[Hook: T-Pain] Tell me what do you see, when you're looking at me On a mission to be, what I'm destined to be I've done been through the pain and the sorrow The struggle it's nothing but love I'm a soldier a rider a ghetto survivor and all the above All the above (x7) [Verse One: Maino] Listen! Really what do you see, when you looking at me? See me come up from nothing, see me living my dreams I've done been through the bottom, I've done suffered a lot I deserve to be rich, heading straight to the top Look how I ride for the block, look how I rep for the hood I got nothing but love, now that I come through the hood Getting this fortune and fame, money ain't goin' to shame? The new Benz is all white, call it John McCain How the hell could you stop me? Why in the world would you try? I go hard forever, that's just how I'm designed That's just how I was built, see the look in my eyes You take all of this from me, and I'm still gon' survive You get truth from me, but these rappers gon' lie I'm a part of these streets, till the day that I die I wave hi to the haters, mad that I finally made it Take a look, and you can tell that I'm destined for greatness [Hook: T-Pain] [Verse Two: Maino] It's easy to hate, it's harder to love me
Y'all don't understand, y'all quickly to judge me Put your foot in my Nike's, picture you living my life Picture you stuck in the cell, picture you wasting your life Picture you facing a charge, picture you beating the odds Picture you willing to bleed, picture you wearing the scar Thank you for making me struggle, thank you for making me grind I perfected my hustle, tell me the world ain't mine You've been seeing me lately, I'm a miracle baby I refuse to lose, this what the ghetto done made me I put that on my father, trying to hope for tomorrow When I think that I can't, I envision Obama I envision in diamonds, I envision Ferrari's If the world was perfect, all my n***as behind me Ain't you happy I made it? Man I'm making a statement Take a look, and you can tell that I'm destined for greatness [Hook: T-Pain] [Bridge: T-Pain] Now if I'm out on the spot Or if I'm out on the block I hustle hard cause it's all the same If you know that grind don't stop Because I rose to the top And everybody knows my name Hey! I'm still grinding, still hustling No more pain, no more suffering My ladies and my shorties and my thugs Keep on dancing and shining for love [Hook: T-Pain]