us
Used to live outrageous, now we just couch potatoes
Without the wages, to break out these project cages
Make do with what we got, use the logic that God gave us
Losing faith is enough to make a man crazy

Can't even pay my landlady, how the fuck I'm 'posed to save
For my unplanned baby, joined the Navy
Made my Uncle Sam pay me, maybe I'm just too damn lazy
But you can page me, lately, been hustlin' grams daily

Holdin' down my spot on the corner like Champ Bailey
But I know I ain't the only one, who own a gun
Livin' on the run, look how they done momma's only son
They gon' X me out like I'm a Roman numeral
Then, and ain't tryin' to see me again 'til my funeral

For so long I been grindin', grindin'
Paid my dues, put my time in, time in
Even when times were tryin', I pushed on
Never once did I give up, give up
Every time I fell I would get up, get up
Always kept my spirit up, I pushed on

Now we finally feelin' plush
Girl got her 'do and keep her nails airbrushed
J's straight out the box, they ain't ne'er been touched
Damn I'm feelin' good, beef lined me up

So we never seen the front of Yank Diamond Toes
Nappy Roots, what it mean to you? Mines and us
And don't be called in so we ain't grind it up
Now my people all smile 'cause we bought the slums
Sayin' look at big Bud, oh stop the drama
I remember when he sold tapes out the trunk
Now here's the routine
Jump out the trunk, t-shirt and blue jeans
'94 J's with the blue shoe strings
When I first hit the grind I ain't stop for shit

And my only motivation was a pot to piss
You see it hit me so hard ain't have a penny to myself
I swallowed up my pride and asked Skinny for some help
And I'm sayin'...

For so long I been grindin', grindin'
Paid my dues, put my time in, time in
Even when times were tryin', I pushed on
Never once did I give up, give up
Every time I fell I would get up, get up
Always kept my spirit up, I pushed on

Wanted to stop I did, but I couldn't stop the shit
Dawg I cried for this, stole and lied for this
Scream when I felt the shit
Toured for sixteen months straight, lost breath for this

Heh, yelled for this
Sinnin' every night, know I'm goin' to Hell for this
The hurt and the betrayal, compelled by this
Tough wall to climb, but Nappy Roots scaled the shit

Just don't let me rap in vain, be propelled by this
Don't take my word for it, see for yourself and shit
Everybody out to win, ain't no help but this
I could've thrown in the towel, could've walked away
Eyes on the prize, so I'm strong today
Simply want it, believe it, think it, breathe it
Chase it, seize it, maintain, keep it
Hold it, control it, never let go of it
Hold on, press on, push on, I'm gone

For so long I been grindin', grindin'
Paid my dues, put my time in, time in
Even when times were tryin', I pushed on

Never once did I give up, give up
Every time I fell I would get up, get up
Always kept my spirit up, I pushed on

For so long I been grindin', grindin'
Paid my dues, put my time in, time in
Even when times were tryin', I pushed on
Never once did I give up, give up
Every time I fell I would get up, get up
Always kept my spirit up, I pushed on

For so long
Paid my dues, now I...
I pushed on
I never gave up
I pushed on
I never gave up
Kept on
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