[Intro]

Yeah

[Chorus]

Said we was pressing through the shine, now we here

And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose, yeah

Said we was pressing through the shine, now we here

And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose, yеah

[Verse]

Hold my nose, hold my breath

Take it stеp by step off the porch

Where predecessors pass the torch, then y'all can rest

Need my words to live forever, ain't no safety in the vest

Prematurely winning over shit that safely I confess

So lately, I been stressing all my brothers, we don't need to rest

Control of your fate get erased 'cause they tryna keep us in our place

That dishonest take get you whacked in the face

By grace, I'm alive, I'll be damned if I'm anything but great

Be ducking the climb, I'm trucking 'bout mine and seeking whatever that mountain take

Remove 'em 'cause they move at a fountain's pace

To know time and place and to persevere is everything it could ever take

Word to Earl, I could bend, but could never break

And you feel my shine 'cause with my time, ain't shit I can fake

Treading out of this lake of hate and dismay

Gotta keep pace, we ain't saving the day

And my saving grace in my DNA, we Black

That leave me with two choices, get left or I can adapt

[Bridge]

My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon' hit that climb with you

My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon' split that pie with you

My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon' hit that climb with you

My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon' split that pie with you (Yeah)

[Chorus]

Said we was pressing through the shine, now we here

And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose, yeah

Said we was pressing through the shine, now we here

And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose

Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose, yeah