Yung Teez-R - The Poor Know Graphic Life lyrics

[Hook] Lord knows I done worked hard trying to get it... Lord knows I done worked hard just for me to stay alive... Lord knows I done worked hard tryna stay winning... Well I guess the poor know graphic life... Yes I know the poor know graphic life... [1st Verse: The Man] Man let me tell you: life's f**ed up, tryna feed a family of seven I'm really living in hell, ironically losing breath and I'm really living in hell, Father free me from this jail I'm really living in hell, with no sign of heaven's Gates. Bills, bills, unpaid bills is all I know Doesn't help that the post man always bringing more Working but need a better post, man, ain't making enough Tryna keep it going, it really is tough Look: I know I'm facing crises, but I can't afford to cry seas That'll only further blur the glimmer of hope that I see On the horizon And we're prepared to take whatever possible escape route we may lay our eyes on The real test comes the moment you run out of cents Suddenly your innocence has run out of sense And in a sense that seems common, you question your morals Seems they put you in a space where you don't know what tomorrow Holds. It's hard to hold fast to no cash My broke a** tired of this "you gonna die" area sh** gets scarier not knowing how to take care of your Wife and kids. Minimum wage maxing out my spite for the rich, and Lord knows! [Hook: Tyné] Lord knows I done worked hard trying to get it... Lord knows I done worked hard just for me to stay alive... Lord knows I done worked hard tryna stay winning... Well I guess the poor know graphic life... Yes I know the poor know graphic life... [2nd Verse: The Woman] I gotta tell you that this life is f**ed up, I pray for my sons and daughters My babies dying of thirst, got no clean drinking water My babies dying of thirst, and to make matters worse Both literal and figurative are those five words (My babies dying of thirst...) And they might yield to the flesh Much as I don't want it, don't know how else they'll deal with the stress Because the same snare beat me into this predicament So any judgement from my end would only be ridiculous I sense the weight on his shoulders whenever he comes home I wanna help but he insists on doing it alone And ain't no way the bank will let us take another loan I wanna tell him "stop banking on luck to help push us along" But I remain the pa**ive wife: the woman that he loves Mother of his children, the woman that he cares for Gives his all for, prepared to go on all fours for What kinda b**h would I be if I stopped being thankful? Another man might have blamed me for these struggles I'm just glad he still needs me enough to keep me in the huddle Plus I feel a certain peace whenever we find time to cuddle Yet it gives us more pieces for this already complex puzzle, Lord knows… [Hook: Yung Teez-R & Tyné] Lord knows they been working hard trying to get it Lord knows they been working hard just for them to stay alive Lord knows they been working hard tryna stay winning Well I guess the poor know graphic life… [3rd Verse] Hold on - they don't know the kids know that their lives are f**ed up They don't know the kids know that their lives are f**ed up They don't know the kids know that their lives are f**ed up Nah, they don't want them to know That they're under the datum line, that they're more than just broke That they need a break fast cause their eating is slow That the chances of them finding their Eden is low It ain't no paradise for them, all the chips are staying down The gravity of the situation's deep - it keeps weighing them down They, live in atmosphere of utmost fear Yet as the kids it gives them drive to kick into another gear So: allow me to tell a vision realer than the TV screen Be glad if you live an average life - cause sometimes sh**s gets mean And as for those chewing on silver spoons, we see you Despite the fact that you have what you have they shouldn't wanna be you: In great wealth it's far too easy to be an ingrate And hard work and perseverance are difficult to engrain Eventually all you possess is laziness unbridled And you know they say the Devil's working where minds are idle So: yeah, their life's f**ed up - so is yours Only difference: theirs is that way because they're poor You have control but you don't use it and that sh** is tragic Wanna know how I see so vividly? Simple - life gets graphic