Won't Be Long
(专辑: The Seventh Seal - 2009)
[Intro: Rakim] In the
words of the
late great... Martin Luther King: "How long? Not long" [beat starts] [11 seconds insrtumental] Won't be long... Uh-huh! Uh, uh! Sing along! [Chorus: (Rakim)] [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong (uh-huh!) 'til the
trouble and the
struggle is gooooone. The
hustle make the
struggle get gooooone. [Rakim:] It's hard to make a
move, we strugglin'! (uh-huh!) Everybody hate to lose (uh!) but they love to win. (uh!) [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong 'til the
world sings the
words to our sooooong. (sing along!) That way we forever live ooooon! (uh!) [Rakim:] Back on my grind, I'm hustling. (uh-huh!) It's just a
matter (uh-huh!) of time an' I'll come up again! (uhh!) [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, et cetera 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 (sssssshhhhhhh!) Rambling, mind scrambling cause patience ain't blocking the
pain. (uh-uh!) Mic' sick, lyrics is still locked in the
brain, (uh-huh!) Like Mike Vick sitting in jail watching the
game. (uh!) I
wait 'til the
day I
(day I!) play my position (ch'eah!) Or should I
say the
day I
obey my addiction. (uh-huh!) Then complete my legacy (uh!) Without compromising my artistic integrity. (c'mon!) [Chorus: (Rakim) {Tracey Horton}] [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong (won't be long!) 'til the
trouble and the
struggle is gooooone. (uh!) The
hustle make the
struggle get gooooone. [Rakim:] It's hard to make a
move, we strugglin'! Everybody hate to lose but they love to win. {yeeeaahhhhhh! hmmmmmmmm!} [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong {OOOH!} 'til the
world sings the
words to our sooooong. (no words!) That way we forever live ooooon! {OOOH!} [Rakim:] Back on my grind, I'm hustling. (yeah, it's true!) It's just a
matter of time (uh!) an' I'll come up again! (uh-huh!) [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 letting go, I
swear I
had setbacks my whole career. (straight y'all!) Messing with my grind's like messing with my mind (uh!) But yo! I'm still breathing, 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 (uh!) like a
blessing in disguise. But success was in my eyes, the
shine was blinding me The
fame and a
little bit of change, it took some time to see! The
lesson for the
wise profit more. (uh!) Time to be a
record and the
prize (uh-huh!) was popping off. (uh!) Finally I
made a
couple of moves. Got my own label (gotta get it!) Me and a
couple of dudes, we at the
dope table. (let's get that money!) Took a
oath to stay true (uh!) now it's an empire Put out the
new Rakim album and it's fire! [Chorus: (Rakim) {Tracey Horton}] [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong (uhh!) 'til the
trouble and the
struggle is gooooone. (won't be long!) The
hustle make the
struggle get gooooone. (won't be long!) [Rakim:] It's hard to make a
move, we strugglin'! (uhh!) Everybody hate to lose but they love to win. {yeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh!} {OOOOH!} [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong 'til the
world sings the
words to our sooooong. {OOOOH!} That way we forever live ooooon! (uh-huh!) [Rakim:] Back on my grind, I'm hustling. (yeah!) It's just a
matter of time (uh-huh!) an' I'll come up again! (yeah!) [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 bidness with a
drama, dunn. (get that money!) Hustlers is where we get persona from! Gotta get it, not just wish a
dollar come (uh, go get it!) We optimistic since Obama won. But these days of recession We ain't safe yet! (uh-uh!) Pray! A
paycheck away from the
Great Depression. (uh!) Major stressin'! But we wait for blessings Long as the
Federal Reserve still paper pressing. (uh!) I
wrote the
plot for getting this cabbage in the
hood (uh-huh!) Where the
average cat can triple his status in the
hood. Don't stop! 'Til we living lavish in the
hood (uh-huh!) I'm like Barack (uh!) with "The Stimulus Package" (uh!) in the
hood. [Chorus: (Rakim) {Tracey Horton}] [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong 'til the
trouble and the
struggle is gooooone. (soon it's over!) The
hustle make the
struggle get gooooone. {ooooooohhhhh-ohhhhhhh!} [Rakim:] It's hard to make a
move, we strugglin'! (uh-huh!) Everybody hate to lose but they love to win. {yeee-aahhh-yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!} [Tracey H.:] It won't be looooong {OOOOH!} 'til the
world sings the
words to our sooooong. {OOOOH!} That way we forever live ooooon! (you know the
words, sing along!) {OOOOH!} [Rakim:] Back on my grind, I'm hustling. It's just a
matter of time {OOOOH!} an' I'll come up again! {OOOOH!} [Bridge: Tracey Horton (Rakim)] It won't be looooong (stay focused!) 'til the
trouble and the
struggle is gooooone. (change gon' come!) The
hustle make the
struggle get gooooone. (just be ready for it!) [beat fades out] It won't be looooong 'til the
world sings the
words to our sooooong.) That way we forever live ooooon!