| Song | The Grind Date |
| Artist | De La Soul |
| Album | The Grind Date |
| 作词 : Anderson, De La Soul, Howe ... | |
| if the meek shall inherit the earth | |
| and not the weak | |
| let me inherit the street, ****** it | |
| you know what I mean? | |
| I mean I love life man, you know what I mean | |
| life is beautiful, it's just the shit in it that's ****** up | |
| it's rough but it's fair | |
| people gotta go out there and bust they, bust they ass for a job | |
| I mean, my dad's got five kids, man and I mean yo | |
| he hates drivin' a bus but he loves five kids | |
| you feel me? | |
| I'm a rhyme artist | |
| out here tryin' to grind my hardest | |
| up early so to milk the cow | |
| keep my john deere out here plowin' the fields | |
| to keep my john han****'s worth up in the now | |
| went from hangin' on blocks to hangin' on charts | |
| positions is parta my mission to hangin' on top | |
| gotta get your polly cracker or with them crackers | |
| and them scheisty ass niggaz if you like it or not | |
| I've been rewired to work more efficiently in the dirt | |
| I'm hands on with it all up in my cuticles | |
| some try to get off the farm but fell into harm | |
| of gettin in the game of those street pharmaceuticals | |
| but, I was raised in those blue collar themes | |
| havin' white collar dreams cause I see what it means | |
| and though the meek shall inherit the earth but don't forget | |
| the poor are the ones who inherit the debt | |
| you can bet I got better things to do than that | |
| I was a ****** who got jerked by Tom and his boys | |
| came on my land, seized my cattle, and catalog | |
| as if it wouldn't leave me less than coy | |
| but I'm far from bitter even farther from quittin' | |
| got a grind date to make, no time for sittin' | |
| and playin' xbox, stand up and exercise my rights | |
| as of by seen of through masta's eye | |
| it's the grind date | |
| know what I'm sayin? I'm sick of askin' that | |
| I mean, the street philosophy is that | |
| I'm gonna milk the cow and cook the meat | |
| at least I'm gonna have some kind of food and drink | |
| because sometimes you can't come back | |
| like momma said that if you need 5 cents don't ask for 3 | |
| ask for 10, that's for sure | |
| Yo ****** a rhyme artist, I ain't here for that | |
| I was born with the boom bap, respect the name | |
| my hands on experience was hands on my first contract | |
| taught me quick how to respect the game | |
| introduced to the block, got used to the block | |
| but your neighbors be the ones who throw shit on your lawn | |
| it's like every single time we pop, they got annoyed | |
| but we got ahead, and we got along | |
| and puttin' work on the calendars, worse on them calendars | |
| worth of hump days that broke the camel's back | |
| the grind'll make today look gray | |
| and paint a tainted picture of tomorrows in enamel black | |
| meet the rhyme, street grind, son whatever the beast | |
| I'm a take it at the horns till the pinky toe torn | |
| and show you why we here this long | |
| cause when it comes to puttin' in work | |
| once again it's on | |
| I'm just like everybody else man | |
| an average nigga with above average potential | |
| you know what I mean? I'm not sayin' that I'm a gentleman | |
| I'm sayin that I know how to act like a gentleman | |
| in order to get the things that I need | |
| and if I gotta pull out my nickle bag, I'm gonna do that | |
| This ain't no accident, we stayin' here | |
| You damn right I am proud of myself man | |
| and I'm proud of my team man | |
| I don't want you to get the wrong, yo baby on the real? | |
| I don't have sex with people I do business with neither | |
| and that's the real | |
| but I do do business with people that I have sex with | |
| so if there ain't no conflict, let's get this grind on | |
| cause I'm gonna ****** the shit outta you, that's word |
| zuò cí : Anderson, De La Soul, Howe ... | |
| if the meek shall inherit the earth | |
| and not the weak | |
| let me inherit the street, it | |
| you know what I mean? | |
| I mean I love life man, you know what I mean | |
| life is beautiful, it' s just the shit in it that' s up | |
| it' s rough but it' s fair | |
| people gotta go out there and bust they, bust they ass for a job | |
| I mean, my dad' s got five kids, man and I mean yo | |
| he hates drivin' a bus but he loves five kids | |
| you feel me? | |
| I' m a rhyme artist | |
| out here tryin' to grind my hardest | |
| up early so to milk the cow | |
| keep my john deere out here plowin' the fields | |
| to keep my john han' s worth up in the now | |
| went from hangin' on blocks to hangin' on charts | |
| positions is parta my mission to hangin' on top | |
| gotta get your polly cracker or with them crackers | |
| and them scheisty ass niggaz if you like it or not | |
| I' ve been rewired to work more efficiently in the dirt | |
| I' m hands on with it all up in my cuticles | |
| some try to get off the farm but fell into harm | |
| of gettin in the game of those street pharmaceuticals | |
| but, I was raised in those blue collar themes | |
| havin' white collar dreams cause I see what it means | |
| and though the meek shall inherit the earth but don' t forget | |
| the poor are the ones who inherit the debt | |
| you can bet I got better things to do than that | |
| I was a who got jerked by Tom and his boys | |
| came on my land, seized my cattle, and catalog | |
| as if it wouldn' t leave me less than coy | |
| but I' m far from bitter even farther from quittin' | |
| got a grind date to make, no time for sittin' | |
| and playin' xbox, stand up and exercise my rights | |
| as of by seen of through masta' s eye | |
| it' s the grind date | |
| know what I' m sayin? I' m sick of askin' that | |
| I mean, the street philosophy is that | |
| I' m gonna milk the cow and cook the meat | |
| at least I' m gonna have some kind of food and drink | |
| because sometimes you can' t come back | |
| like momma said that if you need 5 cents don' t ask for 3 | |
| ask for 10, that' s for sure | |
| Yo a rhyme artist, I ain' t here for that | |
| I was born with the boom bap, respect the name | |
| my hands on experience was hands on my first contract | |
| taught me quick how to respect the game | |
| introduced to the block, got used to the block | |
| but your neighbors be the ones who throw shit on your lawn | |
| it' s like every single time we pop, they got annoyed | |
| but we got ahead, and we got along | |
| and puttin' work on the calendars, worse on them calendars | |
| worth of hump days that broke the camel' s back | |
| the grind' ll make today look gray | |
| and paint a tainted picture of tomorrows in enamel black | |
| meet the rhyme, street grind, son whatever the beast | |
| I' m a take it at the horns till the pinky toe torn | |
| and show you why we here this long | |
| cause when it comes to puttin' in work | |
| once again it' s on | |
| I' m just like everybody else man | |
| an average nigga with above average potential | |
| you know what I mean? I' m not sayin' that I' m a gentleman | |
| I' m sayin that I know how to act like a gentleman | |
| in order to get the things that I need | |
| and if I gotta pull out my nickle bag, I' m gonna do that | |
| This ain' t no accident, we stayin' here | |
| You damn right I am proud of myself man | |
| and I' m proud of my team man | |
| I don' t want you to get the wrong, yo baby on the real? | |
| I don' t have sex with people I do business with neither | |
| and that' s the real | |
| but I do do business with people that I have sex with | |
| so if there ain' t no conflict, let' s get this grind on | |
| cause I' m gonna the shit outta you, that' s word |