Single mother raisin’ your baby with your mother
You don’t like it but ya’ll know ya’ll really need each other
17 tryin’ to finish school
Got big dreams of graduating Harvard Business School
How you supposed to do all that
When you have a kid
You know that you’re black right
And your mom is stuck on that crack pipe
And your son don’t really act right
Where’s his father anyway
Listen, don’t listen to ‘em
Haters will try to ruin
Everything you’re pursuin’
Listen, don’t listen to ‘em
Haters be try to ruin
Everything you’re pursuin’

Graduated and made it to Harvard
Congratulations you’re back at the bottom
Racism, classism, subtle
But obvious
So you go a little harder
Doin’ whatever you can
Not to become a martyr
Lookin’ for better tomorrows
Then the sorrow sets in
Every obstacle tellin’ you
You can’t win
Depression kick in
Stress and Anxiety
Pushin’ past the bullshit
Dealin’ with higher society
And your mind’s tellin’ you that you don’t fit
Everything in your body just wanna to quit
But you don’t quit and that’s grit
But you don’t quit and that’s grit

What’s grit
Grit is when you ain’t got shit
But you’re too strong willed to quit
I guess you gotta get gritty
Gritty gritty gritty
Get gritty gritty gritty gritty

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Little black boy with dreams of making the NBA
Your game is alright
But you might be too little to play
Stick to the books
Cause you know you ain’t making the league
Don’t listen to ‘em
I know that it’s hard to believe
There was a player who was
Five three
One of the best in the league
Elite
Go back out and compete
I know you ain’t got no money
To go to camps and shit
You be out there practicing
Gettin’ your handles sick
Gettin’ bullied on the court
Doin’ amazin’ shit
You anit phased a bit
You weren’t made to quit
It ain’t never gonna be easy
And probably not pretty
But you gotta stay gritty


What’s grit
Grit is when you ain’t got shit
But you’re too strong willed to quit
I guess you gotta get gritty
Gritty gritty gritty
Get gritty gritty gritty gritty

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