Side Hustle

(album: Backpack - 2019)

What's the matter with you? Money isn't everything (Uh, yeah)
Now let's get to work

This for all my side hustlers hustling
It ain't about the money and the sum, it's puzzling
When they don't understand you, don't sweat it
Just get up and get it, get, get up and get it
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side, uh, uh, the side hustle

Sun's up, better wake up, my sleepyhead
Eyes shut, but I jump up and out of bed
Feet hit the floor, walk out the door, long day ahead
Smiling big because there ain't a single thing to dread
Working in the daylight, music in the evening
When Andy was still C-Lite, I started believing
The rapping was a delight, and time is good at fleeting
So I'll be getting lost in music 'til I need retreiving
You see me putting in a 40-hour week
What you don't see is the extra 45 behind the scenes
I've been grinding like a boardslide, ollie in the beat
And I'll be stuck on X Games mode to catch my dream with my team (With my team!)
Conscious rap from the stream
Coffee black with no cream
Healthy snacks, sugar-free
I gotta tell you, feels good being who I'm made to be
Even if it's not my job, I'm having fun being me

This for all my side hustlers hustling
It ain't about the money and the sum, it's puzzling
When they don't understand you, don't sweat it
Just get up and get it, get, get up and get it
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side, uh, uh, the side hustle

If you're grinding on the side, say "what up?"
And if you've got a dream that you've been sleeping on then get up
We need you, go and do your right and set up shop
Drop the cop-outs and go knock the block's socks off
Don't get distracted by haters and neighbors chasing paper
Laboring for those kinds of capers will fade away like vapor
Savor moments with your Creator, the painter of your nature
From state to state, to paper I'm displaying something greater
Moonlighting, some people side-eyeing
It can feel frightening when nobody is buying
But fear, I'm not biting, it's all in God's timing
So strike my pen with lightning, I'll write with nothing binding my mind
Thank God I've still got my day job
And thank God it pays enough to keep the lights on
And though I wouldn't mind a job-and-hobby flip-flop
I'm just grateful for a life that's full of hip-hop

This for all my side hustlers hustling
It ain't about the money and the sum, it's puzzling
When they don't understand you, don't sweat it
Just get up and get it, get, get up and get it
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side hustle (Get up and get it, get, get up and get it)
On the side (Da da-da da da-da)
The side, uh-uh-uh, the side hustle