The Grouch - Never Die lyrics

Never die, never die, never die Nope, nope, nope (X2) I been an independent hustler since '95 Never had no love for a 9 to 5 I grind like trucks mack like em too I'm tryin' to make a buck and still stay true East coast quick wit, west coast cool Down South money mouth towned out fool Universal music drowned out false rule Say "f** the system", but I'm no victim LRG goin' fit em, and G goin' spit em Messiah make the play, and we goin' hit em They take the beat away and I still got the rhythm I built that from livin' to the tick of my own heart Didn't have a dollar just Dickies and Carhartt White boy without a father more rare than aardvarks I'm too smart the hard parts dumbin' down You can't k** me I'm a legend, in every town Never die, never die, never die Nobody taught it to me I just thought it to be And now all y'all can see how it is Never die, never die, never die Nobody taught it to me I just thought it to be And now all y'all can see how we live Future single mother the father's drunk Didn't wanna bother just holler and cut It's all or nothin' boy he wasn't worth much How she gonna balance it? Cause all that goes up... must fall Four kids to dust off She never missed a game but still got cussed out By bad seeds no shut mouths to feed 9 to 5 plus when she cried I was crushed man Deep stuff all of us in one room Heat a towel under the door, mice up in the floor Prices soar, city of dopes cold as ice gotta right no more And everybody said Amen come Sunday But ay man, what's up with all the strugglin'? Someday I'm a be as strong as my mothers spirit She's a legend for that you can't k** it Never die, never die, never die Nobody taught it to her she just thought it could work All of this __ from a seed Never die, never die, never die Nobody taught it to her she just thought it could work After all of the hurt she's free Over a decade deceased still a major piece In this culture vulture's wanna eat, quote you on repeat How you long you ago was you ballin'? After you left thuggins everyone's callin' Minus the conscious side tryin' to ride Ambitions of that hip-hop homicide In '95 most this sh** wouldn't slide West coast renaissance you was in the driver's seat And in our hearts we keep you like Hendrix And the great John Lennon how you went's horrendous Is there a heaven for a G? yeah, probably But is there rest if they can't solve the forensics? It seemed offensive at first all the bitin' But you know bout imitation Now they teach what you were writin' in schools Oh what the world's come to Can't k** Pac's legend that's true Never die, never die, never die Nobody taught it to him he just thought it for him All of this came from within Never die, never die, never die Nobody taught it to him he just thought it for him And now we sing em like there's no end