[Verse 1]
Look, Givenchy shoe, Versace shirt and belt
Through-ball to make your sh** melt
Pockets on swell, feel my sh** like braille
Don't ask how I dick down girl
Man, I lurk and work with a pack that's penger than your ex
Looking cold like I'm slanging in cheques
Cause I'm on the way up from the bottom, mingle with the foot soldiers
Out there pushing dirt boulders
Time to disguise that life, man, I really despise that life
Been bottom, I ain't tryna go twice
Cuh with the words or birds I'm nice, crazy
And this one's all about the price, Katie
Tryna do it all legitimately
Cuh in spite of legitimate P, battling with inner demons
Lost marbles, have you seen 'em?
Got an act that needs cleaning
[Chorus]
It's a struggle to the top, man are
Always looking forward and up, not down
Can't break down, never look down on any
It's a long way when you go down
It's a struggle to the top, man are
Always looking forward and up, not down
Can't break down, never look down on any
It's a long way when you go down
I'm tryna go up, not down
Frontline, not the DMs where it goes
Said he was down till he got nicked on trial
Got a seventeen, had to go down
I'm tryna go up, not down
Frontline, not the DMs where it goes
Said he was down till he got nicked on trial
Got a seventeen, had to go down
[Verse 2]
Oi, said I'm battling my demons already
Spirits you ain't ever seen on the telly
Tryna break man down but I'm focused, you ain't seen ready yet
Gangster and greaze with etiquette
That's the kind of style and pattern that you can't break down
Take down or recreate now
Plugged in like I'm in charge
Literally in charge of my own wave or budget
Bruddas still grudging, but they've never seen me grind
So my twelve iron never had shine
On my own life, I had to take time
I was out there, hair all picky, no excuse, not growing it
Literally grafting, greazy, getting it
Can't teach me about maths with the medicine
Guess it comes with the melanin, hood graft
Make it vanish like I'm f**ing with the witchcraft
[Chorus]
It's a struggle to the top, man are
Always looking forward and up, not down
Can't break down, never look down on any
It's a long way when you go down
It's a struggle to the top, man are
Always looking forward and up, not down
Can't break down, never look down on any
It's a long way when you go down
I'm tryna go up, not down
Frontline, not the DMs where it goes
Said he was down till he got nicked on trial
Got a seventeen, had to go down
I'm tryna go up, not down
Frontline, not the DMs where it goes
Said he was down till he got nicked on trial
Got a seventeen, had to go down
[Outro]
I'm tryna go up, not down
Not down
Not down
Frontline, not the DMs where it goes down
I'm tryna go up, not down
Not down
Not down
Frontline, not the DMs where it goes down