Common - The Hustle Lyrics
[Common]My eyes watch God from a placeWhere times is hard, hard times we embraceEverybody want a yard, cuz a yard means spaceBeing broke is odd and leaves an odd tasteIn the mouth of the metropolitanThe hustle is hollarin'Beautiful minds grind, grind for the dollarin'Whether dice scholarin' or white collarin'We all taught hustle to prophet like SolomonThe young play corners, Sean Jean modelin'They get it from they momma, black music is fatherin'Blue and whites flash lights like parlimentIn court non-whites, wishin' they had CocharanTell your guy and them, yo the blocks hot againAunties walking to liquor stores in moccasainsMy guy got a gig, on the side he barberin'Married a foreign chick so she could get a green card up in the hustle[Chorus][Common] Just put it in your back and hustle The paper's stacked so hustle[Omar] Gon'! - Gon' get it and get me that Gon'! - Gon' get it and get me that[Common] Just move, and shake, and grind and hustle It's on your mind so hustle[Omar] Gon'! - Gon' get it and get me that Gon'! - Gon' get it and get me that[Dart Chillz]First to the third, I'm close to the curbToast to the bird, now I'm posted to serveHeard is a verb when you pour dirt on the floorBill collecters and the roaches working your nervesIt's a ghetto truck for a ghetto boyTo get in them ghetto streets and get him a ghetto toysSo he can come so just work murder rate is increasin'I don't give a ***** long as my coke is decentAnd my rims blind the whole damn precinctEverytime you see a head in my lap you know she sinkedI know I'm dead in this trap, that's not how we thinkFifty shells all around on the ground, can't catch a weak blinkFive went through me, two stayed in me to do my dutyOnly thing that subdued meTwo weeks, same corner, new freaksNew geese, all white AND 1's new sneaks[Chorus][DJ Joe Sinista scratches bridge]"Can't knock the hustle!""The Hustle!""I'm in""Im in" "I'm in too deep" "deep to sleep!""Can't knock the hustle!""The hustle!""Caught up in the hustle!" "I'm gettin' high""Can't knock the hustle!""The Hustle!" "I'm in""Im in" "I'm in too deep" "deep to sleep!" "Can't knock the hustle!""The hustle!" "Gotta hustle up!""I got to have it, have it...have it" (echos out)[Common]Some rhyme, some throw shows, some sow clothesSome hobo at the junction inbetween carsSome enter in functions inbetween starsSome teach, some preach saying they seen GodSome put they money up, against me oddsFlippin' real estate yo, stocks and bondsDreams of rollin El Derado's bumpin' El DeBargeWhatever the dreams, stay on ya deem the world is ours, its the hustle[Chorus] - repeat 2X[DJ Joe Sinista]"Gotta hustle up!" "Stay hustlin'!""Gotta hustle up!" "Stay hustlin'!""Gotta hustle up!" "Stay hustlin'!""Gotta hus-" "hustle up!""Stay hustlin' hustlin' hustlin'!"(echoes out)
