Nickolas Ashford - The Art of Hustle lyrics

[Intro:] Law #1: never underestimate the enemy See this a very important law Law 2: if a man show a flaw that mean that flaw really exist Never take it for granted never Rule #3: make sure you never break it never sleep where the sack at [Verse 1:] I'm the hustler's constitution Feds giving back time for retribution you snitching that sh** excuses Bang! that's execution and thats my only solution I got from stopping these rat n***as from moving My life a movie not a short film Big budget Denzel Washington, Will Smith yeah Scarface, Al Pacino, Godfather, Marlon Brando A word to the wise watch your guys n***as snakes in disguise Meeting b**hes off the gram know they living and lying Cold heart never cried if I did it was blood Little n***a big pride murder that's what it was and that's law [Gotti talking] See if a n***a See when you got that muthaf**in chip on your shoulder and that big a** pistol and a n***a come playing You gotta show a n***a you mean business you know what I'm saying [Verse 2:] I'm fighting pain, fame, I never want to change I'm the same still running with the gang Still down to k** a n***a about something petty like a chain [?] You a million dollar n***a got to get that in your brain Now get that in your brain, Bang it's all about the aim [?] We savages we all live the same And it's the art of war n***a like the art of hustle n***a They looking for the goonies but Im the muscle n***a Ima shooter like Durant I got heart like Russell n***a I lost a million to the plug I never trust another n***a What if I sell a million records will that change the code Will my n***as try to betray me cause I know they vultures Will LA Reid see my vision, let me see them wrong [?] Create me a better way to put my people on Will my baby mama finally quit texting my phone Kiss my daughter and my son tell em I'm coming home Tell my n***as put the pistols down I'm in the zone I been dropping nothing but gangsta sh** on every song This that sh** they been waiting for forever long They gave my patna 30 years for talking on the phone I had to watch his mama cry and tell her let's be strong Ima hold him down he won't do all that time alone What if I wasn't a rapper the streets would get annoyed Cause don't nobody tell it how I tell it and you know it What if they say I changed cause I went outside the box What's good I kept my plug number so I can get some blocks 18 wheeler full of c**aine I'm talking lots of dope Not believing Mexican plugs f** a horoscope If you a star where your telescope These n***as high they on hella dope Your favorite rapper hella broke Cars leases they got hella notes Houses rented got eviction notes and everybody already know You fabricated and I'm factionated You sold a million records I got millions of dollars Who really made it huh