Can't Knock the Hustle

Jay Z f/ Mary J. Blige

I'm makin short term goals, wonder whether foes

just put away the leathers and put ice on the gold

chilly with enough bail money to free a big willy

high stakes, i got more at stake than philly

shoppin sprees, copin three, duece fever i guess its fully

loaded,

ah yes,

bouncin in the lex luger, tires smoke like buddha

50 g's to the crap shooter,

niggas can't fade me

chrome socks beamin, through my periphial i see ya schemin

stop dreamin',i leave ya body steamin

niggas is feenin, whats the meanin

i'm leanin on any nigga intervenin with the sound of my money

machine-in

my cuff runnin over with hundreds

im one of the best niggas that done it

six digits and runnin,

y'all niggas don't want it

i got the godfather flow, the don juan demarco

swear to god, don't get it fucked up

(Chorus) ~Mary J. Blige

takin out this time

to give you a piece of my mind

(cause you can't knock the hustle)

but though you think you are

baby one day you'll be a star

that scene out of state where i drop my slang

i'm deep in the south kickin up top game

bouncin on the highway switchin 4 lanes

screamin through the sun roof money ain't a thang

your worst fear confirmed,

me and my fam roll tight like the firm

gettin down for life, thats right, you better learn

why play with fire, burn

we get together like a choir

to acquire what we desire

we do dirt like worms

produce g's like sperm

til legs spread like germs

i got extensive hoes, with expensive clothes

and i sip wine, and split ends exposed

but y'all don't know...

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

cause you can't knock the hustle

Mary J.Blige:

but until that day then

i'm the one whose crazy

cause thats the way ya makin me feel

(cause you can't knock the hustle)

i'm just tryin to get mine,

i don't have the time

to knock the hustle, for real!

y'all niggas lunchin, punchin a clock

my function is lo make much 'n' lay back munchin

sippin remy on rocks, my crew

somethin to watch nothin to stop

un...

...stoppable

scheme on the ice, i gotta hide your crew

i gotta

let you niggas know the time like movado

my motto,

stack rocks like colorado

bottle off the champagne, cristals by the bottle

its a damn shame what ya knot though

me slick like i got though (who?)

fuckin Jay-Z

pops knew exactly what he did when he made me

tried to get a nut and he got a nut and what

straight banana's

can a nigga, see me

got the US Open, advantage jigga

serve like sampras, play fake a rappers like a campus

(netigra???), son you're to eager

you ain't havin it? good, me either

lets get together and make this whole world believers

at my araignment, screamin

all these blacks got is sports and entertainment, until we even

thievin, as long as i'm breathin

can't knock the way a nigga eatin

fuck you even

Mary J. Blige

takin out this time

to give you a piece of my mind

but though you think you are

baby one day you'll be a star

but until that day then

i'm the one whose crazy

cause thats the way ya makin me feel,

i'm just tryin to get mine, i don't have the time

to knock the hustle, for real!