Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Won't Be Long , by - Rakim. Song from the album The Seventh Seal, in the genre Иностранный рэп и хип-хопRelease date: 01.02.2010
Record label: Ra, SMC
Song language: English
Won't Be Long |
| «How long? |
| Not long» … |
| Won’t be long, uh huh |
| 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) |
| It’s hard to make a move, we strugglin |
| 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) |
| Back on my grind, I’m hustlin |
| It’s just a matter of time and I’ll come up again |
| They told me hustle never prolong |
| But I got caught up in the struggle like a slow song (uh huh) |
| Cause my love and respect for this is so strong |
| I question the state of hip-hop (uh), major labels, etc. and so on (uh) |
| The show’ll go on, still fiend to get my blow on |
| But if it’s like this, then I might quit |
| But hold on (uh), this can only go wrong but for so long (uh huh) |
| Get right quick or I might flip |
| Try to keep a tight lip, not to complain |
| Ramblin, mind scramblin cause patience ain’t blockin the pain (uh uh) |
| Mic sick, lyrics is still locked in the brain (uh huh) |
| Like Mike Vick sittin in jail watchin the game (uh) |
| I wait 'til the day I can play my position (yeah) |
| Or should I say the day I obey my addiction (uh huh) |
| Then complete my legacy (uh) |
| Without compromisin my artistic integrity (come on) |
| — w/ ad libs |
| So when they ask where I go from here (go 'head) |
| The road and the goal is clear (uh) but it’s so severe (uh) |
| Sometimes I feel like lettin go, I swear |
| I had setbacks my whole career (straight y’all) |
| Messin with my grind’s like messin with my mind |
| But yo, I’m still breathin, so I guess it’s just a sign (uh huh) |
| But it’s meaning to the message in the lines (word up) |
| Some things happen for a reason like a blessing in disguise |
| But success was in my eyes, the shine was blindin me |
| The fame, a little bit of change, it took some time to see |
| The lesson for the wise, profit more |
| Time to be a record and the prize was poppin off |
| Finally I made a couple of moves, got my own label (got to get it) |
| Me and a couple of dudes, we at the dope table (let's get that money) |
| Took a oath to stay true, now it’s an empire |
| Put out the new Rakim album and it’s fire |
| — w/ ad libs |
| Feel like I’m back where I belong when I’m in the booth (uh) |
| Produce and perform at my pinnacle (uh huh) |
| Speak the truth in my songs and my interviews (the truth) |
| For the youth and my dons and my women too (uh huh) |
| Guap insisted, watch your business with a drama dunn (get that money) |
| Hustlers is where we get persona from |
| Gotta get it, not just wish a dollar come |
| We optimistic since Obama won |
| But these days of recession |
| We ain’t safe yet (uh huh), pray, a paycheck away from the Great Depression (uh) |
| Major stressin but we wait for blessings |
| Long as the Federal Reserve still paper pressing |
| I wrote the plot for gettin this cabbage in the hood |
| Where the average cat can triple his status in the hood |
| Don’t stop, 'til we livin lavish in the hood |
| I’m like Barack with The Stimulus Package in the hood |
| — w/ ad libs |
| — w/ Rakim ad libs until fade |
| It won’t be long, 'til the trouble and the struggle is gone |
| The hustle make the struggle get gone |
| It won’t be long, 'til the world sings the words to our song |
| That way we forever live on |