[Intro: Nipsey Hu$$le] Yeah Hey if you hear me breathing kind of hard Fresh off some push-ups, ya know Uh, uh, yeah, uh, that's right That's right Uh, Hussle, look [Verse 1: Nipsey Hu$$le] Am I gon' make it am I gon' fail And if I don't try, then how I'm gon' tell They say that it's heaven, they say that it's hell But we stuck here 'til we get there Try to have more faith and less fear Try to express it to your peers I'm talking 'bout dreams Better to do it and let it be seen, cause then it's so clear Look at them flock, isn't it weird n***as is groupies, borderline queer f** it, that's the nature of success, we all hold it so dear How could you judge one if you was once one n***a that might one day become somebody Who made good on his word and transcends where he come from Nevertheless still come 'round, show face to motivate these young ones n***as will never give you credit, none Some questions go unanswered, most of those I give to God Some n***as can't be reasoned with, those gon' meet the squad Normal nowadays, my life is anything but besides It's a cold and lonely road, I knew it when I took the job Progress on my heart, money on my mind I got Rimpau at my CD changer, smokin' while I drive n***a, uh [Outro: Interview] It's not really about how you start, it's not about the lane It's about the overall race That's one of the reasons why I'm a marathon runner