NF JOURNEY: GRINDIN' & WARM UP

Song(s): Grindin' & Warm Up

Artist: NF feat. Marty

WARNING: I'm in a mood. Today hasn't been great and it's been another sad, lonely weekend for me. 

A venting moment is coming in 3, 2, 1 👉 Guess what? Today is my half-birthday. I've been the big 3-0 for six entire months now. Nothing's changed. As usual. I'm almost 31 and nothing's changed. I guess I got a new "job"...it's not the kind of job I wanted. I'm not happy with it. But at least I'm making money now. Money that will go straight to paying off my bills. I'm barely getting by.

Sorry for the rant. I'm just so stressed out and upset at myself right now. I need help but I won't ask for it. Won't work for it. OK. Time for my therapy session...

Another day, another NF song on the JOURNEY! I'm LOVING it so far (I also have been loving a lot of songs not included on this "journey" that I will get around to sharing at some point soon).

Grindin' feat. Marty

*ADDS SONG TO WORK-OUT PLAYLIST IMMDIEATLY!!*  🔥👊 THIS IS SO FUN AND JUST THE PICK ME UP AND KICK TO THE BUTT I NEEDED TODAY!!! I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!! 🖤

The lyrics and flow SLAP as usual but what I really loved about this song is the MUSIC VIDEO because...NF IS SMILING!! 😀 HE ACTUALLY LOOKS HAPPY AND LIKE HE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME AND WE 👏 LOVE 👏 TO 👏 SEE 👏 IT!!! Honestly, it makes me SO HAPPY to see him smiling and getting the crowd HYPED and doing what he does best!! It's BEAUTIFUL! I'm so HAPPY for him!! And to think this was what, SEVEN YEARS AGO?? I hope he's still happy and loving what he's doing! I think he is...Marty, the feature, was really good too and matched NF's flow perfectly! Great collab! I seriously just love everything about this song! It's inspiring and motivates me to get out there and GRIND! Start working hard on improving myself! 👊

More things I love about this song and video:

• NF jumping into the crowd and body surfing is so cool but so TERRIFYING to me at the same time!! 😂😱 I can't believe people can do that! Look at the barrier he has to JUMP over just to get into the crowd! IT'S SO FAR!! 
• I LOOOOVE it when NF gets cocky, hahaha. "I’ve been grindin', anybody tryin' to sleep on me
  better do somethin' with your eyelids, I hear a lot of whinin', but I don’t hear a lot of rhymin', woo
  Everybody got opinions, let it go into my ear and then I block that, put me on stage, I'm-ma rock that, sayin' you the best? Stop that, phoney. I am not that, yeah....I ain't saying I'm the best but I should be in the top 10, give me a list of names, I'm-ma top them. I'm just playing with ya, I don't care where the top is leave me at the bottom, let me work for it, you ain't never gonna find another rapper in the game and tell me that he works more, tell me that he works more...You might see me with my hoody up, I ain't leaving 'til I finish. This industry ain't nothing but a box, but I ain't gon' climb in it. You put me inside a room full of rappers, come back in 5 minutes
  I'm-ma be the only one still alive, with a note on my chest saying that, "I did it"...You do it for fame, we way different. Y'all are looking weak, we ain't cooking in the same kitchen...I got no time for these Hollywood people, I'd rather give time to my fans. You'd rather chill with these women that like you for money but I'd rather chill with my fam, yeah" 🔥🙌
• THIS: "What are y'all doin' out here? What are y'all doin' out here? Maybe you should spend a little less time with the women on your arms and a little bit more with your career" CALL👏 THEM 👏OUT 👏NATE!! I LOVE TO HEAR IT!!
• Minute mark 2:53-3:02...you're welcome! 😂

 

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Just let me work, just let me work

Out here grindin'

Yeah, I'm out here grindin'

I told 'em, I'm out here grindin'

I'm out here grindin', hey hey

You ain't never heard nothin' like this

Let me work, show me where the mic is

I'm on stage, black shirt, and my timbs, you know how I do it, I ain't playin' with you

I’ve been grindin', anybody tryin' to sleep on me

Better do somethin' with your eyelids, I hear a lot of whinin', but I don’t hear a lot of rhymin', woo

Everybody got opinions, let it go into my ear and then I block that

Put me on stage, I'm-ma rock that

Sayin' you the best? Stop that

Phoney, I am not that, yeah

What are y'all doin' out here? What are y'all doin' out here?

Maybe you should spend a little less time with the women on your arms and a little bit more with your career

I ain't saying I'm the best but I should be in the top 10, give me a list of names, I'm-ma top them

I'm just playing with ya, I don't care where the top is

Leave me at the bottom, let me work for it, you ain't never gonna find another rapper in the game

And tell me that he works more, tell me that he works more

You might see me with my hoody up, I ain't leaving 'til I finish

This industry ain't nothing but a box, but I ain't gon' climb in it

You put me inside a room full of rappers, come back in 5 minutes

I'm-ma be the only one still alive, with a note on my chest saying that, "I did it"

You do it for fame, we way different

Y'all are looking weak, we ain't cooking in the same kitchen

Everybody got a shirt with a stain in it

Some of us'll never wear it out though, when we get it

I guess that I don't understand

This wasn't part of my plan

Some of these people thinking cause they heard the name

That they really know who I am

Bring the beat down

I got no time for these Hollywood people

I'd rather give time to my fans

You'd rather chill with these women that like you for money

But I'd rather chill with my fam, yeah

I'm out here grinding

I'm out here grinding

Yeah I see the mic but you looking like a pilot

What's the point of a plane if you don't know how to fly it?

