The Grind Date - De La Soul
If the meek shall inherit the earth And not the weak Let me inherit the street f**kit You know what I mean I mean I love Life is life man beautiful you know what it��sjust I mean the sh*tin it that��sf**kedup It��srough but it��sfair People gotta go out there and bust they bust they a**for a job I mean my dad��sgot five kids man and I mean yo He hates drivin��a bus but he loves five kids You feel me I��ma rhyme artist Out here tryin��to grind my hardest Up early so to milk the cow Keep my john deere out here plowin��the fields To keep my john hancock��sworth up in the now Went from hangin��on blocks to hangin��on charts Positions is parta my mission to hangin��on top Gotta get your polly cracker or with them crackers And them scheisty a**niggaz if you I��velike it or not been rewired to work more efficiently in the dirt I��mhands on with it all up in my cuticles Some try to get off the farm but fell into harm Of gettin in the game of those street pharmaceuticals But I was raised in those blue collar themes Havin��white collar dreams cause I see what it means And though the meek shall inherit the earth but don��tforget The poor are the ones who inherit the debt You can bet I got better things to do than that I was a dick who got jerked by Tom and his boys Came on my land seized my cattle and catalog As if it wouldn��tleave me less than coy But I��mfar from bitter even farther from quittin��Got a grind date to make no time for sittin��And playin��xbox stand up and exercise my rights As of by seen of through masta��seye It��sthe grind date Know what I��msayin I��msick of askin��that I��mgonna I mean milk the the street cow and philosophy is that cook the meat At least I��mgonna have some kind of food and drink Because sometimes you can��tcome back Like momma said that if you need 5cents don��task for 3Ask for 10that��sfor sure Yo f**ka rhyme artist I ain��there for that I was born with the boom bap respect the name My hands on experience was hands on my first contract Taught me quick how to respect the game Introduced to the block got used to the block But your neighbors be the ones who throw sh*ton your lawn It��slike every single time we pop they got annoyed But we got ahead and we got along And puttin��work on the calendars worse on them calendars Worth of hump days that broke the camel��sback The grind��llmake today look gray And paint a tainted picture of tomorrows in enamel black Meet the rhyme street grind son whatever the beast I��ma take it at the horns till the pinky toe torn And show you why we here this long Cause when it comes to puttin��in work Once again it��son I��mjust like everybody else man You know what I mean An average ni**awith I��mnot sayin��that above average potential I��ma gentleman I��msayin that I know how to act like a gentleman In order to get the things that I need And if I gotta pull out my nickle bag I��mgonna do that This ain��tno accident we stayin��here You damn right I am proud of myself man And I��mproud of my team man I don��twant you to get the wrong yo baby on the real I don��thave sex with people I do business with neither And that��sthe real But I do do business with people that I have sex with So if there ain��tno conflict let��sget this grind on Cause I��mgonna f**kthe sh*toutta you that��sword Guitar score
The Grind Date Artist: De La Soul
Capo: 0
Key: D
Difficulty:
Tempo: 88
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 103
Creation time: 2023-04-26 The Grind Date Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by De La Soul. This guitar tab is in the key of D and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by De La Soul at that time~
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