| In the words of the late, great | |
| Martin Luther | |
| King "How long? Not long" ... | |
| Won't be long, uh huh | |
| Uh, uh Sing along [Chorus - Rakim] (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 [Verse 1 - Rakim] | |
| 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 die | |
| I obey my addiction (uh huh) | |
| Then complete my legacy (uh) | |
| Without compromisin my artistic integrity (come on) [Chorus] - w/ ad libs [Verse 2 - Rakim] | |
| 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 [Chorus] - w/ ad libs [Verse 3 - Rakim] | |
| 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 [Chorus] - w/ ad libs [Outro - Tracey Horton] - 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 |
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