Hustling

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