(Hey!) Steel toes on, sun barely up. (Let’s work!) Clock in, head down, no luck, just guts. Grease on my palms, stamps on the slip, You circle backstreets hunting quick hits. I fix what’s broken, you break what’s fixed, You call it hustle, nah, that’s tricks. I carry weight that a promise makes, You carry lies in a criminal’s face. I pay in full, you skim and split, Know this truth: you ain’t it. (whisper) Shh… hear that kick, fist hit. (crowd) Go, go, go. don’t quit! You ain’t, (what?), you ain’t shit. Big talk, small walk, won’t commit. When the line gets long and the day runs thick, Lock it in! (crowd) Shut it down! that’s it. You ain’t (what?), you ain’t shit. No weight, no grit (just counterfeit.) My name rides home on the checks I get Lock it in! (Shut it down!) that’s it. I know bread’s price by Thursday night, You know fences and midnight flights. I stack pay stubs, raise roof beams, You stack alibis and busted schemes. Touch what’s mine, now debts come due; I don’t miss steps when I step to you. Storm rolls in? I don’t flinch, You fold fast at the first inch. You ain’t, (what?), you ain’t shit. Big talk, small walk, won’t commit. When the line gets long and the day runs thick, Lock it in! (crowd) Shut it down!, that’s it. You ain’t, (what?), you ain’t shit. No weight, no grit (just counterfeit.) My name rides home on the checks I get Lock it in! (Shut it down!) that’s it. Pick up a broom, try carrying load, Try keeping heat when the winter’s cold. Respect ain’t stolen, it’s built and shown, Beam by beam, by your hands alone. You ain’t, (what?), you ain’t shit… (not one bit) I clock in, you counterfeit. Clock hands spin, but I don’t quit Lock it in! (Shut it down!) that’s it. Steel toes on, (sun’s up), done. Lock it in, (shut it down!), work won. You ain’t, (what?), you ain’t shit.
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