[Verse 1: Sir Skitzo]
Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to rhyme
And grind hard for the greatness that we goal in our eyes
And if I could help a human through their lows and their highs
Then it was more than before, it was more of a prize
And I regret ever thinking of fame
The way I did when I was young
It was stupid and plain
Cause now I finally realized if I could do it again
I'd live my life as a child, not a human in pain
Cause this anxiety inside of me is fighting with sobriety
Now I'm seventeen and trying to hide it from society
I can be more than just an image speaking silently
But yet I'd rather go and chase the fame and notoriety
With no variety
I have no one I can turn to
I set fire to my bridges and it burned through (true)
Look, and ain't it funny how they curve you
Unless you got a lot of money and the girls too

[Hook: Shayla Hamady x2]
Ever since
I've been grinding ever since
Ever since
I've been grinding ever since
This was the life that I dreamt of
But now the music pays the rent
And I'm [?]
I've been grinding ever since
This was the life that I dreamt of
But now the music pays the rent now
And I'm [?]
I've been grinding ever since

[Verse 2: PFV]
Yeah, never was I called the fucking man at school
But then I dropped and dropped a record and their mandibles
Because never was I destined for just some standard use
I had an epic and some pressure with a plan to move
Ever since graduation, man I've been stacking that paper
And I've been living for everything greater
That's a pleasure to go and demand they views
And yeah I called it ahead like I went and ordered food
But to be number one you gotta do the work for two
I did the work for three, I noticed that they never did
Became a ruler cause I'm good at my self measurement
I filled the cooler with some beers and called it party time
I was a skater so you know I hit that gnarly grind
I just did it with no warning
Nothing they thought was important
I just analyze the courses
Figured out why were they snoring
And man the music that they hated fucking pays the rent
I guess I had to change for all this shit to make some sense
Yeah
[Hook: Shayla Hamady]
Ever since
I've been grinding ever since
Ever since
I've been grinding ever since
This was the life that I dreamt of
But now the music pays the rent now
And I'm [?]
I've been grinding ever since
This was the life that I dreamt of
But now the music pays the rent now
And I'm [?]
I've been grinding ever since

[Verse 3: Sir Skitzo]
Grinding ever since
You can find the evidence
Hidden deep inside a dent
Side my heart that never fixed
And now I gotta rhyme just to find what it is
That makes me keep pushing through all the shit that I miss
Like my happiness and freedom
I've actually been beaten
By tryin' to win the game
But then became what I'm defeating
Maybe it was needed
To finally break the cycle
And to realize you die
Or you fight for your survival
[Hook: Shayla Hamady]
This was the life that I dreamt of
But now the music pays the rent now
And I'm [?]
I've been grinding ever since
This was the life that I dreamt of
But now the music pays the rent now
And I'm [?]
I've been grinding ever since