Tayyib Ali - Dear Lord lyrics

[Verse 1 - Tayyib Ali] Yeah, oh it's the realest sh** Dear Lord, I want it, so you gotta tell me something Growing up I was crazy, same streets I lost my mother And since we talk in public, I can't tell you about my brother But I guess he thought them n***as couldn't touch him Yo, can I live without struggle When we was fourteen, we stopped going to school Rapping on days off, trapping on days off One day I'll make it to New York in time But until then, I'm on my grind, n***as dying and sh** Still got my old chucks on the wire and sh** Sometimes I cry for a bit, but then my homie told me it was life Same night I got goals so I'm trying play the game right I'm a star and I know it, soul in the dirt But when I'm hurt, man I still don't show it Even though what mattered to me it will never change actually It will only make me a man Yo it's easy to do the same thing with both your people's in jail And that's the reason you ain't have to be in at 12 And all the things I'm doing now, I'm doing it well Cause if I stay here, I'll be dead or in jail for real! [Hook] Hustle all the time, just trying to get it right (all night) I pray to God that we'll make it through the night (all right) I gotta make the best out of life Get it for cheap, or pay the price (right) Yeah, hustle all the time, just trying to get it right (all night) I pray to God that we'll make it through the night (all right) I gotta make the best out of life Get it for cheap, or pay the price (right) [Verse 2 - Tayyib Ali] Yo, if I keep my faith in God, I can shine when the time come The grind got me nation wide like Verizon I know some n***as put their future right behind them Crystal right besides them, never worry about the outcome Now the jail cell is where some of them reside in I can't do that sh** No p**y, no weed, no studio I'm hella serious, I know I sound goofy, though But this the story of my life, I grew up where some don't make it And the skinny n***as pack guns, stick it in their arms Nightmares on the floor, woke up early in the morn I'm feelin like it's fourth and long On the field, the disadvantages, told my n***as, they don't understand this sh** I inspire people, I'm try win a Grammy with Crooked letter, swear I'm on some David Banner sh** I just hope I see the day that I understand this sh**! [Hook] Hustle all the time, just trying to get it right (all night) I pray to God that we'll make it through the night (all right) I gotta make the best out of life Get it for cheap, or pay the price (right) Yeah, hustle all the time, just trying to get it right (all night) I pray to God that we'll make it through the night (all right) I gotta make the best out of life Get it for cheap, or pay the price (right)