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
