On the block

Yo

The streets stay cold

Hunger's in the air (uh-huh)

Empty plates and dreams

Man

It ain't fair (oo-yeah!)

Bills stack high

Hope runnin' low (low-low)

Tryna find the light where the shadows grow (come on)

Hard times on the block

We keep pushin' through (say what?)

Dreams in our pocket

But they feelin' too few (uh-huh)

Hustle every day just to make it true (make it true)

Holdin' on tight

Doin' what we gotta do (oo-yeah!)

Mama workin' doubles

Daddy ain't around (ain't around)

Little brother tryna hustle just to hold it down (hold it down)

Empty fridge hummin'

Singin' that blues (that blues)

Life’s a gamble

But we can't afford to lose (nah, nah)

Say hey now

Lift your head high (head high!)

The world ain't kind

But we still gotta try (gotta try!)

Through the pain and the tears

We survive (we survive)

Gotta make it out alive

Oh

We strive (oo-yeah!)

Graffiti on the walls tell stories untold (untold)

The hustle and the grind

We fightin' for gold (for gold)

The system’s heavy

Chains on our soul (our soul)

But we rise like the sun

Never fold (never fold)

Hard times on the block

We keep pushin' through (say what?)

Dreams in our pocket

But they feelin' too few (uh-huh)

Hustle every day just to make it true (make it true)

Holdin' on tight

Doin' what we gotta do (oo-yeah!)