[Hook: Sandy Griffith]
Do the things that keep it movin' every day
Hold it down don't let nobody, tell you that you can't
Nothin' promised to us, got to keep it true
We all we got, know this and you'll never lose
[Verse 1: Paris]
Why can't we understand?
Why can't we understand?
Why can't we comprehend?
Recognize the underhanded
Nature of the way they do
Keep us all, under rule
Love to see us always lose
Still the same, nothin new
Tired of the strugglin'
Struggle got us stressin' it's
Harder than it's ever been
To get the family close again
Mama working double shifts
Pops ain't never missed a day
Never missin' hours, never call in sick
And never late
Bills keep piling high - what do we do when
It's hard when you try to do right - we keep it movin'
Same grind, same time, steady punchin' a clock
Same climb, ain't no sunshine, they keep us on lock
And we easy to provoke, broken focus and hope
It's hard to cope with there's no control and never support
Just broken dreams and promises, we live to survive
It's no succeedin' just believin' what we need to get by, but why?
[Hook: Sandy Griffith]
Do the things that keep it movin' every day (We keep pushin')
Hold it down don't let nobody, tell you that you can't (We keep pushin')
Nothin' promised to us, got to keep it true (And it don't stop, and it don't stop)
We all we got, know this and you'll never lose
[Verse 2: Paris]
So we need to get a little closer now
Just like we supposed to now
Ever seem to notice how
Come up and then they slow you down?
Hate to see us go without
But ain't no hiring if you brown
No hirin' in the town, and these streets
Compete and call us out
Steady tryin to live right
It's harder when you live right
It's harder when you live right, cuzz
You just can't live life
So consumed with anger, I'm
Just beneath the danger zone
Just beneath the surface and I'm prone
To put these things up on ya
It's all bullsh**, these b**hes think we stupid with it
They keep us stupid with it, through the music when we listen
Through the television, mission is to keep it twisted
And keep the people broke and fat and working for the system
So many obstacles, it's possible to fold and flounder
So I stay committed, keep my game tight and family grounded
And pound the pavement making statements I'm a hard truth rider
And James Evans n***as, goin' hard with father guidance
[Hook: Sandy Griffith]
Do the things that keep it movin' every day (Keep pushin')
Hold it down don't let nobody, tell you that you can't (Keep pushin')
Nothin' promised to us, got to keep it true (And it don't stop, and it don't stop)
We all we got, know this and you'll never lose (Yeah)
Do the things that keep it movin' every day
Hold it down don't let nobody, tell you that you can't
Nothin' promised to us, got to keep it true
We all we got, know this and you'll never lose