More songs by SPINALL
More songs by Summer Walker
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Description
The voices sound as if they are trying to shout down not music, but bills for electricity and water. Here you can hear the fatigue of workers' hands and smiles that hide pain in their eyes. Every line is about a reality where wages compete with debts, and hope clings to dawn, even if there was no dinner last night. And yet, a stubborn core can be heard in the rhythm: life is hard, but giving up is a luxury that no one can afford.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Got to be strong (Mm)
In this [?]
Alright (Ah), ayy, ayy
[SPINALL:]
Struggles of life
Don't let them get you down
Oh, no, oh, no
[Summer Walker:]
Struggles of life (Oh, oh)
Don't let them get you down (Oh)
No, no, no (Oh)
[SPINALL (Summer Walker):]
Got to move now, slow man, no snooze (Ooh, yeah)
If you snooze, then you lose, careful now (Oh)
Your truth, no freaking out there, oh, no (Ooh, oh, no, oh)
Man, the suffering is real
And the pain, many feel (Ooh)
Many nights down without a meal (Oh)
You don't do a damn thing there, oh, no (Ooh, oh)
He says I can't keep up
With the price of things on the shelf
Am I alone in my observation?
Is there anyone else?
[Summer Walker:]
Struggle in my life, don't make no sense
Feel my people and my friends
Worry about bills, they'll make it rain, yeah
One time for the hard working
You smile but your eyes are hurting
The life all up your desert
'Cause we wake to the sunset, no, no
[SPINALL:]
Struggles of life
Don't let them get you down
Oh, no, oh, no
[Summer Walker:]
Struggles of life (Oh, oh)
Don't let them get you down (Oh)
No, no, no (Oh)
[Buju Banton:]
These wages cannot compare (Ooh)
To the bills that one must bear (Oh)
Can hardly make these ends meet, I swear (Ooh, oh)
Light, water, gas, these bills (Ooh)
Have a way of making me stressed out (Oh)
My woman said she's leaving (Ooh)
She cannot take the pressure, no doubt (Oh)
Shut your mouth, talk too much
Daily I'm not in need
While you have more than enough
What you say? Hush like a
Let's keep it together, oh
[Summer Walker:]
Struggle in my life, don't make no sense
Feel my people and my friends
Worry about bills, they'll make it rain, yeah
One time for the hard working
You smile but your eyes are hurting
The life all up your desert
'Cause we wake to the sunset, no, no
[SPINALL:]
Struggles of life
Don't let them get you down
Oh, no, oh, no
[Summer Walker:]
Struggles of life (Oh, oh)
Don't let them get you down (Oh)
No, no, no (Oh)
[SPINALL:]
It's a crisis in every land (Ooh, my life)
No one's asking the right questions (Oh, my life)
It's clear the leaders have led the people wrong
Now face the consequence of your actions
Struggles of life
Don't let them get you down
Oh, no, oh, no
[Summer Walker:]
Struggles of life (Oh, oh)
Don't let them get you down (Oh)
No, no, no (Oh)