(*talking*) One time, welcome to the ghetto [Hook] All I know is hustling, and striving and feeling pain Each and everyday, I'm surviving stuck in the game Gotta get this money, this cash that's all I know Done came a long way, but got far to go [Lil' Keke] Alright just check it out, I know I'm living a life of sin A thug coming up, trying to find a way to win I'm on my knees, asking the Lord to give me help I'm trying to make a difference, doing bad for myself I'm on a bumpy road, so that's all I really know Trying to slide through the do', but the money coming slow I hustle up, and try to get some recognition Steady searching for my soul, trying to stay up out the kitchen This rap game, got my head leaning back Got my family at the house, so I'm trying to make a stack In a dirty world, but I'm trying to make a switch But the game crawling up, it's so hard to get rich I'm concentrating, trying to stash what I got Record company CEO's, all these boys trying to plot Trying to hold me a spot, trying to get me some fame Got love for the pain, that I get from the game uh [Hook - 2x] [Lil' Keke] I know I'm right there, so I'm working a lil' harder Doing show after show, trying to stay above water CD's got me grinding, the mic got me shining Paying attention close, to the charts I'm climbing I'm a hustler, really trying to get it how I live Staying in battle mode, cause it's real in the field I'm a soldier, fighting against the game I love From the tears to the sweat, on down to the blood Gotta get mine, with no time to rewind These n***as be left behind, out here losing they mind But I'm trying to find, another life other than grind n***as be giving up, but I'm steady putting it down So I changed up, now I'm Lil' Keke the Don Doing hits across the world, with that Poetic 1 We some trend setters, with these haters to blame I ain't gon never give it up man, I love this game uh [Hook - 2x] [Lil' Keke] I say never say never, a part of the G code Drinking on that drank, I'm smoking and staying blowed Whatever it takes, to put my mind at ease I need the moola the cash, gotta have that cheese A lot of bad habits, got me working overtime Constantly trying to shine, got a n***a left behind The repercussions, will make a gangsta change Keep my head to the sky, cause I love this game uh [Hook - 2x]