1st verse:

Had a conversation the other day with my old man/

He said something that almost made me hang up the phone man/

Not that every time we talk it's a problem,//

But he really had me heated at this particular comment////



Why don't you stop chasin’ your dreams and rapping all the time/

Come back to the States and try to find a 9-5?//

He might as well have told me to just kill myself/

Like I'ma start over and leave what I built myself//// -8



See, me and my father have some fundamental differences/

He's the type to find 1 chick to kiss and kick it wit//

I'm the type spend a grip, to get in fights and hit my fist/

I'm the type to invite multiple mistresses to kick it wit////



And to act pretentious and pretend like I ain't seen their clitoris/

Basically taking risks is what makes this life interesting/

I ain't interested in entering a business when/

There's a cap on your digits but the work you’re puttin' in is unlimited//// -16





Chorus:

So I'ma grind... all night

Until I see the sun shining, yea (come on, let’s grind)

Then I'm gonna grind all night

Until I shine (shine for me y’all)… I shine (shine)



I'm gonna grind all night, ‘til I shine all day

3x

Or I'll take the sun rays, that's the American way



2nd verse:

But this economy is constantly in poverty/

I mean in regards to independence, man, they're committing robbery//

Then they say that they gon' help with discounts on some property/

Then they give you funds so you can function properly////



Now this sounds all good, but what's funny to me/

Sound like the situation I was in when I was 15//

Get some money from my parents from time to time/

And I'd lay my head down in a house that wasn't mine//// -8



So government give food and a place to sleep/

Sound to me like it's some modern day sla-ve-ry///

Sound like the set up like Amerie/

Thick legs, no ass. I'm ashamed that he////



Would even suggest something, that's so plain to me/

Get involved in a system that'll take from me//

And give away for free, it's not appropriate to mis-appropriate/

I'm working to make change, but not to give away//// - 16



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3rd Verse:

Sallie Mae is banging at my door, but I ain't rich yet/

You'll get money when I get mine bitch (yea)

I'm not interested in your interest/

I'm just tryna hit a lick like I got a mistress////



My patience is wearing thin, Lady Luck ain't struck/

The slut better hurry up, my time almost up//

Mother nature will hate ya, when it's rain it pours/

And I'm feeling like I'm drowning in the middle of a storm//// -8



I got too many female problems/

My girl wanna leave, cuz she think I'll be a star soon//

Now I'm writing this verse, thinking that I might quit/

Cuz a star ain't shit if you ain't got your moon to share your light wit////



Nice whips... fly kicks/

Means nothing if it isn’t priceless//

If I don't have my heart with me then I'm lifeless/

But that pain in my heart is what's helping me write this//// -16



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