Never Die - The Grouch

Never die, never die, never die

Nope, nope, nope

I been an independent hustler since '95

Never had no love for a 9 to 5

I grind like trucks mack like em too

I’m tryin' to make a buck and still stay true

East coast quick wit, west coast cool

Down South money mouth towned out fool

Universal music drowned out false rule

Say «fuck the system», but I’m no victim

LRG goin' fit em, and G goin' spit em

Messiah make the play, and we goin' hit em

They take the beat away and I still got the rhythm

I built that from livin' to the tick of my own heart

Didn’t have a dollar just Dickies and Carhartt

White boy without a father more rare than aardvarks

I’m too smart the hard parts dumbin' down

You can’t kill me I’m a legend, in every town

Never die, never die, never die

Nobody taught it to me I just thought it to be

And now all y’all can see how it is

Never die, never die, never die

Nobody taught it to me I just thought it to be

And now all y’all can see how we live

Future single mother the father’s drunk

Didn’t wanna bother just holler and cut

It’s all or nothin' boy he wasn’t worth much

How she gonna balance it?

Cause all that goes up… must fall

Four kids to dust off

She never missed a game but still got cussed out

By bad seeds no shut mouths to feed

9 to 5 plus when she cried I was crushed man

Deep stuff all of us in one room

Heat a towel under the door, mice up in the floor

Prices soar, city of dopes cold as ice gotta right no more

And everybody said Amen come Sunday

But ay man, what’s up with all the strugglin'?

Someday I’m a be as strong as my mothers spirit

She’s a legend for that you can’t kill it

Never die, never die, never die

Nobody taught it to her she just thought it could work

All of this __ from a seed

Never die, never die, never die

Nobody taught it to her she just thought it could work

After all of the hurt she’s free

Over a decade deceased still a major piece

In this culture vulture’s wanna eat, quote you on repeat

How you long you ago was you ballin'?

After you left thuggins everyone’s callin'

Minus the conscious side tryin' to ride

Ambitions of that hip-hop homicide

In '95 most this shit wouldn’t slide

West coast renaissance you was in the driver’s seat

And in our hearts we keep you like Hendrix

And the great John Lennon how you went’s horrendous

Is there a heaven for a G?

yeah, probably

But is there rest if they can’t solve the forensics?

It seemed offensive at first all the bitin'

But you know bout imitation

Now they teach what you were writin' in schools

Oh what the world’s come to

Can’t kill Pac’s legend that’s true

Never die, never die, never die

Nobody taught it to him he just thought it for him

All of this came from within

Never die, never die, never die

Nobody taught it to him he just thought it for him

And now we sing em like there’s no end