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Written to inspire my hard-workers out there. Tough times don't last but tough people do! Keep grinding and keep faith to accomplish your goals!
lyrics
[Intro]
This for all my people out there grinding ya dig
(So long, so long, so long)
I been on the grind x2
For so long, for so long for so long x2
[chorus]
I been on the grind for so long for so long for so long for so long
I feel like giving up but I hold on, I hold on x2
yeah
I been on the grind (that’s right)
all that’s on my mind (yea)
is a dollar $ign (big bank)
Trying to take the time so I can shine (I’m shining)
I’m trying (i’m trying)
I been underground (yea)
I been stayiing down (yea)
Trying to make a sound
Trying to come up but its like time ( tick tick tick)
Is all i can find.
[verse 1]
Yeah yeah
All i seem to have is time but i keep wasting it all im trying to do is climb the stairs but i’m still in the basement
Asking god for more patince
Praise the lord the most gracious but without the devils money i can’t enjoy gods creation
So i go hard for thee nation im hungry i'm starving im dayton
Pardon me if i been distant i’m granting my wishes and steadily making this paper
Motivated by my haters
I’m goin up like vapors
I’m saving money so that someday
I can be somebodys savior
[chorus]
I been on the grind for so long for so long for so long for so long
I feel like giving up but I hold on, I hold on x2
yeah
I been on the grind (that’s right)
all that’s on my mind (yea)
is a dollar $ign (big bank) Trying to take the time so I can shine (I’m shining)I’m trying (i’m trying)I been underground (yea)I been stayiing down (yea)Trying to make a soundTrying to come up but its like time ( tick tick tick)Is all i can find.
[verse 2]
I been shining but ain’t nobody see the light
I been grinding but it don’t make no difference tonight
Because i’m still broke
As i could ever be
Coming from dayton and
You know i’m heavenly
I’m heaven-sent so i cant consent to the things they want me to do when
They want me to make this money
They want me to be a human
But i am much more than
I am much more than
I can not support them
[chorus]
I been on the grind for so long for so long for so long for so long
I feel like giving up but I hold on, I hold on x2
yeah
I been on the grind (that’s right)
all that’s on my mind (yea)
is a dollar $ign (big bank)
Trying to take the time so I can shine (I’m shining)
I’m trying (i’m trying)
I been underground (yea)
I been stayiing down (yea)
Trying to make a sound (uh huh)
Trying to come up but its like time ( tick tick tick)
Is all i can find.
[verse 3]
When I’m on the grind sometimes and times get hard
I feel like just praying to god
Take the weight off my shoulders I’m trying to be a soldier
But every now and then I ask Allah to be my chauffeur
Carry some of this weight
I gotta keep the faith
I’m tryna stay strong but how much can i take
I think i might break, i feel like giving up
What does a real nigga do when times get tough
I stay in my book of rhrymes trying to line shit up
Connect the dots in my life
Is the path im walking right?
I don’t know but at the end of the night I’m prayed up
niggas know i stayed up all night to get my weight up, I grind hard for mine
My movement a constellation the stars aligned, so its the perfect time
To find my purpose put in work to lift the curses now, you see the light, ain’t no curtains down, grind!
Keep the faith man, never give up never give in, always keep the will to keep going… free jay milli-air 100
credits
released November 1, 2016
"the Grind" Credits
Written & recoreded by quran lee
Mixed & mastered by r.a.m. productions
produced by PS Beats
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