Principles lyrics

[Intro: Kollision]

D. Hill

Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

You gotta stand on it

Get it

[Chorus: Kollision]

Man, you gotta stand on your principles

Come out the mud, shit was critical

Couldn't settle for less, I wanted plenty more

Reachin' for the top, I'm on my tippy-toes

Came out the slums, the motherfuckin' gritty

I'm workin' hard, the sky is the limit

My niggas on yard, doin' fourth and ten

I had to lose before I can win

As a man, you gotta stand on your principles

Sippin' drank, poppin' pains, when I'm at my lows

[Verse 1: Nefew]

All this shit that I seen made me crazy

Used to wake out my sleep hearin' gun pops

Beat the two seventy-five, we was servin' J's

Used to stand over that stove 'til the sun dropped

Work ourselves some dope, that's every day

Back to back gettin' locked up, I couldn't bond out

Told my mama we gon' make it one day

Shawty used to sell dope, now he strung out

Look at this shit that the ghetto did

Ain't no love in these streets for a ghetto kid

Told shawty be safe 'fore I dapped him up

And the next day heard some nigga clapped him up

Hell yeah, she got pregnant, she fed up

Why we don't care 'bout our black sisters?

I told shawty just to keep her head up

It was funny comin' from a crack dealer

My mama, she still smokin' cigarettes

She stressed out, worried' 'bout me

What the fuck the world come to?

Crazy we stuck on that nicotine

On that carpet, I swear it get deep

Everybody sell dope 'cause it sells

Lil' shawty went to see the priest

'Cause he said God don't answer his prayers

[Chorus: Kollision]

As a man, you gotta stand on your principles

Come out the mud, shit was critical

Couldn't settle for less, I wanted plenty more

Reachin' for the top, I'm on my tippy-toes

Came out the slums, the motherfuckin' gritty

I'm workin' hard, the sky is the limit

My niggas on yard, doin' fourth and ten

I had to lose before I can win

As a man, you gotta stand on your principles

Sippin' drank, poppin' pains, when I'm at my lows

[Verse 2: Kollision]

I gotta watch for them vultures, they greedy

I looked for help and they treated me needy

The floor was cold, used the stove just to heat it

Stand on ten toes, I grind, I got reasons

So I turned relentless

Cash bring a whole lot of envy (It does)

I throw on that strap for my enemies

'Cause what I been through ain't your business (It ain't)

I whip out, whatever environment

And I was taught never move out my feelings (Get it)

Holdin' all this pain in

Sippin' drank just to ease the tension

Tryin' my best to forget it

How the fuck can I when I got a whole lot of weight on my shoulders?

Back on the wall, I go 'gainst it all and hold my composure

[Chorus: Kollision]

As a man, you gotta stand on your principles

Come out the mud, shit was critical

Couldn't settle for less, I wanted plenty more

Reachin' for the top, I'm on my tippy-toes

Came out the slums, the motherfuckin' gritty

I'm workin' hard, the sky is the limit

My niggas on yard, doin' fourth and ten

I had to lose before I can win

As a man, you gotta stand on your principles

Sippin' drank, poppin' pains, when I'm at my lows

• Artist:Kollision
• Album:Not for Nothing