You don't know what struggle is
You don't know all the pain
Just trynna maintain
All the downfalls help me
In the man I became
We ain't the same
You don't know what struggle is
You don't know all the pain
Just trynna maintain
All the downfalls help me
In the man I became
We ain't the same
You're telling me that
Struggle is real
Ima tell you
Just how I feel
Don't play that shit
You ain't fo real
And tell you
What's the real deal
Have you ever worked
In some labor fields
At 10 years old
Just to pay the bills
Momma poppa suffering
To feed us meals
This was my life
This shit was real
We lived that shit
Since we was kids
You can't really tell me
What struggle is
Got some cousins
Workin in the oil rigs
Doing anything
To support their kids
All my ppl know
We feel this shit
The Blood sweat and tears
That came with it
Since we was young
We prepared for it
That's why I tell you
How it all began
You don't know what struggle is
You don't know all the pain
Just trynna maintain
All the downfalls help me
In the man I became
We ain't the same
You don't know what struggle is
You don't know all the pain
Just trynna maintain
All the downfalls help me
In the man I became
We ain't the same
Later years
As I grew up
Trynna listen not
To screw up
No Money for some
School lunch
Parents fighting
There's some dues up
Met some homies
After the school bus
Is time to make
Some moves up
Didn't know
That life was too rough
Soccer saved me
Took me
To the schoolhouse
Passion for the sport
Took me out the streets
Broke some
Records there at UHD
Whoever thought
I'll make it to a university
Name called on stage
For a bachelors degree
No matter how hard
The struggle can be
Find the way
To get up on your feet
No one else can tell you
Who you can be
No one but yourself
Chooses destiny
You don't know what struggle is
You don't know all the pain
Just trynna maintain
All the downfalls help me
In the man I became
We ain't the same
You don't know what struggle is
You don't know all the pain
Just trynna maintain
All the downfalls help me
In the man I became
We ain't the same