[Intro]
Yeah
Sunup to sundown (Helluva made this beat, baby)
On my motherfuckin' grind

[Chorus]
Hard times don't last forever (Nah)
But a real n***a gon' last forever (Forever)
Stay on your grind 'til times get better (Yeah)
Stay on your grind and shine, my n***a (Uh)
Them hard times made a man out me (Made a man out me)
When I was broke, it made a man out me (Had to man up)
Sleepin' on the floor, it made a man out me (Yeah)
When I ain't have shit, it made a man out me

[Verse 1]
Them hard times made a man out me
Now it ain't shit that they could say about mе
N***as laughed when I ain't have shit
But I stayеd down and leveled up on every aspect
I'm a stand-up n***a to the grave, homie
Keep your mouth shut and get paid
Ever been indicted? Ever been inside a raid?
You ever lost a n***a that you be with every day?
That shit crazy
But I couldn't let it break a n***a
Shit don't happen overnight, it might take a minute
See you in the rust or shine, n***a, wait a minute
Feds givin' n***as football digits, don't get it twisted
Used to chop crack with a safety pin
Sellin' three for twenty-fives, gettin' paper in
Miss me with the bulllshit 'cause my patience thin
Granny said, "If you gon' play the game, play to win," n***a, yeah
[Chorus]
Hard times don't last forever (Nah)
But a real n***a gon' last forever (Forever)
Stay on your grind 'til times get better (Yeah)
Stay on your grind and shine, my n***a (Uh)
Them hard times made a man out me (Made a man out me)
When I was broke, it made a man out me (Had to man up)
Sleepin' on the floor, it made a man out me (Yeah)
When I ain't have shit, it made a man out me

[Verse 2]
Thinkin' back on it, I might shed tears
When my n***a see the streets again, he gon' have grandkids
My co-D finna took a plea for nine years
When my dog went to see the board, they told him try again
Gucci shades on, tryna hide the pain
So don't nobody see me, I cry in the rain
This shit'll never be the same
When they killed Soda for the watch, I bought a diamond chain
Somebody said I got death on me
Thirty pointers in the cross got me blessed, don't it?
My n***a took his last breath on me
Got me scared to take a shit without that strap on me, uh

[Chorus]
Hard times don't last forever (Nah)
But a real n***a gon' last forever (Forever)
Stay on your grind 'til times get better (Yeah)
Stay on your grind and shine, my n***a (Uh)
Them hard times made a man out me (Made a man out me)
When I was broke, it made a man out me (Had to man up)
Sleepin' on the floor, it made a man out me (Yeah)
When I ain't have shit, it made a man out me