The Roots, STS - Hustla lyrics

Let me tell you what priceless is
Some advice to give
A sacrifice is what I made
For the wife and kids
They say life's a bitch
But it's one life to live
I want my baby where that
Cake and the icing is
Out of them crisis-es, off of them vices-es
They see what we do and
Grow up in our likenesses
Really I don't wanna see em
Having to fight for this
Story of the family biz
I'ma rewrite the script
Daughter of a Hip-Hopper
Hustla like her grandpoppa
Her destiny done been determined so
You can't stop her from being independent
Earning paper and proper
More like a lawyer or a doctor
Not a man-watcher
That's where your man got ya
It's a big world out'chea
I'm tryna make a black diamond
Or a pearl out'chea
And hip the people to the
Way the world twirl out'chea
And when I thank heaven for my little girl

Please let her be a hustla, baby be a hustla
Hope my baby girl grows up to be a hustla
Better be a hustla, baby be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer
Please let him be a hustla, baby be a hustla
Hope my baby boy grows up to be a hustla
Better be a hustla, baby be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer

Sugar Slim, I'm slicker than a squid
Nigga no kids
No baby mama, Sugar free from the drama
Sugar be where he wanna
No sweat like a sauna no judge
Your Honor can't tell me to raise mine
Figured that in due time
If and when I do find
True love, Buddha, maybe you can blue-line
Ooh, I'm caught up in the
Moment for the meantime
G, I'm all about the green like tree pines
See I'm tryna get the scratch like a feline
Hopin' that my seed don't know
The struggle like me, i'm
Hustlin' to make a buck
Make a buck and fuck it up
Fuck it up and suck it up
Then go and make another buck
Get the money, get the money
That's what I know
I'm hopin' that my seeds know a
Little more than I know
I know, I know, but baby this what I know
If we ever settle down, well baby
This what I hope

Please let her be a hustla, baby be a hustla
Hope my baby girl grows up to be a hustla
Better be a hustla, baby be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer
Please let him be a hustla, baby be a hustla
Hope my baby boy grows up to be a hustla
Better be a hustla, baby be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer