Lauryn Hill - World Is a Hustle lyrics

Of the world spun by evil men with lies
Only programmed to agree with what
We see before our eyes
Running after status quo on a television show
Just a picture-perfect life is the
Only life we know
And this uncomfortable reality
Got me chasing, chasing fallacy
And the pace, the pace is killing me
But I so willingly practiced sin
Just like it's my friend when the
Whole world is a hustle

Exactly where did we arrive
In this manufactured life?
To sell my soul just to survive
(yes) in the game of numbers I
I must thank the Gods of Industry, oh
For the opportunity
Or I display such loyalty, oh
For the way that they exploit me (yes)

- Oh, to consider life outside of this
Just like a splinter in my mind persists
But the Ministry of Fear exists
Only to keep me from knowing the truth
Stealing my youth when the whole
World is a hustle -

Escape familiarity means that I must
Face the fear in me
Do something with this greed in me in
Order to address this need in me
Oh but I must confess the pride I keep
Protect it as if it's my friend
Oh, when will it end? When the
Whole world is a hustle

To escape this mere analogy means that I
Must face the fear in me
Do something with this greed in me in
Order to address this need in me
Oh but I must confess the pride I keep
Protect it as if it's my friend
Until the bitter end when the whole
Of the world is a hustle

Everybody’s got it going on
(yeah right, yeah right)
Everybody’s so damn strong
(yeah right, yeah right)
When the whole of the world is a hustle
A hustle i must exercise my faith cuz
Faith is a muscle
When the whole world is a hustle