The Grind Date-De La Soul

[ti:The Grind Date] [ar:De La Soul] [al:The Grind Date] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Grind Date - De La Soul [00:02.76]If the meek shall inherit the earth [00:04.57]And not the weak [00:05.51]Let me inherit the street f**k it [00:08.01]You know what I mean [00:09.20]I mean I love life man you know what I mean [00:11.95]Life is beautiful it＇s just the sh*t in it that＇s f**ked up [00:15.64]It＇s rough but it＇s fair [00:18.20]People gotta go out there and bust they bust they a** for a job [00:22.70]I mean my dad＇s got five kids man and I mean yo [00:26.01] [00:27.44]He hates drivin＇ a bus but he loves five kids [00:30.00]You feel me [00:30.87]I＇m a rhyme artist [00:32.25]Out here tryin＇ to grind my hardest [00:34.06]Up early so to milk the cow [00:34.31]Keep my john deere out here plowin＇ the fields [00:38.56]To keep my john hancock＇s worth up in the now [00:40.58]Went from hangin＇ on blocks to hangin＇ on charts [00:42.83]Positions is parta my mission to hangin＇ on top [00:45.08]Gotta get your polly cracker or with them crackers [00:46.64]And them scheisty a** niggaz if you like it or not [00:50.20]I＇ve been rewired to work more efficiently in the dirt [00:52.70]I＇m hands on with it all up in my cuticles [00:54.83]Some try to get off the farm but fell into harm [00:57.39]Of gettin in the game of those street pharmaceuticals [00:59.83]But I was raised in those blue collar themes [01:02.71]Havin＇ white collar dreams cause I see what it means [01:05.51]And though the meek shall inherit the earth but don＇t forget [01:08.33]The poor are the ones who inherit the debt [01:13.16]You can bet I got better things to do than that [01:15.41]I was a dick who got jerked by Tom and his boys [01:19.80]Came on my land seized my cattle and catalog [01:21.80]As if it wouldn＇t leave me less than coy [01:24.55]But I＇m far from bitter even farther from quittin＇ [01:26.93] [01:29.32]Got a grind date to make no time for sittin＇ [01:31.51]And playin＇ xbox stand up and exercise my rights [01:33.26]As of by seen of through masta＇s eye [01:35.89]It＇s the grind date [01:37.20]Know what I＇m sayin I＇m sick of askin＇ that [01:41.14]I mean the street philosophy is that [01:42.76]I＇m gonna milk the cow and cook the meat [01:45.26]At least I＇m gonna have some kind of food and drink [01:47.64]Because sometimes you can＇t come back [01:49.32]Like momma said that if you need 5 cents don＇t ask for 3 [01:52.64]Ask for 10 that＇s for sure [01:56.14]Yo f**k a rhyme artist I ain＇t here for that [01:59.26]I was born with the boom bap respect the name [02:01.91]My hands on experience was hands on my first contract [02:03.91]Taught me quick how to respect the game [02:06.66]Introduced to the block got used to the block [02:08.66]But your neighbors be the ones who throw sh*t on your lawn [02:11.10]It＇s like every single time we pop they got annoyed [02:13.66]But we got ahead and we got along [02:15.66]And puttin＇ work on the calendars worse on them calendars [02:18.22]Worth of hump days that broke the camel＇s back [02:24.08]The grind＇ll make today look gray [02:25.45]And paint a tainted picture of tomorrows in enamel black [02:27.26]Meet the rhyme street grind son whatever the beast [02:28.51]I＇m a take it at the horns till the pinky toe torn [02:37.87]And show you why we here this long [02:38.12]Cause when it comes to puttin＇ in work [02:40.68]Once again it＇s on [02:41.87]I＇m just like everybody else man [02:43.37]An average ni**a with above average potential [02:44.62]You know what I mean I＇m not sayin＇ that I＇m a gentleman [02:48.50]I＇m sayin that I know how to act like a gentleman [02:50.74]In order to get the things that I need [02:52.43]And if I gotta pull out my nickle bag I＇m gonna do that [02:55.18]This ain＇t no accident we stayin＇ here [03:01.31]You damn right I am proud of myself man [03:04.45]And I＇m proud of my team man [03:06.20]I don＇t want you to get the wrong yo baby on the real [03:09.45]I don＇t have sex with people I do business with neither [03:11.70]And that＇s the real [03:13.26]But I do do business with people that I have sex with [03:15.83]So if there ain＇t no conflict let＇s get this grind on [03:18.51]Cause I＇m gonna f**k the sh*t outta you that＇s word