Family First

(yeah… yeah…)

Ayy…

They don’t know what it cost to be strong…

They just see you holding on…

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I been fighting all this pain on my own

Tryna build a way so my family strong

Heavy is the head when you sitting on thrones

But I’m still that kid who was raised with nothing

Mama told me “boy, don’t you ever fold”

Even when your heart feel cold

I been chasing dreams on a broken road

Just to make sure my people don’t struggle no more

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I remember nights we ain’t had no lights

Candle in the dark, we was praying for a better life

Mama working late, I could see it in her eyes

Tears she tried to hide just to keep us feeling right

I swore I’d never let ‘em feel that again

Now the pressure got me drowning in sin

Tryna be the man that I said I’d be

But it’s hard when the world got a hold on me

I got people depending on every move

If I fall, tell me what we gon’ do?

So I carry all this weight on my chest

Even when I’m breaking, I don’t get rest

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I been fighting all this pain on my own

Tryna build a way so my family strong

Heavy is the head when you sitting on thrones

But I’m still that kid who was raised with nothing

Mama told me “boy, don’t you ever fold”

Even when your heart feel cold

I been chasing dreams on a broken road

Just to make sure my people don’t struggle no more

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I done lost friends to the streets and the pain

Some in the grave, some just never the same

And it hurt ‘cause I know that could’ve been me

If I ain’t have dreams and a family to feed

Now my phone full of “you changed on me”

But they don’t see what it take to be me

Every dollar got blood, sweat, tears

Every smile hide a thousand fears

I be stressing ‘bout bills, ‘bout life

Tryna be a good man, a father, a light

Tryna break every curse in my bloodline

So my kids never live how I lived mine

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If I fall, who gon’ pick us up?

If I break, who gon’ fill my cup?

I can’t stop, I can’t give up now

Too many people depending on how…

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I been fighting all this pain on my own

Tryna build a way so my family strong

Heavy is the head when you sitting on thrones

But I’m still that kid who was raised with nothing

Mama told me “boy, don’t you ever fold”

Even when your heart feel cold

I gave my soul just to change our road

Now we finally eating, but I’m still broke…