Lyrics The Grind - Erykah Badu, Dead Prez

The Grind

Every day is a struggle
How to hustle some doe
If you was raised in the hood
Well then you already know
It be days that be good
But mostly money be slow
Have you ever been hungry before?
Steady on the grind Stead on the grind
'Cause I got to make it happen
My family depending on me Steady on the grind Steady on the grind
'Cause I got to make it happen
Ain’t nobody gone do it for me Ha ooh wa ooh ha ooh wa ooh
Ha ooh wa ooh ha ooh wa ooh
Steady on the grind
Daily on the grind
Money on my mind
So heavy on my mind So heavy on my mind
Every day is a struggle
How to hustle some doe
If you was raised in the hood
Well then you already know
It be days that be good
But mostly money be slow
Have you ever been hungry before?
well I’m a freedom fighter,
(woop woop woop) ish killa,
keep it Marcus Garvey,
Peoples Army Guerrilla-
Economic development,
down for manual labor,
revolutionary hustler fundraiser-
catch me doin' out reach,
see me runnin' the streets,
politically educated but never graduated-
call me «Doc"like Mutulu Shakur,
fight for the poor,
have you ever been hungry before-
Mommy got a job makin' bout six-somethin' an hour
She became the breadwinner when daddy was unemployed
Working forty-plus hours and kissing ass
Seeming like the only honest way she can get some cash
She struggglin'
they don’t know why I be hustlin' pulling my own weight
I be hearing them fuss and fightin' at night mad late
Over economics, it’s logic, meaning they don’t got it Living in the projects, money’s the only object
She makes $ 280 a week, standing on her feet
The ends ain’t even meeting, the family ain’t eatin'
and the taxes is 10%, and the rest if for the rent
Then crime is what u get and niggaz is innocent
See it really ain’t about if you eatin' or not eatin',
It’s freedom or not freedom, breathin' or not breathin'
'nother day, 'nother way, 'nother dollar spent,
Gotta make a revolution out of fifteen cent.