They Only Show Up When You're Winning

Ain’t it funny how quiet it gets when you’re at your lowest? No texts. No calls. No “you good?” Just silence. But the moment you start making moves, they come crawling back—acting like they never left. In this episode of The Grind: Real Talk, Real Life, we dig into the harsh truth about fake support, bandwagon love, and why your silence during the climb says more than their applause at the top. If you’ve ever been left behind while you were down, this one’s for you.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome back to the ground, Real Talk, Real Life. Today's
episode is called they only show up when you're winning.
Ain't it funny? You could be down bad, sleeping on concrete,
eating room and out of the bag. It ain't nobody around,
no calls, no check ins, no you good text to silence.

(00:26):
But the minute we start rising up, the minute you
find your stride, stack a few winds, post a smile,
suddenly they all show up. Bro I always believed in you. Nah,
I knew you had it in you. Let's hang out sometime.

(00:50):
Where were you when I was drowning? Where were you
when I was starving, broke and fighting demons just to
make it through the day. And the truth is they
don't wanna help you rise. They just wanna piece once
you've gon, once you've climbed. But I ain't mad. I

(01:11):
learned from it. The silence taught me who was real.
The hard days introduced me to the people who actually
gave a damn. So let them come around when you're winning.
Just don't forget who clapped for you when you're losing.
Don't forget who sat with you in the dark before

(01:31):
you even let a match to The ones still struggling.
That's part right here where nobody sees you. This is
your realist grind. To the ones who only show up
when the sun's out, don't get it twisted. I remember
the cold. This is grint, real talk, real life in

(01:55):
today's truth. They only show up when you're winning, but
we remember everything.