Struggled and Strived lyrics Lyrics

song lyrics 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) Hook song lyrics