Apollo Brown – Hustle Don’t Give Lyrics

Hustle Don’t Give Lyrics by Apollo Brown

Raising hell but the s**t that I’m rhymin was Heaven-sent
Went broke and bounced back I been grinding out ever since
Wise and intelligent I could rob a village while it sleep
Even if I was blind with a elephant
Crime was like medicine I watched niqqas face a dub with a racist judge
And still gave them time with no evidence
Gotta admit that lifestyle is what fed the kids
Sorry for them missed calls and kites that I never sent
Too much on my plate you might choke if you try it
Bit off more than I can chew so now my goal is to diet

 

Resort to my aggression I had to grow up in violence
Money talks could turn your life into a moment of silence
I control and decide it keep your focus on grindin’
A long road to redemption that I drove with no license
It’s a jungle that’s controlled by the sirens
But the hunter gon’ be the hero until the story’s told by the lion
To influence dozens grew from strugglin’ all we knew was hustlin’
Fiends missin’ teeth always lookin’ like they chewin’ somethin’
I been stressed out lately I got a bad temp’ with people
And the bad mood just turn into a happy trigger finger
I took risks to get paid my name shifted this game
Be the head and not the tail momma stitched in my brain
But do it twice it’s better ’cause you got the skin of a slave

 

[Chorus: Che’ Noir] Down to my last it’s hard to smile even laugh
But it’s it’s hard to give up
‘Cause we came up from the struggle baby all we know is hustle
That’s why it’s hard to give up
I spent years in the dream sweat and tears in the dream
But it’s it’s hard to giiive up
So I gotta try climbin’ ’cause I’d rather die tryin’
‘Cause it’s it’s hard to give up

 

[Verse 2: Black Thought] Yo a grain of sand in the king’s hand
Could grow into the castle if it spread like a wingspan
A life begins with sin transcends but like a lens
We numb the pain with violins or Vicodins
Faded like pro cats and pigeons on the power line
Another n***a out his mind runnin’ out of time
Whether fruits wither on the vine or the dotted line
The bow breaks it’s no mistakes it’s by design
Even the kids ain’t nothin’ to play with
They don’t stand for s**t not even the court bailiff
But shed a thug tear over spilled blood on the pavement
If you ain’t talkin’ hustle you speakin’ the wrong language
That’s on everything I choose to move hurriedly
I feel like it’s too much I could lose before they bury me
And even after that I’ma prove through the legacy I lead
That the grind is in my pedigree

 

[Chorus: Che’ Noir] Down to my last it’s hard to smile even laugh
But it’s it’s hard to giiive up
‘Cause we came up from the struggle baby all we know is hustle
That’s why it’s hard to give up
I spent years in the dream sweat and tears in the dream
But it’s it’s hard to giiive up
So I gotta try climbin’ ’cause I’d rather die tryin’
‘Cause it’s it’s hard to give uppp