Yo,
keepin' it real is a habit, man.
Life is life, man,
keep doin' whatever you do.
Things will appear, man,
but keep doin' it.
The time will pass, man.
Time is of the essence, yeah.
Every day counts in the effort to bounce.
Success on my mind
when I step out the house.
High school dropout, rap game jump in
Get low players, everybody loves them
James and Chi Chi was 10,
I was rapping
Bought tennis shoes for them
In clubs at 17, at the grown women
At the Moss 2,
I didn't have the wrong vision
On airplanes too, 20 grand in my shoes
Wasn't 21, cousin wasn't 2
In 95 figure, got the hit Rap City
I'm at the house strapping
a crack sack with me
Hustle continues on the same label as guilt
I was devastated that we
didn't make a move
Wanna be a star, but even stars lose
I refuse, in the game,
pay too many dues
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep rolling on
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep rolling on
I've been wasting all those years
Let me tell you a story
about a homie of mine
The reason love hurts
cause in love you're blind
More time than a million clocks
What the homie got
Over his lady, had to let the thing pop
Doing his thing on the spot
Had the charcoal box rain
and that new drop
His girlfriend was hot,
they was Bonnie and Clyde
She opened up the trunk,
he put the body inside
Going back, thinking of the time they had
The police got a tip, now they got my rap
His girl didn't wait, start goin' bad
Acceptin' no calls,
holdin' on to cash
Trickin' off fast with these other cats
But if I'm hurt,
the homeboy will smother cats
I just got the word, I know it's a fact
He got life, the homeboy
ain't never comin' back
I keep holdin' on, I keep rollin' on
I keep holding on, hold back these tears
I keep holding on, I keep rolling on
I keep wasting all those years
You gotta growl before you walk,
you gotta run before you ride
Take a loss in the game,
man, before you get by
Buildin' up friendships,
trust is hard to regain
Expectations always the same
Holdin' on to grudges
that give you stress
Try to clean up the problem,
make more of a mess
Holdin' on to dreams,
prayin' they manifest
Holdin' on to your soul,
you can handle it the best
Holdin' on to habits, I need to drop fast
Holdin' on,
they need to do the one -shot blast
Wasted all these years
tryin' to build a squad
When the ones real close
were the real facade
Time is money, won't waste another second,
no guessing, no stressing, another life lesson
I keep holding on, I keep rolling on
I keep holding on,
hold back these tears
I keep holding on, I keep rolling on
I keep wasting all those years you