Get It In

Gotta put in the work, gotta get it in
 If you wanna find work, gotta get it in
 If you wanna get worked, gotta get it in
 You can come get this work
 "There's no money in art." Pardon me Sir
 You must've thought it was your calling that you outta deter
 My pipe dreams 'cause you let your own rot on the curb
 When they cremate you wonder how much profit you'll earn, earn, urn, ha
 I'm just lucky mama wasn't at all concerned
 How I got off the perch, so I spat off a verse
 And the fire that I always knew I had all emerged
 Some start off on the losing shelf
 Rich folk choose how the silver spoons are dealt
 If you chase white collars for the jewels and wealth
 You're D Rose game day, baby, suit yourself
 I play for real, lace the quill, pays the bills
 Stayed hungry till I ate my fill, huh
 Said I'd make it and I did, like the one who gave Mase a deal
 Now how the hell would that make you feel?
 To know there was a chance that your fate was sealed
 The very moment that you let your faith derail
 When the road split and you went the paper trail
 Gotta put in the work, gotta get it in
 If you wanna find work, gotta get it in
 If you wanna get worked, gotta get it in
 You can come get this work
 Smooth with the rhymes, tuned to the sky like
 Two ziggurats, musical vibes I'm
 Modern day Prometheus in some low tops
 No stovetop, made my own fire
 You paid for your Molotov, a la carte, alla y'all
 Call it off if you're craving the limelight
 'Cause you'll never find God in the gaud
 Even Kanye lost his mind in hindsight
 And you got no stripes, no props no credit
 Never paid no dues, no mind, did I mention?
 You ain't never been a veteran, a gentlemen, a scholar
 Never held a funeral in your parlor
 But you're drawn to the shine, all of the fine
 Opulent kind, visions of the summer with a breeze
 But you're dodging the grind, long winter time, stars will align
 when you get a little hunger in ya teeth
 Gotta put in the work, gotta get it in
 If you wanna find work, gotta get it in
 If you wanna get worked, gotta get it in
 You can come get this work