We're from the struggle ugh, but not defined in it
Rewind the timing when the pressure turns to diamonds
Reminded and looking back and never blinded
Misguided lives hearing sirens above the silence
I'm takin solace survivors spitting saliva
In us and never on us never promised no applauses
Was only yesterday we were stealing Now and Later's
Free and never gave us, so it's peace to my collaborators
It's the ascension from spitting freestyles on park benches
To hit these stages with the words written in sentences
It's what the essence is ever since adolescents
Its effortless descendant's together we representatives
That's how I operate, this shit is hard to earn
Had to learn to take the longer route when letting bridges burn
That's what it is, these gems are for the kids
Because most are trying to make it to the places I already did
Shining in the light, diamonds created by the pressure
Wrote my life lessons down turned them in to treasure
Diamonds, longevity live forever
And make it through the struggle because we good under pressure
That's what it is, these gems are for the kids
Most are trying to make, uh they trying to make it, uh
That's what it is, these gems are for the kids
Most are trying to make, uh they trying to make it, uh
I climbed out the gutter, climbed out the mud
Gotta stay out the way or catch a slug
Little babies inspired to be thugs
And if your hungry you wanted to sell drugs
Pimps cold hearted hoes no there's no love
In the ghetto surrounded by all the back stabbers
Crabs in the bucket trying to get past ya
Corrupt cops profile just to harass ya
Because your poor your not knowing your worth
When you don't got dollars feel lower then dirt
But your a diamond created by all this pressure
Financial literacy one day you'll teach a lecture
Stay hungry like Hannibal fuckin Lecter
For your family you gotta be the protector
I'm all about peace but will put you up on the stretcher
And when it comes to getting this money I'm the collector
Shining in the light, diamonds created by the pressure
Wrote my life lessons down turned them in to treasure
Diamonds, longevity live forever
And make it through the struggle because we good under pressure
That's what it is, these gems are for the kids
Most are trying to make, uh they trying to make it, uh
That's what it is, these gems are for the kids
Most are trying to make, uh they trying to make it, uh