Can’t Knock the Hustle lyrics

Ah shit, okay, okay, alright. Big man! You wanna make some big bucksLet’s see how tough you are. You know something about cocaine? Digame!You kidding me or what man?There’s a bunch of Colombians coming in Friday, new guysThey said they got two keys for us, openersPure cocaine, you tell ’em, capiche?I want you to go over thereAnd if it’s what they say it is, you buy it, you bring it backYou can do that you make five grandMeet them at the Bodegas, noon FridayYou get the buy money thenOh and chico, if anything happens to the buy moneyEh, pobrecitoJay-z’s gonna stick your heads up your asses faster than a rabbit gets fucked

Bounce, bounce, bounce, Jay-Z huh?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Roc-A-Fella y’all, ha haBounce, bounce, bounce, Roc-A-Fella y’allCheck, check

Yo, I’m making short term goals, when the weather foldsJust put away the leathers and put ice on the goldChilly with enough bail money to free a big WillyHigh stakes, I got more at stake than PhillyShopping sprees, cop in three, deuce fever IS’s fully loaded, ah yes

Bouncing in the Lex Luger, tires smoke like Buddha50 G’s to the crap shooter, niggas can’t fade meChrome socks beaming, through my peripheral I see ya schemingStop dreamin’, I leave ya body steamingNiggas is fiending, what’s the meaningI’m leaning on any nigga intervening with the sound of my money machinin’My cup runneth over with hundredsI’m one of the best niggas that done itSix digits and running

Y’all niggas don’t want itI got the godfather flow, the don Juan DemarcoSwear to god, don’t get it fucked up

I’m taking out this timeTo give you a piece of my mind(Cause you can’t knock the hustle)But though you think you areBaby one day you’ll be a star

Last seen out of state where I drop my sling

I’m deep in the south kicking up top gameBouncing on the highway switching 4 lanesScreaming through the sun roof money ain’t a thangYour worst fear confirmed,Me and my fam roll tight like the firmGetting down for life, that’s right, you better learnWhy play with fire, burnWe get together like a choirTo acquire what we desireWe do dirt like wormsProduce G’s like sperm‘Til legs spread like germs

I got extensive hoes, with expensive clothesAnd I sip wine, and spit vintage flowsBut y’all don’t knowYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah‘Cause you can’t knock the hustle

But until then lately, I’m the one who’s crazy‘Cause that’s the way ya making me feel (the way you make me feel)(‘Cause you can’t knock the hustle)I’m just trying to get mine, I don’t have the timeTo knock the hustle for real

Y’all niggas lunching, punching a clock

My function is to make much ‘n’ lay back munchingSipping Remy on the rocks, my crewSomething to watch nothing to stop, unstoppableScheme on the ice, I gotta hot your crewI gotta let you niggas know the time like movadoMy motto, stack rocks like ColoradoBottle off the champagne, crystals by the bottleIt’s a damn shame what you’re not though (Who?) me slick like a gato, fuckin’ Jay-Z

Pops knew exactly what he did when he made meTried to get a nut and he got a nut and whatStraight banana’sCan a nigga, see meGot the US Open, advantage jiggaServe like Sampras, play fake a rappers like a campus Le TigreSon you’re too eager

You ain’t having it? Good, me eitherLets get together and make this whole world believersAt my arraignment, screamingAll these blacks got is sports and entertainment, until we evenThieving, as long as I’m breathingCan’t knock the way a nigga eatingFuck you even

Taking out this timeTo give you a piece of my mindBut though you think you areBaby one day you’ll be a starBut until then latelyI’m the one who’s crazy‘Cause that’s the way ya making me feelI’m just trying to get mine, I don’t have the timeTo knock the hustle for real


About Can’t Knock the Hustle lyrics
Released: 1996
Album: Reasonable Doubt
Artist: Jay-Z
Featured artist: Mary J. Blige
Songwriters: Jerome Foster / Melisa Joyce Morgan / Shawn C. Carter / Lesette Denise Wilson / Marcus Miller