[Hook]
(One) First you gotta get your Glock
(Two) Then you gotta get your block
(Three) After that, find your pot
Drop it in and let it boil all the way to the top and hustle hard
From a nick to a dime to a zip (hustle hard)
From a zip to a half to a brick (hustle hard)
Don’t take the long profit, make the quick flip
Listen to me; in a few months, you could be rich!
[Verse 1]
First thing first, you gon’ need your strap
Then you gotta go c-pop and get your pack
Make sure you have the clientele to get that back
And always keep that strap cocked so you don’t get jacked
You gotta keep a spot to go and cook that pack
And a loyal base head to try and whoop that pack
They cook like they got a whole book on crack
Have you smiling in the kitchen with that mixture bag
Get a couple a head busters and a watch out van
A couple a errand runners and a knock out man
Some broadway choppers and a hop out van
Some shit pop off, how ‘bout blam!?
[Hook]
(One) First you get your Glock
(Two) Then you gotta get your block
(Three) After that, find your pot
Drop it in and let it boil all the way to the top and hustle hard
From a nick to a dime to a zip (hustle hard)
From a zip to a half to a brick (hustle hard)
Don’t take the long profit, make the quick flip
Listen to me; in a few months, you could be rich!
[Verse 2]
Second thing you gotta do is stash that money
You know the feds watching, they’ll snatch that money
Man, while a homie trippin’, I’ll blast their money
Nah, bro, you trippin that’s my homie!
I know he see me over here in this conversation
Givin’ that wrong trigga spittin’ thug motivation
That’ll be that same damn nigga that start hatin’
No worry though, that’s when the cases start makin’
Now back to the shit I was talking about
(Damn...) Oh I know– taking over the South!
Like, keeping that work when the city go drought
Hustle hard, you gon’ see what taking over’s about!
[Hook]
(One) First you get your Glock
(Two) Then you gotta get your block
(Three) After that, find your pot
Drop it in and let it boil all the way to the top and hustle hard
From a nick to a dime to a zip (hustle hard)
From a zip to a half to a brick (hustle hard)
Don’t take the long profit, make the quick flip
Listen to me; in a few months, you could be rich!
[Dialog]
What’s happening my brother?
Shit, man, I-
I been watching you lately. Been watching you hustle
I’m saying, I’m proud of ya, you know?
That’s what I need you to do
I need you to step up your motherfucking game, your A-game
Watch these fake-ass niggas, stay away from them
Them cutthroat bitches, leave them where they at
In a minute, you’ll see what I’m talking about. Big Dog Status. A Boss. B-O-S-S
Play your cards right, you a professional dealer now, no card shufflin’
[Verse 3]
Look at ya now you’re really on bubba dude
I seen 2 benzes and a new BMW
All the niggas hatin, but all the bitches is lovin’ you
Man, look at that fuckin bright diamond shinin’ on your wrist, you trouble dude
Progress is pumping, projects is jumping
Now look at how fast you done came up from nothing
What I told ya, nigga, keep hard hustling
Now you a professional dealer, no card shuffling
Got a couple a legal businesses, call game ugly
Plus you own a couple a mansions, yo ice game bubbling
You need to call FEMA ‘cause yo bank account flooding
Now tell all yo homies how to get this money
[Hook]
(One) First you get your Glock
(Two) Then you gotta get your block
(Three) After that, find your pot
Drop it in and let it boil all the way to the top and hustle hard
From a nick to a dime to a zip (hustle hard)
From a zip to a half to a brick (hustle hard)
Don’t take the long profit, make the quick flip
Listen to me; in a few months, you could be rich!
Hustle hard
$10 bag, working up the scale
UTP’s a group from New Orleans, and this album came 2 years after this devastation:
So when you gotta call FEMA it’s because
1. You’re overflowing with cash like a bunch of poorly-designed levees
2. Your flood of cash will ultimately destroy the community in which you live, driving hundreds of thousands to leave the city they love, and wiping out neighborhoods
Maybe they were on to something here
In a clear refutation of Say’s Law, an economic hypothesis that states that “Supply creates its own demand”, UTP warns that you have to have a captive market for crack before you set up shop.
Otherwise you’re just the one dealer in New Orleans that didn’t make money during the crack boom.
Crack is made by dissolving cocaine, adding baking soda, and boiling out the precipitate. (Here’s a helpful video from Baby Doh in Las Vegas)
In other words:
A whole ziploc bag (28 grams), at this point you’re more of a wholesaler than a retailer.
When the man complains about the feds, it’s about these guys:
When UTP complains about the feds, it’s about these guys:
One of the reasons that the crack epidemic spread so quickly was the massive profits it netted dealers (cf. Cocaine Cowboys 2)
Thus why every picture of a drug bust has at least a grand of cash seized as well. These guys are small-time:
Short for Nickle bag– $5 worth of drugs in a tiny-ass bag
For defense, or offense, it don’t make a difference
You gotta get some turf where you can deal your product