To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream All my life's Been nothing but survival The only man I trust Is the one that's in the bible Single parent Food stamps Full of poverty I hate it when they tell me That I'm lucky Luck is lottery Hard work Sweat and tears That's what it took My life is f*cking crazy It should be a f*cking book Since a little kid I had to be a f*cking man All the struggles in my life I swear nobody understands But now I'm focused Got my eyes on the prize I'm about to make my momma proud My future looking nice If you ever doubted me Fingers up and f*ck you And to those that have supported me I can't do it without you The path that I walked Has been slippery But after all them losses I can feel the victory You gotta lose to win That's the way you get the glory I'm chasing my dream homie This is my story To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream 3rd world poverty A 3 time wetb*ck I've gone through a lotta sh*t But that won't be a stepback I came to this nation To be a f*cking champion And I'm about to get it homie I'm grinding with a passion Back home I left All my friends and family And it f*cking hurts to know That some of them I'll never see Grandma called to tell me Grandpa is deceased He was my only father figure Grandpa rest in peace That's the reason why I can't be wasting time I gotta stay focused I got money on my mind It's true what they say If you don't grind You don't shine And like the sun I want to shine So I stay on my grind Never sleep I just rest A Hustler's mentality That's the way I live Because I'm trying to get my salary American Dream I'm trying to get my fetty I want to have enough To throw it up Like it's confetti To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream Money then the power Then you get the girls Anything you want If you work hard The world is yours Work like a slave To live like a king Yes I work my a off Cus I'm trynna do my thing In this nation Everything is possible So I f*cking hate it When some people say impossible Like Martin Luther King Yes I have a dream And that's to get enough So I can feed my whole team A lot of dreams But it's time to wake up Instead of just dreaming them I gotta live them up The road in my life Stop signs and dead end You struggle in the beginning But you celebrate the end You ain't going nowhere Sitting on the sofa I'ma hit homeruns Like the homie Sammy Sosa I want a big crib New whips and the green Forget about the women Cus they come and go it seems To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream To the hustle and the grind I'm a fiend New gear When I step in the scene New crib New whip And the green I'm chasing the American Dream