Da Grind (Featuring Apocalypse)-Masta Ace

[00:00.000] 作词 : Clear, Givens, Tyson [00:02.94]Yeah [00:05.47]Send this one out to everybody, trying to make end ends meet [00:10.96]Yeah [00:11.76]I'm on the grind [00:12.51]Still got my money on my mind [00:14.36]And I, feel like I'm walking on the line [00:17.07]When it, seems like I'm running out of time [00:19.83]That's when I'm going on the grind [00:21.78]Ay yo, I'm trying to make my dollars double [00:23.94]I done found a place to fit in [00:25.45]For ****** trying to get into this power struggle [00:27.76]I work hard on the job like immigrants [00:30.41]And always try to get my first half in advance [00:33.06]It sounds strange but the rap game is not a game [00:35.86]You could make a lot of money gain a lot of fame [00:38.54]But don't get it twisted [00:39.99]You could get addicted [00:41.31]Buy a mansion in the Hamptons, and get evicted [00:43.96]Now if you call me and I'm not around [00:46.07]I'm probably putting my grind down [00:47.97]Doing shows out of town [00:49.40]I be the manager, road manager, and call handler [00:52.00]Booking agent, choreographer and tour planner [00:54.81]I be the V.P. of marketing and promotions [00:57.21]Producer and arraigner, with a range of emotions [01:00.21]And after it all, I still gotta perform [01:02.44]At three o'clock in the morn', when half the fans are gone [01:05.30]But it's fine [01:06.30]Been on the grind since like '88 or '89 [01:09.15]The game is foul like a plate of swine [01:11.08]Now is there anybody con like me? [01:13.35]Is anybody out there on the grind like me? [01:16.54]For everybody working nine to five [01:18.64]For everybody trying to rise with they eyes on the prize [01:21.80]I'm with 'cha, we all going through it [01:24.15]But yo, deep down inside I know we still gon' do it [01:27.03]Oh [01:27.69]I'm on the grind [01:28.48]Still got my money on my mind [01:30.49]And I, feel like I'm walking on the line [01:33.18]And it, seems like I'm running out of time [01:35.82]That's why I'm always on the grind [01:38.32]Yeah, I'm on the grind [01:39.36]Still got my money on my mind [01:41.26]And I, feel like I'm walking on the line [01:43.96]When it, seems like I'm running out of time [01:46.72]That's when I'm going on the grind [01:48.48]Yeah [01:48.63]I really feel I'm blessed 'cause I was born with a talent to rhyme [01:51.81]But the stress got me this close to quitting sometimes [01:54.41]On the crowded A train every morning [01:56.51]I can't wait for the day [01:57.78]My hustle game don't got to start this way [01:59.83]****** think it's all good when they see me and hear my CD [02:03.17]And think I'm jumping in the 745 with TVs [02:06.06]They don't know I miss tours and shows [02:07.96]To go to work and pay bills and keep dough on my clothes [02:10.66]In the shadow of a legend so [02:12.45]They expect me to spit and sound like him [02:15.04]But y'all need to let it go [02:16.75]Everyday I face the crossroad of rap or drugs [02:19.44]Album cuts and singles and crack heads and clappin' thugs [02:22.15]When I'm broke my moms won't even give me a hug [02:24.79]But on payday I'm her baby then she call it love [02:27.53]I keep making my moves 'cause one day I'm a prove [02:30.43]I got what it take and I will not lose [02:32.66]Yeah [02:33.23]I'm on the grind [02:34.33]Still got my money on my mind [02:36.22]And I, feel like I'm walking on the line [02:38.98]When it, seems like I'm running out of time [02:41.73]That's when I'm going on the grind [02:44.61]I'm on the grind [02:45.52]Still got my money on my mind [02:47.21]And I, feel like I'm walking on the line [02:49.81]And it, seems like I'm running out of time [02:52.57]That's why I'm always on the grind [02:54.36]("I had to hustle hard, never give up" scratched to end)