Chuckie Campbell - Against the Grain lyrics
Against The Grain feat. Cappadonna, Block McCloud, and Solomon Childs Truncated Chorus, Block McCloud: It seems it doesn't matter how hard I try I'm thinking it's love but getting paid I don't even know the reason why I'm thinking it's love but it's a game Verse 1, Cappadonna: Can't live without my money Can't live without my weed Can't live without my seed All these haters that dealing with greed Yeah, f** y'all n***as one time Thinking y'all n***as gonna stop my shine n***a, I'm too far into my grind Y'all n***as gonna remember my name 'cause all this money and all this fame n***a, I ain't never go against that grain What you n***as know about this pain? Bang, bang, bang! Y'all m'f**ers better stay in y'all lane Bang, bang, bang! Y'all m'f**ers better stay in ya'll lane Bang, bang, bang! Y'all m'f**ers better stay in ya'll lane Chorus 1, Block McCloud Seems it doesn't matter how hard I try I'm thinking it's love but getting paid I don't even know the reason why I'm thinking it's love but it's a game Seems it doesn't matter how hard I cry I'm wishing for sun but getting rain I don't even have the will to fight It's not even worth going against the grain Verse 2, Chuckie Campbell From the dying of the light, let it all manifest Scrolls unfold from the bones of the dead No man here is safe from the curse of the flesh Words unsaid in the fog of your breath Believing in the wisdom that I kept in inner-visions Interfering intervention that I felt -- press On into the psychic premonitions in my lyrics Was it ever for the love and respect? -- yes I rep for the air in my esophagus 'til I die mummified in a sarcophagus Resurrect just to rise in a metropolis With a hologram of 2Pac as my accomplice Hypothesis: if you go against the grain Forget about the money and the fame Write it for the love and the pain You might just blow and get paid But more go broke and get played And more die here of heartbreak -- falling Victim to the vivid dualistic propositions Propagated dream sequence Hero/villain way of thinking Sleeping with the sheep 'til they wake I nod to my audience, bow on stage Give my heart to the few who remember the name Giving back to the culture what it gave to me With a heart built to go against the grain Chorus 2, Block McCloud, (x1) Verse 3, Solomon Childs I'm 'bout to book it Ducking and dodging the pigs I can't afford to do them bids I got this work on me My momma need money Meanwhile the feds on me f**-boys is plotting on me Chopping bricks like karate Pushing narcotics too tight Hustle all day and all night Or to the break of dawn Or to the dawn break Young kingpin Money like I hit the sweepstakes Hard knock life Feel these high stakes Chorus, Block McCloud (x1) End Song