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Got to Hustle

from Shelf Life by Hearts of Darkness

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lyrics

Kansas City mindstate
No matter the time, I’m goin’ in.
World ain’t stopping no time soon,
I might as well take a spin.
What I got to lose?
The order of things do confuse.
If you can’t handle yourself,
How can you handle the truth?

It don’t do a thing,
It don’t mean a thing,
It don’t change a thing,
Wherever you are in the world,
You got to hustle.

Whatever the reason
I chisel my mind
I’m trying to get heavy.
Says a girl named Lucy
Loosely selling loosies in a Chevy.
Regardless of age,
That wage coming steady.
Whole neighborhood lookin’ for her,
All her products were deadly.

<Chorus>

And it seems so crazy
And it makes me holler
Gotta spend my whole life
Reachin’ for that dollar

Nine to nine
Ten to ten
Twelve to twelve
Single mother working hard for herself
And a dollar. Ain’t no man ever there.
Naw naw naw, they don't need that, but it can help.
Situation change focus, so we fast forward.
Twenty more years, a little past autumn.
Graduated Harvard with honors
Used to be a target,
Now she don’t lose or forfeit.

<Chorus>

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from Shelf Life, released August 25, 2012
Featuring:
Jolan Smith – Tenor Saxophone
Composed and arranged by Alex Smith
Lyrics by Les Izmore and Alex Smith

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Hearts of Darkness Kansas City, Missouri

The HOD sound evokes memories of Count Basie, James Brown, and Fela Kuti as seductive vocal and percussive horn choruses flow around cutting hip-hop verses and stretched out instrumental solos, all founded upon a hotpants-tight rhythm section which pulls in fans of all ages, cultures and musical tastes. ... more

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