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Struggled & I Strived lyrics

E-40:
I grit my teeth to keep release, kkep my fatih and hope (hope)
Need to stop stressing before I have a stroke
Up in lower development housin (housin ), talk and turmoil (turmoil)
Food in our refrigerator never had a chance to spoil
You know why? (Why?) Wasn t rich wasn t poor (wasn t poor)
You know why? (Do you know why?) cause it s the boss player from next door
(from next door)
Sleepin on the floor, hectic, (hectic), but that s expected

B-Legit:
When I was young, I never could afford no Nikes, and everybody else had
brand new bikes
I use to hike to school, in the rain with fools, 13 deep in the ghetto
streets (in the ghetto streets)

Hook:
LeVitti:I ve struggled and I ve strived

Suga T:Struggled and I ve strived

LeVitti:Been a hustler all my life

Suga T:Been a hustler all my life

Both:I ain t rich and I ain t poor, did more dirt than you would know

LeVitti: I ve struggled and I ve strived, strived

D-Shot:
In 1984 was the year for the Shot to step through the door (through the
door)
That s when my daddy walked away from my mama (mama)
She tried to work it out but it wasn t no stoppin (stoppin )
Barely paying the rent, she had four mouths to feed, hot water and corn
bread (corn bread)
Watching the stress while my momma straight handlin things (handlin
things) ?

Suga-T:
Coming up wasn t easy for the no should I be (c mon)
Living dad to day depended on the first of fifteen
I had 2 kids to raise from a teenage love
You couldn t tell me a thing because I knew what was up

Hook

B-Legit:
I brought it down the block, crooked at 16 (16)
Bought my first 22 from a dope fiend (dope fiend)
I kept my nose clean, paper by all means
And only real niggas rolled on the team

E-40:
Ah, ah, a most of you ain t never had to pawn (had to)
A lot of you ai t had to stoned out (stoned out)
But there s something different on my behalf (behalf)
Do what I do to get the cash (get the cash)

D-Shot:
My daddy didn t give a shit, I had to struggle and strive to make a
motherfuckin grip
And every dollar and 15 cents, I gave to my mamma cause we wasn t that rich

Suga-T:
Me the knot, give up the twat, hoes wasn t taking that shit on my block
We had a lot of foes, when we first started out (spit it girl)
Now there s players everywhere from the north to the south (beeotch)

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