Grind Lyrics

I was 12, shotting sweets on the playground

Before school, go shop, hit the main aisle

Buy 20 for a pound, sell them 50p each

Make 10 pound back when I'd break down

I was 13 doing up paper round

My first job but it weren't just to make her proud

Told Maa, don't worry I'm a pay for that

You won't struggle by yourself, I'm getting paper now

They was looking at girls, they wanna make out

I was looking at world, like I'm a make house

To myself made vows so them sweets turned to flowers

Then these middle class cowards judge how I play foul

But foul play what we seen from the rich

When you see your rents work 14 hour shifts

I see now how, you could go senile as kids

Make it out in one piece when you been out the bits

Tell them

I been grinding like my whole life

And that's to get a future looking like my oh my

And that's different

Yeah, I want something different

I been grinding like my whole life

And that's to get a future looking like my oh my

And that's different

Yeah, I want something different

I was up in Hollies with my cuzzies, this was back in the day

Kings of that castle, yeah we had the estate

Kick ball, kick back, ball bat and we'd play

Uncle came back from work with sweets that he gave

Aunty in the kitchen with some shaak that she made

Steamed windows, from the balcony, she's shouting our names

Little money, but it's funny still the best of days

Always something in our tummies never left to crave

Cus when work was the matter, put in work whats the matter

Never heard me no chatter, they'd just earn for what matters

And that's why, when I earn me mi casa

One plan, give back, that is word to my Masa

Man, it leaves me depressed, I won't see you again

I didn't get to give man, sincerely I dreamt

One day I'll give you ease from the years that you sweat

At last a cold beer, say cheers with my friend

But you left us, now I'm messed up

Saw our struggles but never our success huh

Hope you looking down with pride at your Neph, Unc

Keep a cold one waiting if I'm next up

Until then, I'm a work like you showed us

And even through the worst I'm a show love

To lessen your load, take that hurt on my shoulders

I'm here from the Grind of my olders, I know this

I been grinding like my whole life

And that's to get a future looking like my oh my

And that's different

Yeah, I want something different

I been grinding like my whole life

And that's to get a future looking like my oh my

And that's different

Yeah, I want something different