I know people think GRE is just a So Cal thing
Or a flash in the pan
Like we're gonna fold up and stop doing music
But it will be seen
I'mma keep it on my back I'mma keep runnin'
You can keep it lined up and you can keep gunnin'
I'mma stay in the firing line, while I line drive to the finish line,
Y'all ain't taking mine
I remember '96 when I first started
Bumpin' 2pac, Snoop Dogg, Dre and Onyx
I was fresh on it, I didn't know the game
Didn't know hustle, didn't know pain
But I knew passion, knew I loved music
Didn't know the path, but I started through it
Then in '97 things got a new twist
Lost my best friend, got a new bh
Warring with my moms, got kicked out
Still doing college
Nearly dropped out
Got a 9-5 making less than 8
Still doing music, still making tapes
As I stay on the Frontline I'mma grind
As I stay on the mainline I'mma shine
Never giving up, never goin' out
I'mma stay here, I'mma make it count
As I stay on the Frontline I'mma grind
As I stay on the mainline I'mma shine
Never giving up, never goin' out
I'mma stay here, I'mma make it count
2001, now I fk with Drew, Insane Poet, building up a crew
Trying to build a squad
Trying to make a name
GRE represent in the rap game
But we still young, didn't know the time
Lot of wishful thinking, not enough grind
Talk each other out of both trying to quit the life
But you never quit, once the bug bites
But now the snakes rise, they hissing at your feet
They in the carpet, in the grass, on the concrete
Now everybody working for their own cause
Trying to break the st apart so I give pause
If it ain't working, need to rebuild
The game take way more than straight skill
And these artists trying to front like they got my back
But once they get what they want, then they turn they back
As I stay on the Frontline I'mma grind
As I stay on the mainline I'mma shine
Never giving up, never goin' out
I'mma stay here, I'mma make it count
As I stay on the Frontline I'mma grind
As I stay on the mainline I'mma shine
Never giving up, never goin' out
I'mma stay here, I'mma make it count
After Cyco went to LSP, all these snakes tried to talk
Like GRE was done or I'm trying to ride the Insane Poetry name
But I guess I had to jump out of the shadows and prove myself
It's a new age, it's a new day
Underdog again, what a damn shame
But I'mma raise up always for the new challenge
Got a new life running with a new balance
Game laced up and it's getting tight
You're burning in my shine, I see ya neck line
Your back still turned, but I'mma do me
Knowing y'all be back to pursue me
So now it's do or die, gotta prove somethin'
Put the label on my back and continue runnin
Few came along trying to use me
But I'm a smart mfa still doin' me
Built a circle of soldiers and only strong survive
You got no heart, well then here you lie
And I'm privy to the sighs and I'm privy to the lies
Try to stop me in the game i'ma do it till I die!
As I stay on the Frontline I'mma grind
As I stay on the mainline I'mma shine
Never giving up, never goin' out
I'mma stay here, I'mma make it count
As I stay on the Frontline I'mma grind
As I stay on the mainline I'mma shine
Never giving up, never goin' out
I'mma stay here, I'mma make it count