Chris Athens - The Grind lyrics

Steady On the Grind Every day is a struggle How to hustle some doe If you was raised in the hood Well then you already know It be days that be good But mostly money be slow Have you ever been hungry before? Steady on the grind Stead on the grind ‘Cause I got to make it happen My family depending on me Steady on the grind Steady on the grind ‘Cause I got to make it happen ‘ain't nobody gone do it for me Ha ooh wa ooh ha ooh wa ooh Ha ooh wa ooh ha ooh wa ooh Steady on the grind Daily on the grind Money on my mind So heavy on my mind So heavy on my mind [Verse 1 – M-1] Well, I'm a freedom fighter. It's k**a Keep it Marcus Garvey, People Army guerrilla Economic development—down for manual labor Revolutionary hustler, fund raiser Catch me doing outreach See me running the streets Politically educated but never graduated Call me Doc like Mutulu Shakur, fight for the poor Have you ever been hungry before? n***a, fa sure Mommy got a job making 'bout six somethin' an hour She became the breadwinner when daddy was unemployed Working forty-plus hours and kissing a** Seeming like the only honest way she can get some cash She struggglin', she don't know I be hustlin' pulling my own weight I be hearing them fuss and fightin' at night mad late Over economics, it's logic—meaning they don't got it Living in the projects, money's the only object She makes $280 a week, standing on her feet The ends ain't even meetin', the family ain't eatin' And the taxes is ten percent, the rest is for the rent Then crime is what you get and n***as is innocent See, it really ain't about if you eatin' or not eatin' It's freedom or not freedom, breathin' or not breathin' 'Nother day, 'nother way, 'nother dollar spent Gotta make a revolution out of fifteen cent