BST

**BST**, meaning **Blood, Sweat, and Tears**, is a song by Polo G that was released on June 7, 2019. The song appeared to be the seventh track to Polo's debut studio album, Die a Legend, in between the two tracks, Battle Cry and Finer Things.

## Description

On “BST” Polo G raps about his rough childhood and come up in the hood that has caused him “sleepless nights”. He also raps about having a kid on the way and his desire to build a legacy for his family. “BST” is an acronym for “Blood, sweat, and tears,” the first line of the chorus.

## Awards and Nominations

**BST** ended up getting certified gold by the RIAA on January 7, 2022.

## Lyrics

Blood, sweat, and tears what I shed, sleepless nights in my bed

They only love when you shining, I won't let it get to my head

Got a lil' one on the way, now I gotta do this shit for my kid

Havin' conversations with the sky and I meant everything that I said

For my family, gotta build a legacy, I'ma be the man when I'm dead

Worked too hard, I can't slip up, so I'm clutching tight on this lead

Naw, I ain't a killer, but don't push me, I'm too close to the edge

Is what it is, ain't no looking back, don't regret the things that I did, ayy

System got the hood fucked up, killers, crack fiends, and some Christians

Lil' n\*gga, all he know is bang, only 16, on a mission, ayy

Drug money, out there serving fiends only time he show his ambition

Kid on the way, mama's bills late, gotta hustle hard, gotta get it

Block was slow so he had to rob just to make 'em smile on Christmas

Caught a case, judge ain't tryna hear all the things influenced my decisions

Hate to follow rules, elementary school all started off with suspensions

If it weren't for rapping, where would I be? I just thank God that I'm gifted

Made it to the top and I stood up, first I had to crawl in them trenches

We got hate in us, tryna murder somethin', runnin' through the field, hoppin' fences

They left blood stains on our corner, gotta spin back with a vengeance

Glock discharge, it's a man down, real gang members handle business

Blood, sweat, and tears what I shed, sleepless nights in my bed

They only love when you shining, I won't let it get to my head

Got a lil' one on the way, now I gotta do this shit for my kid

Havin' conversations with the sky and I meant everything that I said

For my family, gotta build a legacy, I'ma be the man when I'm dead

Worked too hard, I can't slip up, so I'm clutching tight on this lead

Naw, I ain't a killer, but don't push me, I'm too close to the edge

Is what it is, ain't no looking back, don't regret the things that I did

We some young n\*ggas, we don't give a fuck, knock a n\*gga head right off

Bunch of hollow shells on that crime scene, it was DOA, white chalk

I know real killers, no remorse in 'em, proud of the bodies they caught

Went through a lot and I'm only 20, it's a lot of things that I saw

Shit left me cold on the inside, feelin' like I need to unthaw

Was it to fill a void or acceptance? Lookin' at the things that I bought

I still get depressed in my mansion, contemplating, deep in my thoughts

I'm just glad that I'm still standing, it's a lot of demons I fought

Voices in my head and that gun cocked, late night rides in all black

Really come from nothin', I was on that block like the streets all that I got

I done been snaked by my own kind, so who really watchin' my back?

Know they want me gone, one up top, I'm a dead man if I lack

Blood, sweat, and tears what I shed, sleepless nights in my bed

They only love when you shining, I won't let it get to my head

Got a lil' one on the way, now I gotta do this shit for my kid

Havin' conversations with the sky and I meant everything that I said

For my family, gotta build a legacy, I'ma be the man when I'm dead

Worked too hard, I can't slip up, so I'm clutching tight on this lead

Naw, I ain't a killer, but don't push me, I'm too close to the edge

Is what it is, ain't no looking back, don't regret the things that I did, ayy

## Trivia

* BST is the first song to be named acronymically. Second, DND, third GNF (OKOKOK). And formerly, Young N Dumb written as YND before the official name was called out.
	+ BST is the only song on Die a Legend to be written acronymically.

1. ↑ https://genius.com/Polo-g-bst-lyrics