The Grind (feat. Dead Prez)

Every day is a struggle, how to hustle some dough

If you was raised in the hood, well, then you already know

It be days that be good but mostly money be slow

Have you ever been hungry before?

(DP is frequency)

Steady on the grind

Steady on the grind

'Cause I got to make it happen

My family's depending on me (Gotta get them dollar bills)

Steady on the grind

Steady on the grind

'Cause I got to make it happen

Ain't nobody gon' do it for me (Gotta get them dollar bills)

Alright dollar

Alright dollar

Steady on the grind

Daily on the grind

Money on my mind

Steady on the grind

Steady on the grind

Daily on the grind

Money on my mind

So heavy on my mind

So heavy on my mind

Every day is a struggle, how to hustle some dough

If you was raised in the hood, well, then you already know

It be days that be good but mostly money be slow

Have you ever been hungry before?

Well, I'm a freedom fighter, it's killa

Keep it Marcus Garvey, People Army guerrilla

Economic development, down for manual labor

Revolutionary hustler, fund raiser

Catch me doin' outreach, see me runnin' the streets

Politically educated, but never graduated

Call me Doc like Mutulu Shakur, fight for the poor

Have you ever been hungry before? ****, for sure

Mommy got a job making 'bout six-somethin' a hour

She became the breadwinner when daddy was unemployed

Working forty plus hours and kissing ass

Seeming like the only honest way she can get some cash

She strugglin', they don't know I be hustlin', pullin' my own weight

I be hearing them fuss and fightin' at night, mad late

Over economics, it's logic, meaning they don't got it

Living in the projects, money's the only object

She makes $280 a week, standing on her feet

The ends ain't even meeting, the family ain't eatin'

And the taxes is ten percent, the rest is for the rent

Then crime is what you get and **** is innocent

See, it really ain't about if you eatin' or not eatin'

It's freedom or not freedom, breathin' and not breathin'

'Nother day, 'nother way, 'nother dollar spent

Gotta make the revolution out of fifteen cent