[Produced by Stephen Niday]
[Verse 1: Princeton]
At this point in time I love the way I'm living
I take it as a lesson with the life that I've been given
Cause while they've been bragging I just stayed steady rapping
Remaining humble earning my stripes to be a captain
They try to put me down but I jumped straight back up
You used to be the man now you lookin like my back up
Told ya don't overlook the power I happened to rack up
And if you don't like it then you can go ahead and pack up
On the grind, doing fine, with a girl who hella fine
Princeton got the flow and they heard it through the grapevine
For now I'm just traveling up the skyline
In the alpine Knowing strictly that it's my time
Felt like I was zero, then went to be the hero
Turned from Roman Nero to Robert De Niro
Cause I fought like a raging bull, learned how to stay cool
Figured out what it takes to be on the pedestal
[Hook: Stephen Niday]
I've been workin' for a long time
Nothin' but this music on my mind
Stayin' on my grind, writin' and recordin' every rhyme
Recitin' every line
It's a cold world out here
It's hard to make it happen rappin' out here
But that's alright
Why? Cause I'm doin' fine
[Verse 2: Isaiah G]
I'm doing good y'all I mean I think so
Alcoholic tendencies but nah I say I drink slow
Inks low, probably cause you fading away
I'm claiming the day, you shooting sh** like you aiming a J
Defaming the yay, nah ain't no rocks in my pocket
Ain't no cops on my block, it ain't no locks on my optic
Nah, vision my n***as and you will begin to think that we some gods
Wizard of oz, y'all just faking it shaking it like clay Aiken
I mean, I got love for my homies in the back back
No Snap Back, never in a hood rat trap
Some smoke the chronic Reefa so dope I could con a visa
I'm with my n***as eating rice like I'm Condoleeza
But screw it all we just having some fun
Imagining what, could happen in the future y'all
But stop with the deepness, keep this, Dopeness in sequence
Cause we just doing fine, ill let Ryan finish speaking
[Hook: Stephen Niday]
I've been workin' for a long time
Nothin' but this music on my mind
Stayin' on my grind, writin' and recordin' every rhyme
Recitin' every line
It's a cold world out here
It's hard to make it happen rappin' out here
But that's alright
Why? Cause I'm doin' fine
[Verse 3: Princeton]
Playin basketball listening to a pack of beats
Knowing its a better way of living than packing heat
Balling like the Heat searching for a three peat
Looking for my Queen like Boehemian Rhapsody
Now they acting so frivolous, because I got constituents
And we on the rise, like lord of the flies
These metaphors give me rhymes gallore
Most likely to bag my groceries while you work at the store
Write these lyrics to ease my spirits
Better than changing tires at BF Goodrich
Cause if you believe than you can achieve
As they said life is really never as it seems
With Isaiah G feeling so icy
Giving haters red eyes use the Visine
Still go to my elementary school playground
For there that is where I find my true sound
[Hook: Stephen Niday]
I've been workin' for a long time
Nothin' but this music on my mind
Stayin' on my grind, writin' and recordin' every rhyme
Recitin' every line
It's a cold world out here
It's hard to make it happen rappin' out here
But that's alright
Why? Cause I'm doin' fine
[Bridge: Nas]
Let the music diffuse all the tension, baller convention, free admission
Let the music diffuse all the tension, baller convention, free admission
Let the music diffuse all the tension, baller convention, free admission
Let the music diffuse all the tension, the tension
[Hook: Stephen Niday]
I've been workin' for a long time
Nothin' but this music on my mind
Stayin' on my grind, writin' and recordin' every rhyme
Recitin' every line
It's a cold world out here
It's hard to make it happen rappin' out here
But that's alright
Why? Cause I'm doin' fine