[Verse 1]
Yeah, I got money on my mind and I got blood in my eyes
I'll work my whole damn ass off I don't care about the time that it takes
Don't think there'll be a calling or a sign
That'll tell me how to get myself ahead of the line- ho
My mind's tryna find time to resign
But Masta Ace said to never give up on Da Grind
I'd give a free day for any show I could find
'Cause like a money-hungry zombie, I'll turn on a dime (Yeah, yeah)
I wanna be at a place where what I do can be a company
And my company can accompany me, I'll hire them on my journey
Those are opportunities that I'll be nothing short of pleased
To give to my friends and fam so that they too can rest with ease
Don't need to earn all millions, man I just want a living wage
I wanna do what I was born to without people in my way
Even if I'm interfered, there's nothing gon' make me shake
I never blame my tools, yeah no, I only blame my day
For ending on me so soon while there's a masterpiece in the making, 'cause-
[Chorus]
Imma work for the album, I will never kneel
And Imma work for everything that I wanna be
And Imma get stuff done, Imma get that meal
I'll see everything till there's nothing left for me to see
I'll work
Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
[Verse 2]
I remember when I messaged David Eff and I said his shit was cool
I liked all of it, besides the 48 Straight tune
Fast forward, it grew on me, inspiration too
Going off on a tangent, laying in the living room
If I look at where I came from, I'm feeling like a fool
I used to hate hip hop till one day in school
They all listened to music, I wanted that, too
Didn't have a music taste, I still was confused
I saw what was popular, I got an idea, ooh
Then I put on Rap God, 't was the cool thing to do
Some girl checked my phone, it seemed she approved
Something happened in me and I felt it- poof!
That was 8 years ago, if only then I knew
How hip hop would change me fully when I grew
You could definitely tell me that it taught me something new
I had the most fun rhyming the verse through and through
[Chorus]
‘Cause Imma work for the album, I will never kneel
And Imma work for everything that I wanna be
And Imma get stuff done, Imma get that meal
I'll see everything till there's nothing left for me to see
I'll work
Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
[Verse 3]
Take it or leave it but I'm faithfully
Gonna remain to be rapping Straight '03
Till eternity, take opportunities
Because fame to be, is fame made for me
Nobody does it better than Nate D-O-double-G
And no one can do it better than the D.O.-to the C
Nobody entertains like the gangsta Eazy-E
All these rappers combined make me the G.O.A.T
Now I'm killing the beat, already knew that I might
And I'm chilling with heat but it's '03, myself and I
Nobody working with me, I'm all alone when I write
Just wait and you'll see, no barking dogs, I just bite
Yeah I'm working till the end, nobody telling me I can't
And I'll be getting it again, and then again, and then again
I'll show I'm working til I bend and I won't stop til I get bands
It's what it means to be a man, I surely hope you understand
I'm spitting all of this so fast, I rip the brake off with my hands
And like a helicopter pad, I'm making sure my words will land
Because I don't have to pretend to turn a one into a ten
Just not the spot that I am in, I'm number one until the end
[Chorus]
‘Cause Imma work for the album, I will never kneel
And Imma work for everything that I wanna be
And Imma get stuff done, Imma get that meal
I'll see everything till there's nothing left for me to see
I'll work
Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
