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Release date: 15th June 2018

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"Us" is a track by Kid Ink, from the album Uncle Drew (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released 15th June 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Kid Ink

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Lyrics

Us

[Intro]

Incoming

[Chorus: Elley Duhé]

We hold it in our hands

Everything we will become

We hold it in our hands

The hustle, the struggle, the love

That is what makes us us

That is what makes us us

(Kid Ink)

[Verse 1: Kid Ink]

Now whoever thought at 16 this big dreams would turn up like ginseng

My peak is still pending

Made it through all of the envy, little injury

Going full speed like Indy, the grind's never ending

Gotta make sure that you feel me before my time's up

We gon' rise busting through the ceiling

I've been trying to play the game just like six rings

If you could only see the drama that this shit brings

Looking for the light trying to feel the beam

Rushed to sellout but it just seems sus

I came from the dust, this is better than nothing

But still ain't enough though

Can't be caught up soft like a plush doll

It'll be straight, yeah I've been brushed off

No love lost, you'll never hear me fuss

And that is what makes us us

[Chorus: Elley Duhé]

We hold it in our hands

Everything we will become

We hold it in our hands

The hustle, the struggle, the love

That is what makes us us

That is what makes us us

[Verse 2: Kid Ink]

Said ain't no turning back from here

Try to back me in, might crack your chin yeah

I got another lap to win

And big shoes to fill that only Shaq could fill yeah

No I ain't feeling that fulfilled

Said it's back to drills, drip blood, and spills sweat

I don't care how long it take me

And I just laugh at the ones who said they made me

Go ahead try your best but you can't clone

Put your under pressure that'll break bones

Keep my head way to the sky

There ain't no looking down

On the way to the top

Throw it up, let it drop

Did that shit with finesse

Need that championship ring with them big ass baguettes

I know we'll pull through in the clutch

And that's just what makes us us

[Chorus: Elley Duhé]

We hold it in our hands

Everything we will become

We hold it in our hands

The hustle, the struggle, the love

That is what makes us us

That is what makes us us

[Bridge: Elley Duhé]

Is it cliché to say that I

Want this so bad I could taste it

And it just tastes so amazing

Oh I've got the scars to prove that I

Been put through the ringer but I'm coming up greater

I've got the scars to prove that I

Been put through the ringer but I'm coming up greater

[Outro: Elley Duhé]

That is what makes us us

That is what makes us us

That is what makes us us

That is what makes us us

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Track details

From Uncle Drew (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2018
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Album
Uncle Drew (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Uncle Drew (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
G-Eazy
Release year
2018
  1. —Us
  2. —Stronger
  3. —1942
  4. —I Need Your Lovin'
  5. —Stay
  6. —Records
  7. —I Can Feel It
  8. —What’s the Play
  9. —New Thang
  10. —Light Flex
  11. —Chain Gang

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
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