I dealt with d**h in my family, I thought my heart would never heal When I was young, I never understood the pressure paying bills I was lost and I was confused when my daddy disappeared If I had to raise my kids by myself, I wonder how that would feel I could they lay my Auntie off after 27 years She got four kids and a grand-baby she try to take care My lil' niece 13, got her on birth control pills There are some mornings I wake up feel like a slave in the fields Started feeling like Pac ‘cause I done shed so many tears This pressure on me still, I hold my head in the air I refuse to let it break me ‘cause the world don't give a damn You won't ever hear me complain even though it ain't fair Your mistakes in this world is another person's smile I may fall and I may…but I will never lay down Dig deep in my soul and pick my soul up off the ground ‘Fore I let myself sink I'mma turn it all around [Chorus] I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I can't look back, too many problems in my past I can't stand still ‘cause my life ain't beaten path I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I often ask the question why is God punishing me He try to make me strong but that's all that, it can't be I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I gotta keep pushing, I gotta keep pushing I was born in the hood, I was born to be a fighter Won't care about being perfect, 'cause it won't make you wiser Some things I could control, some things weren't my fault Ain't ever had regrets, even after I took the loss I never fear a human, my only fear is God 'cause I don't know when he coming, and that's a scary thought Or know my future whole, or when my last supper But one thing that I do know, when I die, I'mma die hustler [Chorus]