Dreams and reality 2

Grew up in the ghetto of Compton,

Sirens sang lullabies through the night I was haunted

Crazy nights, seen angels and demons collide

By God’s grace I’m still here, I don’t know how I survived

Mama praying while the block kept testing my faith

Friends turned to memories, some buried in graves

Long hours, cracked hands, still chasing that light

Trying to make a better life while losing sleep at night

Dreams look pretty till reality speaks

Bills talking louder than the goals I keep

They say patience is key but the door stay shut

So I grind with my head down, yeah I trust my gut

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Hook (Chorus)

All I know is grind, grind, grind till it come true

Dreams feel far but I’m still pushing through

Lost some friends, had to say goodbye

In a cold world, yeah, we learn to survive

Grind, grind, grind, yeah the nights real long

Praying one day I’ll finally see the dawn

If the dream don’t come all the way through

I’ll take a piece of it — that’s enough to move

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Verse 2

Met friends on the corner, lost some to the streets

Same jokes, same pain, now they rest in peace

Hard lessons learned in the blink of an eye

One wrong move, whole future pass you by

Everybody smiling but they fighting inside

Ego on the surface, real pain we hide

I’ve been broke, been tired, been close to the edge

Still showed up to work with the weight on my chest

They don’t see the scars, they don’t hear the cries

Just see the man standing, not the tears I hide

If success is a mountain, I’m stuck halfway

But quitting ain’t an option, nah, not today

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Hook (Chorus)

All I know is grind, grind, grind till it come true

Dreams feel far but I’m still pushing through

Lost some friends, had to say goodbye

In a cold world, yeah, we learn to survive

Grind, grind, grind, yeah the nights real long

Praying one day I’ll finally see the dawn

If the dream don’t come all the way through

I’ll take a piece of it — that’s enough to move

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Bridge

If I fall, I get up, that’s the code I live

Ain’t rich yet, but I got heart to give

God know my struggle, He see my pain

So I walk through the storm, let it pour like rain

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Outro / Final Hook (Half-Sung / Spoken)

From Compton to wherever the road may go

I carry my past but I move real slow

Dreams ain’t dead, they just bruised and bent

If it don’t all come true…

At least I gave it everything I spent