Still strugglin, hustlin, tryin to get my money on Fresh outta retirement, you know I tryin to fall off, Too $hort records, we tryin to fall off We ain't goin nowhere, I'm to see everybody make money I wanna see everybody get paid,
Another day, dollar spent And I'm still out here Caught in the game, and I'm hustlin Don't even trust my friends
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Don't say you can't do it, it's not that hard You wanna be a lawyer, you wanna be a You can do anything you do Forget what they say, as long as you in you Keep your dreams, wherever they take you You gotta hustle, which have to make you Get your money on, like I said playin like a old song in your head You say it ain't in the hood I know some folks in the livin good Now tell me how you get there, tell the man, too You ain't got it, give him yours, cause he got than you Give him game, and all he need The knowledge, to plant that And make it grow, get the Even though I make money, I'm trying to get more You be the best at what you do, and even though you ain't That's how you need to think Don't tell me no, I already up my mind It's going my way this time I'm so deep into It's like I'm in some pussy, fucking my been going platinum, you walk by You player-hate, even try
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Don't quit, once you get started It's on til the end, til you're departed You know you quit, too much time invested You your lesson, no time for stressing in the mirror, trying to act hard Walking down the street, thinking a car I been a million times I'm like baby, dee, I got a million I been a mc since 1983 When run-dmc was sucka mc's in the papers ride too $hort Rolling brand-new vogues, newports $hort studios, in my room tapes When I up to oakland from l.a. I was a square, I gotta lie to you I wasn't rapping, I was fresh private school Now I'm old school, too $hort, fuck ya heard ain't no way I could memorize all these words I been rapping for years, spitting Twenty from now, you could say the same thing If you determined, at me I'm getting on the car, used to roll two Back in the day, selling dope on sunnyside, up ninety-sixth to birch street
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Don't say it's old, I know you wanna go gold Trying to be like me is old It's been proven, only one too $hort valuable player, you know the sport It's time to be you, being me comes natural to me I hope you it in the industry You could on wall street, or be a doctor in a hospital As long as happy, I know you got a little Stash, your cash And keep hustling, cause it ain't last How times you seen a broke nigga, wanting to be a dope dealer some money, and turn into a cold killer Alot of people came up that But alot of y'all faking that ya hold gat Now your ass is out You realized, you took the wrong route You got alot of talent, don't let it go to Handcuffed on the ground, with in ya face I the trap, circumstances make ya sell crack and change, take us all back To slave-free, back the days would be Long and hot, nobody paying me These we have opportunities To up and give back to our communities