Real Ones

You can hustle you can grind
But what you gonna find
At the ending of the line
If you don't dedicate the time for your real ones?
And you can work all night
See the perks that you like
What's it worth if you might
Never get to catch a flight with some real ones? (with some real ones)
You can focus all day
Never set your mind astray
From the money or the fame
But to me it ain't the same without your real ones (without your real ones)
'Cause you can do the things you say
It don't mean you need to stay
On your own in this game
Make the time before it's late for your real ones (for your real ones)

Sometimes the grind can get tough behind the shine you
Try to find a hole to hide inside to
Isolate alone no one to find you
Deprived of life focused on the prize
Hoping you'll survive. Mostly you derive
Soul from feeling pride knowing that you control your future life
So you sacrifice time with all those who hope to see you thrive
Years go by now your goals are all realised
Tears roll flying down you know you made the climb
Fears go dying, how?
'Cause now you really shine but
On your chair lying down you notice no one's tryna
Come round to spend time with you and chill (chill)
Well some of do but none of them are real (none of them are real)
They're only around 'cause they found that you could pay the bill
But what about your homies who were with you when you still
Couldn't pay your way to fly out to the states (no money for the plane)
Couldn't pay the waiters tips on a date (got GoFundMes in your name)
Couldn't pay to stay in the nicest of places? (it wasn't fun & you felt lame)
They were by your side still calling you the greatest (but you didn't do the same)
Couldn't pay your friends attention, did I mention?
They were by your side when you were stuck there on the bench and
You never gave the time when they were going through tension
'Cause all you cared about was stacking money and your pension
Now you wonder why they don't give you affection
Wonder why you feel alone with no one who's respecting
I wonder where were you when your real ones needed protecting
Times when they were feeling depression but no one texted them
Maybe if you did they would be around to appreciate
Maybe they'd have lived 'cause they found a way to alleviate
Crazy how the love be profound in how it can change the fate
Of those who feel left out
But now they sprout 'cause you realised

That you can hustle you can grind
But what you gonna find
At the ending of the line
If you don't dedicate the time for your real ones?
And you can work all night
See the perks that you like
What's it worth if you might
Never get to catch a flight with some real ones?
You can focus all day
Never set your mind astray
From the money or the fame
But to me it ain't the same without your real ones
'Cause you can do the things you say
It don't mean you need to stay
On your own in this game
Make the time before it's late for your real ones