Hustling Lyrics

So you wanna be an emcee? Ok

I see you hustling with no days off

Hoping that it pays off

Doing all the dirty work

Hope you get the stains off

Trying to get a raise bruh

Man you're getting laid off

Started rapping told em

Hey! Don't you quit your day job

Go get your sound up hustle on the side

Till you get thumbs up like hustling for a ride

Jotting down your plans to take over the reins you

Practice every day to show 'em what you can do

Even if it pains you that's when you grow most

Sometimes you take a shot hit the goal post so close

Back to drawing boards rocking old clothes

Looking for advice? Well, first and foremost

Be wary of the show boats sending you the wrong notes

Let 'em call you slow poke don't you know most of this stuff

Is just patience and experience

You can't have one without the other that's delirious

Listening to haters now? Don't take yourself too serious

Go and hold yourself accountable no questions period

All you can control is your maniacal focus

Swarm em like a locust go out and show this

I see you hustling with no days off

Hoping that it pays off

Doing all the dirty work

Hope you get the stains off

Trying to get a raise bruh

Man you're getting laid off

Started rapping told em

Hey! Don't you quit your day job

I was crowned the champion of goldmic dot com

Thousands of emcees the hell is going on

No stage fright late nights I was writing rhymes

Putting 'em behind bars like fighting crimes

Stiff competition had me second guessing

I took it as an opportunity to learn a lesson

A blessing that I had the Will like I am Legend

They didn't want it like I did I guess I was destined

You can win battles but can you make a hit?

I dropped 'The Sacrifice' radio played that shit

Rhythm of the Talent Search I won the competition

They gave me twenty thousand off of one submission

I got studio time and invested the cheque

In two thousand six I recorded Reflect

My first studio album don't you ever forget

iQ is the clique we got your respect

Now I was performing ignoring the skeptics

Comparing me to other rappers? They just didn't get it

One two one two microphone check it

I was in my own class like a special ed kid

Dropped Live and Direct volume mixtapes

They still gave me that look resting bitch face

In which case I got my performances

Killed every set sent no condolences

Breath control like Wim Hof ripping it at concerts

Needed motivation I built Homegrown Monsters

Partnering with bredrens had to make a statement

We left your favorite rappers all tied up in the basement

I was in amazement surrounded by the talent

Every track I hopped on I rose to the challenge

Took many years just to get to this verse

I kill it at my live shows the way I rehearse

If you want the real shit I'm quenching your thirst

Progress over perfection never the reverse

I see you hustling with no days off

Hoping that it pays off

Doing all the dirty work

Hope you get the stains off

Trying to get a raise bruh

Man you're getting laid off

Started rapping told em

Hey! Don't you quit your day job

I see you hustling with no days off

Hoping that it pays off

Doing all the dirty work

Hope you get the stains off