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, all we do is work, all we do is work

[Marty:]

Rise of the underdog, I don't like none of y'all

I'm not like one of y'all

I'm from the jungle, I run with the son of God  👊🔥

Yeah, what is you running for?

They should be running from me

Most of my family, we don't even speak

I'm getting married in 22 weeks

And they still haven't said "Hi" or wanted to meet, huh?

I'm not the type to complain

If we don't get it, we try it again

And I'd die for the gang, misfit my blood

They don't like us and we question they moms like

"Why did - why did you allow your kid to like bad music?"  😂

Promise I do it

I'm tryna give You my everything

I don't care what they are doing

I'm tryna do what they couldn't do

Laugh at the rappers you look up to

Don't waste time with the centerfolds

I'm alive, it's a miracle

Freestylin' since middle school

I will battle the principal

Wear all black like a funeral

I'm doing me, I don't live for you

Grindin'!

[NF:]

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, all we do is work, all we do is work

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, okay okay okay

I'm out here grinding, all we do is work, all we do is work

[Marty:]

(Grindin')

I'm out here, I'm out here grinding

All I, all I, all I do is work

All I, all I, all I do is grind

*UPDATE 3/19/23*

Warm Up

I just found out I missed a song on the "JOURNEY!" 😰 Correcting this felony IMMEDIATELY!

This song was released before the album Perception as a single.

I love it when NF calls out people's hypocrisy, two-face and phoniness! He ain't got no time or respect for any of that fake stuff, he's all about keepin' it REAL! This isn't necessarily my favorite track...I probably won't listen to it a whole lot, but it was still fun and he was spittin' bars like he always does! And it's clear he loves and appreciates his fans 🖤

Yeah

Something for the fans

Yeah

I'm the type to rent a hotel room just to feel at home

I'm the type to rent a hotel room just to be alone

I got an issue with people pretending they like what they don't

Please don't bring up my issues unless you gon' deal with your own  🔥🔥👊

Please don't try to pretend like you keep it real, though

Yeah it's funny that you got a lotta money

But that money doesn't buy you skills, though  👊 GOT 'EM!

I don't care if I am on the billboards

On a killing spree

I'm about to kill more

Got a chain on

You paid a mill' for

I mean what you people even live for?

I write raps, you steal yours, oh Lord (haha)  🔥😲😂 GO OFF!!

We just getting warmed up

Yeah, I said I was coming, I warned you

So close to the fans

I feel like they're right on my tour bus

You wanna know what I do in my downtime?

They come to my fortress

I apologize for all the corpses

It's a mess right now

But I haven't had time to put the rappers in the coffins  😲💥

We ain't talked in like six years

Why you writing me now?

I just turned 100k down

Just to keep the brand looking right, now (that's real)

I ain't bragging about the money

I'm just saying I ain't controlled by the bank account

Or the bank amounts

I'm a business man

But don't touch my money

I don't play around  🙌❗❗

Lights out when the mics out

About to hit the West Coast

Hype crowds

I just put a record out

What you think I'm gonna pipe down?

Nah, I've been looking for a beat

Look what I found, woo

I mean everything is coming out of my mouth

Tried to tell me, yeah, I ain't had the right sound

Oh, yeah, well

Tell me what you think now

Two records in the bag

I ain't done, though

What's coming next year?

Let me hear the drum roll

Don't flow

Anybody wanna be the one to make an issue out of nothing?

Imma hit you with my iPhone

I know

I'm a little out of hand now

I ain't looking for a handout

You didn't like what I was doing last year

Which is funny 'cause you lookin' like a fan now

Are you a fan now?

I kinda miss being broke

Now let me go back to my old days

When I used to walk into high school

And hand out my CD in hallways

I told all my teachers that I'd be a rapper

They smiled and looked at me, "Okay, that's a pretty nice dream, but you better get a real job."

"Mmm, no way."

Yeah I live what you dreamin'

I could do this while I'm sleepin'

I ain't the type that will bring up your name for nothing

But please, don't give me a reason

I'm on the edge now

I ain't playin' with you

Never really been a fan of takin' pictures

I'm just being honest, yeah

I'll take it with you

Shows sellin' out

Better get your tickets, oh Lord!

I got a love for the fans  🖤🖤

I can't express what it feels like

Sometimes I wonder if it's even real life

Sometimes I look at the past and think about how I got here in the first place

You know the glove is my birthplace

I don't wanna be rude

But I could get you on my worst days  🤭💥

Say nothing for me

Do it all the time

Yeah they barely workin' while I'm workin' overtime  He's ain't wrong 👊

Last year they like, "Who am I?"

Now this year they like, "You the guy."

Here's a little something for your car rides

If they said I fell off

They all lied

Yeah, you know the logo

Better recognize

Yeah it's Real Music

'Till the day we die

Yah!   🔥👊🙌