[Intro]
Blaq turn my headphones up

Hail Mary
Hail Mary
Hail Mary

Yeah

[Verse 1: Romeo]
If you had one opportunity to show 'em
Would you go out and get it?
If you was running for your life, I swear to God you gon' finish
This the shit we be living
We don't go home to business
I mean, my daddy, he did it
He did that shit for his children
Life or death situation
Rich kids, they go on vacation
These n***as robbing and shooting, you gotta hide in the basement
You almost had a touchdown then you suddenly fumble
All the other little kids think the beast in the jungle
All them lions and dragons, it ain't hard to imagine
Your best friend slide you some pills
Said it's gon' make you feel magic
Now they all in your head
Yeah the angel and devil
How you fall for that n***a who just gave you the shovel
This squad is full of gorillas
And I ain't talking a zoo
Some of 'em look like your best friend, some of 'em look like your boo
I know you feel like you drowning, I'm telling you you gon make it
Even in them scary movies, what would happen to Jason?
Never blame yourself, we all dealt different cards
Robin took his life and he's a superstar
Don't listen to the bully, you are not a zero
But you gotta be your own hero

(Chorus)
How could you settle?
We was made in the struggle
Swear they pushed out their last for this
The grind don't stop, never
You, you know better

So how could you settle?
We was made in the struggle
Swear they pushed out their last for this
The grind don't stop, never
You, you know better

[Verse 2: Dee-1]
Better learn to love yourself, if not the world gon' take advantage
They got implants and butt shots
Cocaine, pills, and Xanax
Join a gang that say they ride for you
They swear they say they love you
But it was a Crip who killed Nip, so I don't trust none of ya
No disrespect but I'm suspicious of people
Christopher Columbus stole this whole country, yeah we call him a hero
So forget your role models, potna
Mines is God
My watch made out of concrete, times was hard
I'm in the industry full of the blind leading the blind
My city flood all the time, that's cause our ancestors crying
Too many black people dying
I'm talking black on black crime
When they try to make you feel wrong for doing right, pay them no mind
Keep your relationship tight
Trust in yourself and don't stop
Always show up early and know that it's lonely at the top
Create a lane for yourself
Cause jealousy ain't allowed
These are the Hustler's Commandments
Now go make everyone proud, bow

(Chorus)
How could you settle?
We was made in the struggle
Swear they pushed out their last for this
The grind don't stop, never
You, you know better

So how could you settle?

[Verse 3: Marqus Clae]
We was brought up to accept people for who they are
Blessed with a mind to think beyond whatever may be far
It's many races that go through their trials and tribulations
Though it seem like my people never defeat what they facing
Look at the hurt in that little boy eyes when his older brother gets killed by people who 'sposed to protect and serve
But it's not in their will, I wonder
Divided as a people, our people killing eachother
Ain't thinking 'bout no Martin Luther
They just wanna spark and jump off the porch and pull up and shoot ya
Illiterate to the future
And mentally I'm in a loop of repeating my thoughts like time is music
Truthfully trying to keep positive vibes around me
How we gon' learn to live and love when devils keep surrounding?
To share and do for one another
Not to pull eachother in a pool of fire
Burning, look at the world turning
My back against the wall, I'm trying to find a way out
I'm becoming my own hero
Fuck being the zero

(Chorus)
How could you settle?
We was made in the struggle
Swear they pushed out their last for this
The grind don't stop, never
You, you know better

So how could you settle?
We was made in the struggle
Swear they pushed out their last for this
The grind don't stop, never
You, you know better

[Verse 3: Krazy 504 Boy]
Dear God I'm so stressed full of aggrivation
Watching my wife do this chemo and this radiation
I seen my homie die in front of me, it had me shook
I hit a couple of lines of coke but never got hooked
Four shots in my back man that's all it took
I started staring at the mirror for a second look
We was all born poor on these project streets
Man them drug dealers made me want these gold teeth
I realized I had talent when I heard a beat
Walking over dead bodies on the concrete
I reveal it's my hood, man I bleed the 4
I got a Calliope Pops just like Romeo
I seen my cousin get life, couldn't let the game go
See the money come fast but the time slow
And the Feds set you up just like the movie Blow
When them killers run up on you ain't nowhere to go