The Roots, STS - Hustla

[00:33.77] Let me tell you what priceless is, some advice to give [00:36.28] A sacrifice is what I made for the wife and kids [00:39.03] They say life's a bitch, but it's one life to live [00:41.83] I want my baby where that cake and the icing is [00:44.58] Out of them crisis-es, off of them vices-es [00:47.36] They see what we do and grow up in all likenesses [00:50.42] Really I don't wanna see 'em having to fight for this [00:53.07] Story of the family biz, I'ma rewrite the script [00:55.92] Daughter of a hip-hopper, hustla like her grand papa [00:58.66] Her destiny done been determined so you can't stop her [01:01.40] From being independent, earning paper and proper [01:04.47] More like a lawyer or a doctor, not a man watcher [01:07.33] That's where your man got ya, it's a big world out, yeah [01:10.07] I'm tryna make a black diamond or a pearl out, yeah [01:13.16] And hit the people to the way the world twirl out, yeah [01:15.82] And when I thank heaven for my little girl [01:18.39] Please let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [01:20.93] Hope my baby girl grows up to be a hustla [01:24.12] Let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [01:26.87] If not, then you're only a customer [01:29.62] Please let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [01:32.43] Hope my baby boy grows up to be a hustla [01:35.34] Let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [01:38.13] If not, then you're only a customer [01:40.59] Sugar Slim, I'm slicker than a squid, nigga no kids [01:43.39] No baby momma, Sugar freed from the drama [01:46.39] Sugar be where he wanna, no sweat like a sonnet [01:49.16] No judge, your honor can't tell me how to raise mine [01:52.56] Figure that in due time, if and when I do find [01:55.13] True love, wooed up, maybe you can blue-line [01:58.04] Ooh I'm, caught up in the moment for the meantime [02:00.74] G I'm, all about the green like tree pines [02:03.72] See I'm, tryna get the scratch like a feline [02:06.37] Hoping that my seed don't know the struggle like me, I'm [02:09.18] Hustling to make a buck, make a buck and fuck it up [02:12.20] Fuck it up and suck it up, then go and make another buck [02:14.84] Get the money, get the money, that's what I know [02:17.91] I'm hoping that my seeds know a little more than I know [02:20.37] I know, I know but baby this what I know [02:23.36] If we ever settle down, well, baby, this what I hope [02:26.37] Please let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [02:28.98] Hope my baby girl grows up to be a hustla [02:31.53] Let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [02:34.40] If not, then you're only a customer [02:37.33] Please let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [02:40.20] Hope my baby boy grows up to be a hustla [02:43.22] Let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla [02:45.83] If not, then you're only a customer [02:48.44]