(Krayzie Bone x Bizzy Bone duet style)
[Intro – Both]
(both voices, soft, emotional, layered)
Yeah…
From the bottom…
We came up together…
Through the struggle… (mm…)
(BB)
(high pitch, melodic, emotional, slightly chaotic)
We was cold in the winter, no food in the kitchen
Mama cryin’, I’m listenin’, my soul steady twitchin’
Had to hustle for a dollar, had to fight for a meal
Every night in the dark, didn’t know what was real
(KB)
I remember them days when the pain wouldn’t stop
Hear the rain on the roof, we ain’t have nothin’ but thoughts
(BB)
I was young, I was lost, I was stuck in the system
Tryna find me a way, but nobody would listen
KB)
I done seen too much shit, I was just a lil’ kid
Had to grow way too fast, had to do what I did
(BB)
Yeah, I sinned, yeah I lived, yeah I cried, yeah I bled
Had some nights I just wished I was dead…
(KB) damn…
(KB)
(smooth, deeper, controlled, melodic flow)
I was right there beside you, never left, never switched
Through the struggle and pain, we was stuck in that shit
(BB)
Had to grind every day, had to hustle the block
Tryna turn nothin’ into somethin’ we got
(KB)
We ain’t had nobody, it was just me and you
Had to learn from the streets what a man gotta do
(BB)
We was hungry, we was broke, we was fightin’ to live
Had to take what we need, couldn’t wait just to give
(KB)
Seen tears in your eyes, but you still kept it strong
We was down so damn bad, but we held on too long
(BB)
Now we here, but the scars still stuck in my mind
We survived through the pain, that shit one of a kind
[Hook – Both]
(both voices layered, emotional harmony)
We struggled together… through the storm and the rain
Through the nights full of pain, through the losses and gains
We struggled together… never switched, never folded
From the bottom of nothin’, now we stronger and molded
We struggled together… through the dirt and the stress
Through the hunger, the tears, and the nights with no rest
We struggled together… yeah we came from the gutter
Now it’s love till we die, we got each other
[KB]
I remember them nights we was sleepin’ outside
Had a blanket of hope, but it froze in the night
Had to pray to the Lord just to make it another
Every day felt like death, I was clutchin’ my brother
We was runnin’ from demons,
(BB)
tryin’ dodge all the evil
Tryna stay outta trouble, but the streets ain’t peaceful
I was losin’ my mind, I was drownin’ in sorrow
Didn’t think I would live just to see me tomorrow
(KB)
But you told me “hold on,” said “we gon’ make it through”
Even when I was broken, I believed in you
(BB)
Now I’m standin’ right here with the pain still inside
But I’m grateful we made it out alive
(KB)
We done been through the worst, seen the best and the worst
Had to bleed just to eat, had to starve, had to thirst
We was young with no guidance, just survivin’ the storm
Tryna find a lil’ peace in a world that was torn
(BB)
I remember them talks when we sat in the dark
Talkin’ dreams, talkin’ life, tryin’ find us a spark
Now we livin’ them dreams, but it came with a cost
Too many souls, too many homies we lost
(KB)
But I ride for you still, that’s forever, no lie
Through the struggle and pain, we was side by side
(BB)
And I swear on my life, I’ma keep it together
(KB)
Cause we came from the bottom… we struggled together
[Hook – Both – Bigger]
We struggled together… through the storm and the rain
Through the nights full of pain, through the losses and gains
We struggled together… never switched, never folded
From the bottom of nothin’, now we stronger and molded
[Outro – Both]
We made it…
Through the pain…
Still here…
Together…