Won't Be Long-Rakim

[00:00.000] 作词 : Rakim [00:01.000] 作曲 : Jake One/Rakim [00:03.888] In the words of the late, great [00:05.287] Martin Luther [00:06.388] King "How long? Not long" ... [00:21.963] Won't be long, uh huh [00:32.893] Uh, uh Sing along (Tracey Horton) - w/ ad libs (It won't be long, 'til the trouble and the struggle is gone The hustle make the struggle get gone) [00:40.697] It's hard to make a move, we strugglin [00:42.997] Everybody hate to lose but they love to win (It won't be long, 'til the world sings the words to our song That way we forever live on) [00:52.181] Back on my grind, [00:53.864] I'm hustlin [00:54.690] It's just a matter of time and [00:55.658] I'll come up again [00:57.457] They told me hustle never prolong [00:58.941] But I got caught up in the struggle like a slow song (uh huh) ' [01:01.859] Cause my love and respect for this is so strong [01:04.741] I question the state of hip-hop (uh), major labels, etc. and so on (uh) [01:08.858] The show'll go on, still fiend to get my blow on [01:11.541] But if it's like this, then [01:12.807] I might quit [01:14.007] But hold on (uh), this can only go wrong but for so long (uh huh) [01:17.291] Get right quick or [01:18.691] I might flip [01:19.608] Try to keep a tight lip, not to complain [01:22.007] Ramblin, mind scramblin 'cause patience ain't blockin the pain (uh uh) [01:25.474] Mic sick, lyrics is still locked in the brain (uh huh) [01:28.508] Like Mike [01:29.358] Vick sittin in jail watchin the game (uh) [01:31.491] I wait 'til the day [01:32.608] I can play my position (yeah) [01:34.108] Or should [01:34.658] I say the die [01:35.474] I obey my addiction (uh huh) [01:37.275] Then complete my legacy (uh) [01:38.691] Without compromisin my artistic integrity (come on) - w/ ad libs [02:06.125] So when they ask where [02:07.458] I go from here (go 'head) [02:08.474] The road and the goal is clear (uh) but it's so severe (uh) [02:12.192] Sometimes [02:12.991] I feel like lettin go, [02:14.092] I swear I had setbacks my whole career (straight y'all) [02:16.908] Messin with my grind's like messin with my mind [02:19.992] But yo, I'm still breathin, so [02:21.474] I guess it's just a sign (uh huh) [02:22.719] But it's meaning to the message in the lines (word up) [02:24.986] Some things happen for a reason like a blessing in disguise [02:28.602] But success was in my eyes, the shine was blindin me [02:31.386] The fame, a little bit of change, it took some time to see [02:34.336] The lesson for the wise, profit more [02:36.802] Time to be a record and the prize was poppin off [02:39.136] Finally I made a couple of moves, got my own label (got to get it) [02:42.902] Me and a couple of dudes, we at the **** table (let's get that money) [02:45.737] Took a oath to stay true, now it's an empire [02:48.552] Put out the new [02:49.419] Rakim album and it's fire - w/ ad libs [03:14.549] Feel like [03:14.984] I'm back where [03:15.699] I belong when [03:16.416] I'm in the booth (uh) [03:17.400] Produce and perform at my pinnacle (uh huh) [03:20.366] Speak the truth in my songs and my interviews (the truth) [03:23.099] For the youth and my dons and my women too (uh huh) [03:26.083] Guap insisted, watch your business with a drama dunn (get that money) [03:28.749] Hustlers is where we get persona from [03:31.882] Gotta get it, not just wish a dollar come [03:34.733] We optimistic since [03:35.832] Obama won [03:36.549] But these days of recession [03:38.516] We ain't safe yet (uh huh), pray, a paycheck away from the [03:41.950] Great Depression (uh) [03:43.083] Major stressin but we wait for blessings [03:45.566] Long as the [03:45.813] Federal Reserve still paper pressing [03:48.246] I wrote the plot for gettin this cabbage in the hood [03:51.396] Where the average cat can triple his status in the hood [03:54.280] Don't stop, 'til we livin lavish in the hood [03:56.916] I'm like Barack with [03:57.932] The Stimulus [03:58.799] Package in the hood - w/ ad libs - w/