[00:00.000] 作词 : Rakim
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Jake One/Rakim
[00:03.888] In the words of the late, great
[00:05.287] Martin Luther
[00:06.388] King "How long? Not long" ...
[00:21.963] Won't be long, uh huh
[00:32.893] Uh, uh Sing along (Tracey Horton) - w/ ad libs (It won't be long, 'til the trouble and the struggle is gone The hustle make the struggle get gone)
[00:40.697] It's hard to make a move, we strugglin
[00:42.997] Everybody hate to lose but they love to win (It won't be long, 'til the world sings the words to our song That way we forever live on)
[00:52.181] Back on my grind,
[00:53.864] I'm hustlin
[00:54.690] It's just a matter of time and
[00:55.658] I'll come up again
[00:57.457] They told me hustle never prolong
[00:58.941] But I got caught up in the struggle like a slow song (uh huh) '
[01:01.859] Cause my love and respect for this is so strong
[01:04.741] I question the state of hip-hop (uh), major labels, etc. and so on (uh)
[01:08.858] The show'll go on, still fiend to get my blow on
[01:11.541] But if it's like this, then
[01:12.807] I might quit
[01:14.007] But hold on (uh), this can only go wrong but for so long (uh huh)
[01:17.291] Get right quick or
[01:18.691] I might flip
[01:19.608] Try to keep a tight lip, not to complain
[01:22.007] Ramblin, mind scramblin 'cause patience ain't blockin the pain (uh uh)
[01:25.474] Mic sick, lyrics is still locked in the brain (uh huh)
[01:28.508] Like Mike
[01:29.358] Vick sittin in jail watchin the game (uh)
[01:31.491] I wait 'til the day
[01:32.608] I can play my position (yeah)
[01:34.108] Or should
[01:34.658] I say the die
[01:35.474] I obey my addiction (uh huh)
[01:37.275] Then complete my legacy (uh)
[01:38.691] Without compromisin my artistic integrity (come on) - w/ ad libs
[02:06.125] So when they ask where
[02:07.458] I go from here (go 'head)
[02:08.474] The road and the goal is clear (uh) but it's so severe (uh)
[02:12.192] Sometimes
[02:12.991] I feel like lettin go,
[02:14.092] I swear I had setbacks my whole career (straight y'all)
[02:16.908] Messin with my grind's like messin with my mind
[02:19.992] But yo, I'm still breathin, so
[02:21.474] I guess it's just a sign (uh huh)
[02:22.719] But it's meaning to the message in the lines (word up)
[02:24.986] Some things happen for a reason like a blessing in disguise
[02:28.602] But success was in my eyes, the shine was blindin me
[02:31.386] The fame, a little bit of change, it took some time to see
[02:34.336] The lesson for the wise, profit more
[02:36.802] Time to be a record and the prize was poppin off
[02:39.136] Finally I made a couple of moves, got my own label (got to get it)
[02:42.902] Me and a couple of dudes, we at the **** table (let's get that money)
[02:45.737] Took a oath to stay true, now it's an empire
[02:48.552] Put out the new
[02:49.419] Rakim album and it's fire - w/ ad libs
[03:14.549] Feel like
[03:14.984] I'm back where
[03:15.699] I belong when
[03:16.416] I'm in the booth (uh)
[03:17.400] Produce and perform at my pinnacle (uh huh)
[03:20.366] Speak the truth in my songs and my interviews (the truth)
[03:23.099] For the youth and my dons and my women too (uh huh)
[03:26.083] Guap insisted, watch your business with a drama dunn (get that money)
[03:28.749] Hustlers is where we get persona from
[03:31.882] Gotta get it, not just wish a dollar come
[03:34.733] We optimistic since
[03:35.832] Obama won
[03:36.549] But these days of recession
[03:38.516] We ain't safe yet (uh huh), pray, a paycheck away from the
[03:41.950] Great Depression (uh)
[03:43.083] Major stressin but we wait for blessings
[03:45.566] Long as the
[03:45.813] Federal Reserve still paper pressing
[03:48.246] I wrote the plot for gettin this cabbage in the hood
[03:51.396] Where the average cat can triple his status in the hood
[03:54.280] Don't stop, 'til we livin lavish in the hood
[03:56.916] I'm like Barack with
[03:57.932] The Stimulus
[03:58.799] Package in the hood - w/ ad libs - w/