Mack 10, Gerald Levert - Money's Just a Touch Away lyrics

This song is dedicated to all the up and
Coming rappers, singers, hustlers, actors
Whatever you may be remember:
Without no struggle, you get no progress
So keep grindin, keep on mashin, get yours

You're nothin far from comin up (keep on)
Money's just a touch away (keep on)
So keep on grindin don't give it up (keep on)
There'll always be another day (keep on)

And now I'm sittin at the pad
Teary eyed and depressed
Starvin and sufferin from mental stress
Now a true center to the game of beginner
But hard to feel like a winner
When you eat spreads for dinner
Hit the streets late night in
The form of star mushin
On the 211 mission just to pay tuition
For my kids I got to
Grind and develop street savvy
Servin stress cause I just ain't
Got enough to cop cavi
But I can't stop, I won't stop
Til I got it made either build my clientele
Get a job or learn a trade like Hip-Hop
And make enough to live good forever
So I learned to write the rhymes
And get my metaphors together
Then I joined a rap crew
With the homies on my street
Sellin underground tapes out the
Local swap meet gettin tighter on the mic
As I worked day to day
So now I lay down at night
And I hear voices say, "Mack"

Now I'm new to the scene, H as in Hard
N as in Nympho so like EPMD
Could you Please Listen to My Demo?
I left the local crew
Felt like I was the man
In popular demand and now ready for SoundScan
So I searched for a deal with
No luck I kept rappin
Felt like it would take a miracle
To make it all happen
Marble said it was a test
"Mack don't do nuttin wrong!
Just have faith in God and
Keep your hustle goin strong
Stay hongry, keep writin
Don't quit you're too close
Remember good things come to those
Who want it most" so I never left the house
Without my rap book
Thought I found a new crew
But eventually got shook
First they said I was cool
But then started to doubt me
Put me on the backburner and
Just forgot all about me
Partna said I wasn't fresh, and
Sent me on my way, but you know what?
As I was leavin, I could hear voices say
"Mack"


Now the tables turned
But I remember they used to clown me
The hard work paid off
And luck finally found me
So call every publication
Billboard and the editor
And tell em Mack's being signed by
Dude workin on The Predator
I got the Midas touch
Now everything be the bomb
Hooked up with The Don
Now made a few mill-ion
I don't bang I write the good rhymes
You know about mines
Man I'm the tightest MC, Ice Cube ever signed
Now if ain't the radio, it's a video shoot
Livin life in the limelight
With a bank full of loot
Now my crew is solid
Shook the haters and the leeches
Runnin full court at my house with
Our girls on the beaches
Plus the violence is ceased
No more bi-coastal beef
Cause now I get down with the
North South and the East
I reminisce on hard times
Seem like yesterday, but now
Hoo Bangin' is official and I
Remember they used to say, "Mack"

Money's just a touch away
Money's just a touch, just a simple touch
Money's just a touch away

YaknowhatI'msayin? Clowned me - gon'
Be a rapper, what?
Ha ha haha