The Struggle - Tore Fagerheim

Struggle's real So real 5 a.m. comes early, jacking Folgers in his cup He wakes her up and lays her clothes out and packs her lunch Got to rush to catch the school bus Ponytails and toothbrush Sometimes it seems it's too much He waves goodbye, then he sighs 12-hour days and barely getting by Her mama working third shift and he hopes she ain't back getting high On a slippery slope slowly slip into a pit Hanging off her dear life, losing grip but he refused to quit I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill You don't care how they feel 'Cause the struggle is real I know the struggle is real She's almost 40 and still dancing on that brass pole Customers are disrespectful, manager's an asshole Her greater goals overshadow all the sorrows 5 a.m. will take forever, few more minutes 'til tomorrow Not enough dollars in her garter for their house of dreams Run into the dressing room, slams the door and starts to scream Where she wants to be in life is still a distant image At her wit's end, still is infinite, story hasn't ended I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill You don't care how they feel 'Cause the struggle is real I know the struggle is real He walks outside and throws his tools into his pickup truck Looks up and smiles, see her Altima is pulling up Her weight is lifted, her door's open, and he knows she's sober He grabs the holder, she finds comfort underneath his shoulder As they embrace, all of their worries are erased Because together they can face all the obstacles in place Pulls out of the holler to go make an honest dollar Paid dues won't lose, smile through the blues of blue collar I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill You don't care how they feel 'Cause the struggle is real I see the look in your eyes and I know just how you feel Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill You don't care how they feel 'Cause the struggle is real I know the struggle is real

Reaching out for something you've got to feel While clutching to what you had thought was real Kicking at a dead horse pleases you No way of showing your gratitude S-s-s-s-so many things you don't want to do What is it? What have you got to lose? (What the hell?) What the hell? What is it you think you're gonna find? (Hypocrite) hypocrite Boredom sets into the boring mind (Struggle within) it suits you fine (Struggle within) your ruin (Struggle within) you seal your own coffin (Struggle within) the struggling within Home is not a home, it becomes a hell Turning it into your prison cell Advantages are taken, not handed out While you struggle inside your hell, ow! (Reaching out) reaching out Grabbing for something you have got to feel (Closing in) closing in The pressure upon you is so unreal (Struggle within) it suits you fine (Struggle within) your ruin (Struggle within) you seal your own coffin (Struggle within) the struggling within Struggle Go! Reaching out for something you've got to feel While clutching to what you had thought was real What the hell? What is it you think you're gonna find? Hypocrite Boredom sets into the boring mind (Struggle within) it suits you fine (Struggle within) your ruin (Struggle within) you seal your own coffin (Struggle within) the struggling within

Ye, family ah family Ah bredda bredda ting yuhzeet Defeat the struggles caz we never give up Being at the top is kinda lonely, you nah mean You know we haffi make it by any means (ooh) We, been through the worst time I see us winning It is like deja vu Ohhhh (whoi yoi) God forgive me wash weh all my sins Grimey life is all we know (Yea we have each other black enuh) Yah me real bro from day one Never ever sell you out (mm mm) Loyalty is priceless Ah nuh sumn weh you pay down pon Countless nights me sleep outside Ah di ground we ah lay down pon (hmm) You know we haffi make it out Get couple hot gyal like the stallion Get a Couple phantom, a couple rolls Couple houses, couple acres of land I have a dream, nah ever let it go Nah ever let it go Nah ever letting go Ghetto yutes When you have a dream, don't ever let it go Nah ever let it go Nah ever let it go God forgive me wash weh all my sins Grimey life is all we know Yah me real bro from day one Never ever sell me out Win any fight, collect di prize Mi enemy dem still surprised Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh (God over devil eno) Win any fight, collect di prize Mi bredda dem haffi survive Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh