Released on December 10, 2002

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[Intro: OmarLye-Fook]

Na-na-na na na na na

Ohhhh


[Verse 1: Common]

My eyes watch God from a place, where times is hard

Hard times we embrace, everybody want a yard

Cause a yard means space

Being broke is odd and leaves an odd taste

In the mouth of the metropolitan, the hustle is hollerin'

Beautiful minds grind, grind for the dollar and

Whether dice scholarin' or white collarin'

We all taught hustle to profit like Solomon

The young play corners, Sean John modelin'

They get it from they momma, black music is fatherin'

Blue and whites flash lights like parliment

In court non-whites, wishin' they had Cocharan

Tell your guy and them, yo the blocks hot again

Aunties walking to liquor stores in moccasains

My guy got a gig, on the side he barberin'

Married a foreign chick so she could get a green card up in the hustle

[Hook: Common & OmarLye-Fook]

Just put it in your back and hustle

The paper's stacked so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Just move and shake and grind and hustle

It's on your mind so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that


[Verse 2: Dart Chillz]

First to the third, I'm close to the curb

Toast to the bird, now I'm posted to serve

Heard is a verb when you pour dirt on the floor

Bill collecters and the roaches working your nerves

It's a ghetto truck for a ghetto boy

To get in them ghetto streets and get him a ghetto toy

So he can come, so just work, murder rate is increasin'

I don't give a fuck long as my coke is decent

And my rims blind the whole damn precinct

Everytime you see a head in my lap, you know she sinked

I know I'm dead in this trap, that's not how we think

Fifty shells all around on the ground, can't catch a weak blink

Five went through me, two stayed in me

To do my duty, only thing that subdued me

Two weeks, same corner, new freaks

New geese, all white, AND1 new sneaks

[Hook: Common & OmarLye-Fook]

Just put it in your back and hustle

The paper's stacked so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Just move and shake and grind and hustle

It's on your mind so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that


[Bridge]

"Can't knock the hustle, the hustle"

"I'm in, I'm in, I'm in too deep, deep to sleep!"

"Can't knock the hustle, the hustle"

"Caught up in the hustle" ("I'm gettin' high")

"Can't knock the hustle, the hustle!"

"I'm in, I'm in, I'm in too deep, deep to sleep!"

"Can't knock the hustle, the hustle"

"Gotta hustle up" ("I got to have it, have it, have it")


[Verse 3: Common]

Some rhyme, some throw shows, some sew clothes

Some hobo at the junction in between cars

Some enter the functions in between stars

Some teach, some preach saying they seen God

Some put they money up, against mean odds

Flippin' real estate yo, stocks and bonds

Dreams of rollin Eldorados bumpin' El DeBarge

Whatever the dreams, stay on ya deem the world is ours

It's the hustle

[Hook: Common & OmarLye-Fook]

Just put it in your back and hustle

The paper's stacked so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Just move and shake and grind and hustle

It's on your mind so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Just put it in your back and hustle

The paper's stacked so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Just move and shake and grind and hustle

It's on your mind so hustle

Gon', gon' get it, get me that

Gon', gon' get it, get me that


[Outro]

"Gotta hustle up!"

"Stay hustlin'!"

"Gotta hustle up!"

"Stay hustlin'!"

"Gotta hustle up!"

"Stay hustlin'!"

"Gotta hus-, hustle up!"

"Stay hustlin', hustlin', hustlin'!"