(Talking:D-Mac) I try to tell time and time again You better get up and get you nigga You blink and you'll be in your mid 30's, with no stories to And a mind of would've's and could've's, and should've's All this motheruckin money out here Better get you some By any means...Listen
(Verse 1:D-Mac)
I got to make to take Goals to set, to reach, and dreams to chase Cant be worried bout people say, let em hate Trying to it to the top floor, gotta elevate, get out my way I aint got no time to wont let you stop me for a second Be careful who you with cause they may just block yo blessings Stay prayed up, keep a loaded weapon In the city where I'm living bodies dropping shit get Get out then give back, the plans for the ghetto Work for what I want and less I'll never settle Find a faithful woman who can put up with my And accept its money everything everyday
My nigga Thats my mind state, so whats your state? get this money nigga I aint got no time to waste My nigga thats my mind state, so whats your state? Aint talking dollars? I'm holla got no time to play My nigga thats my mind state, my mind Nigga that's my state
2: Never the porch without a gun my nigga Kill or be killed Im from my nigga We see the rain more sun my nigga And you cant have fun no funds my nigga So, even though we might get life it We find a hustle and we put our in it Cuz only thing worse than a broke nigga, is a thats alright with it Get up of your ass lil nigga do sleep but I cant hit that snooze button Gotta get up out of bed, go and get whether part time gig or risking time in the feds Lurking all just to ball all summer Vowed I will let a woman take me under Only roll with niggas I consider as my grind for my own I don't want nothing from you Nah, fuck yo handout I wanna be the man out So me and feb been up, just to see how it pans out And fuck them bitches boy its to eat now Im balling I'll catch em on the rebound
My Thats my mind state, so whats your mind state? Gotta get this money nigga I aint got no to waste My thats my mind state, so whats your mind state? Aint dollars? I'm gon' holla got no time to play My nigga my mind state, my mind state that's my mind state
(Talking:Jay-Z) And you gotta understand the right... Why does that guy like that? Right? How do you at that point? You gotta also at that You gotta look at that, you gotta look at the environment's and the we live in And how are setup, and how things are structured And how we're always the on the totem pole our schooling to our roads To you know, everything that..that, All the obstacles placed in front of us Even our conditions, if you live in the projects There's someone that lives here, here, and here You know? you have to deal with all these different of personalities in the box Someone's above you below you on the of you and to the left of you And everyday you have to that circle, and thats just one..no Thats just two floors, these have 26 floors and there's a ton of them Right? low income houses, and everything is messed up there So, thats living dormant If is what I have to live for, then I'm gonna take the chance to get more It doesn't matter, It doesn't matter what to me
(Outro:D-Mac)
Nigga my mind state Nigga thats my state Nigga thats my state, my mind state Nigga thats my mind state, my state that's my...