Tryin to Get Paid

[Verse One - Paul Wall]<br>I`m on the grind, trying to make paper stack up<br>And if I slip and fall, then I get back up<br>A two piece, any hater that wanna act up<br>And if boxing don`t work, a glock got my back up pimping<br>Talking down, is a thing of the past<br>Instead of tripping off of me, you should be getting your cash<br>I got a lot of paparazzi, trying to see through my glass<br>Well peep game I`m bout to teach class, listen to me<br>I`m a hustler, with only one thing on my mind<br>And that`s getting all that`s mine, while I`m in my prime<br>Whether it`s legal or a crime, the police still blind<br>Cause I`m quiet and hush-hush, like a mime<br>I`m gon shine, but not till the appropriate time<br>So I nickel and dime, every lick I find<br>If I fall in a bind, my inventory still fine<br>I never let a slump, influence the way I grind baby<br><br>[Hook - Paul Wall]<br>All day and every night, I think about one thang<br>Stacking my change, and that ain`t never gon change<br>I got plans for running game, until the money is drained<br>Putting rocks in my ring, and ride a drop on swangs<br>Steady hustling on the grind, out here doing my thang<br>I`m just trying to maintain, how many licks I could stang<br>But these boys who talking loud, they ain`t got nothing to say<br>But I ain`t worried, I`m just trying to get paid<br><br>[Verse Two - Paul Wall]<br>I`m on the grind, I hustle everyday all day<br>I`m trying to shine, with muscle and show off parque<br>I lost time in the struggle, so I grind always<br>Cause on my mind, I`m making up for lost pay<br>I`m using my past for inspiration, when I was broke<br>I had dreams and aspirations, influenced by hope<br>I get up get out and get it, while I can cause I might get jammed<br>Life don`t always go, the way that you plan<br>Instead of ducking the undercovers, or snoring undercovers<br>I`m climbing out the underground, increasing my numbers<br>24/7 I grind, ain`t no time for sleep<br>Cause if you snooze you lose, and if you sleep you won`t eat pimping<br>I go and get it, being broke I ain`t with it<br>A different hustle every minute, if I said it I did it<br>I can`t let no critic, influence my mash for paper<br>I grind major I`ma shine later, holla playa<br><br>[Hook - Paul Wall]<br><br>[Verse Three- Paul Wall]<br>I`m on the grind, I worked for everything that I got<br>I go and get it while it`s hot, I`m on the block nonstop<br>Cause I remember, when I didn`t have didly squat<br>And I`m not, trying to make a U-turn from the top pimping<br>It ain`t no time, for relationships<br>Cause 99 percent of dips, will try to take your chips<br>Ain`t no slipping in my pimping, or slacking on my macking<br>These boys lazy Cadillac`ing, while I`m greenback stacking<br>Cause, while they in they bed catching they Z`s<br>I`m in the streets, trying to catch me some G`s<br>I gotta go and get all that I`m worth, cause being broke hurt<br>And I ain`t got time for shooting the breeze, check me out<br>I hustle like a fiend, cause I`m addicted to cash<br>I can`t let my window, of oppritunity pass<br>It really ain`t no telling, how long my money gon last<br>So I mash and get it fast, first class for real<br><br>[Hook - 2x]