Da Grind-Masta Ace/Apocalypse

[ti:Da Grind (feat. Apocalypse)] [ar:Masta Ace] [al:A Long Hot Summer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Da Grind - Masta Ace/Apocalypse [00:02.95]Yeah [00:03.18] [00:05.45]Send this one out to everybody [00:06.41] [00:08.19]Trying to make end ends meet [00:09.13] [00:11.04]Yeah [00:11.53]I'm on the grind [00:12.55]Still got my money on my mind [00:14.59]And I feel like I'm walking on the line [00:17.35]When it seems like I'm running out of time [00:20.02]That's when I'm going on the grind [00:21.78]Ay yo I'm trying to make my dollars double [00:23.36] [00:24.00]I done found a place to fit in [00:25.48]For niggaz trying to get into this power struggle [00:27.30] [00:27.88]I work hard on the job like immigrants [00:30.60]And always try to get my first half in advance [00:33.35]It sounds strange but the rap game is not a game [00:35.72] [00:36.23]You could make a lot of money gain a lot of fame [00:38.78]But don't get it twisted [00:40.15]You could get addicted [00:41.52]Buy a mansion in the Hamptons and get evicted [00:44.33]Now if you call me and I'm not around [00:46.20]I'm probably putting my grind down [00:48.14]Doing shows out of town [00:49.64]I be the manager road manager and call handler [00:52.44]Booking agent choreographer and tour planner [00:55.18]I be the V P of marketing and promotions [00:57.44]Producer and arraigner with a range of emotions [01:00.42]And after it all I still gotta perform [01:02.98]At three o'clock in the morn' [01:04.41]When half the fans are gone [01:05.54]But it's fine [01:06.13] [01:06.76]Been on the grind since like Eighty-eight or Eighty-nine [01:08.83] [01:09.42]The game is foul like a plate of swine [01:11.52]Now is there anybody con like me [01:13.90]Is anybody out there on the grind like me [01:16.24] [01:16.98]For everybody working nine to five [01:18.99]For everybody trying to rise with they eyes on the prize [01:21.75] [01:22.39]I'm with 'cha we all going through it [01:24.40]But yo deep down inside I know we still gon' do it [01:27.84]I'm on the grind [01:28.90]Still got my money on my mind [01:30.82]And I feel like I'm walking on the line [01:33.69]And it seems like I'm running out of time [01:36.35]That's why I'm always on the grind [01:38.14]Yeah I'm on the grind [01:39.79]Still got my money on my mind [01:41.83]And I feel like I'm walking on the line [01:44.61]When it seems like I'm running out of time [01:47.30]That's when I'm going on the grind [01:49.56]'Cause I was born [01:50.66]With a talent to rhyme [01:51.87]But the stress got me this close to quitting sometimes [01:54.69]On the crowded A train every morning [01:56.51]I can't wait for the day [01:57.86]My hustle game don't got to start this way [02:00.02]Niggaz think it's all good [02:01.50]When they see me and hear my CD [02:03.28]And think I'm jumping [02:04.13]In the Seven hundred and forty-five with TVs [02:06.26]They don't know I miss tours and shows [02:08.00]To go to work and pay bills [02:09.57]And keep dough on my clothes [02:11.07]In the shadow of a legend so [02:12.80]They expect me to spit and sound like him [02:15.28]But y'all need to let it go [02:16.48] [02:17.01]Everyday I face the crossroad of rap or drugs [02:19.48]Album cuts and singles and crack heads and clappin' thugs [02:22.58]When I'm broke my moms won't even give me a hug [02:25.10]But on payday I'm her baby then she call it love [02:28.01]I keep making my moves 'cause one day I'm a prove [02:30.68]I got what it take and I will not lose [02:32.68] [02:33.29]I'm on the grind [02:34.39]Still got my money on my mind [02:36.39]And I feel like I'm walking on the line [02:39.16]When it seems like I'm running out of time [02:41.83]That's when I'm going on the grind [02:43.52] [02:44.13]I'm on the grind [02:45.24]Still got my money on my mind [02:47.28]And I feel like I'm walking on the line [02:49.97]When it seems like I'm running out of time [02:52.77]That's when I'm going on the grind [02:54.40]I had to hustle hard never never never give up [02:57.14]I had to hustle hard never never never give up [02:59.86]I had to hustle hard never never never give up [03:02.66]I had to hustle hard never never give up [03:05.29]I had to hustle hard never give up [03:10.79]I had to hustle hard never give upppp