Toughen Up

[Verse 1] They ask if I'mma rap forever, tell 'em, "Heck if I know" It's lonely on the road to success, but, bro, I'm never in it solo Lost a lot of soldiers, ain't gon' lie, it hurt me (Yeah) On the road to riches, made me wiser, made me learnin' (Yeah) They say, "Real killers move in silence" and I heard it But I had to scream to get to this green and to stop bein' nervous I know some folks who made it but still hatin', how'd that work out? "Man, I ain't never listen to y'all. I make y'all workout." I got them bad vibes out the studio, 'cause they don't help me Now every song a layup, it's too easy, I don't care, B I swear, these streets'll make a hardhead into a soft one The wrong turn'll make a whole dream into a lost one Man, I lost some [Chorus] You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah Get it out the mud, yeah, yeah You can't run from it, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah Get it out the mud, yeah, yeah You can't run from it, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah [Verse 2] I mean, you see, I know I'm special, but sometimes, I don't feel it And sometimes, I'm a villain, but it's good to be a villain And it's good to be forgiven God know that I'm tryin' but this evil always tempts me And it's always tryna test me, get me And I wonder if I'm ready, ready For this moment I've been chasin' since I was a child Now I look around and see the finish line, I know it's now I used to tell 'em all the time, "One day, I'mma make you proud" I had a plan and had a way and had a vision, saw it out I really doubt myself and hate myself when I'm alone And I look in the mirror, don't even recognize my soul I'm puttin' pressure on myself, I put it on myself The greatest version of myself, I wanna see it, I wanna see it [Chorus] You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah Get it out the mud, yeah, yeah You can't run from it, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah Get it out the mud, yeah, yeah You can't run from it, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah [Bridge] The world don't owe you nothin', man, you know how it is But what you gonna do about it? The world don't owe you nothin', man, you know how it is But what you gonna do about it? The world don't owe you nothin', man, you know how it is But what you gonna do about it? The world don't owe you nothin', man, you know how it is But what you gonna do about it? [Chorus] You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah Get it out the mud, yeah, yeah You can't run from it, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah You gotta toughen up, yeah, yeah Get it out the mud, yeah, yeah You can't run from it, yeah, yeah