The Grind Date (clean version accapella) Songtext
von De La Soul

If the meek shall inherit the earth
And not the weak
Let me inherit the street, fuck it
You know what I mean?
I mean I love life man, you know what I mean
Life is beautiful, it′s just the shit in it that's fucked up

It′s rough but it's fair
People gotta go out there and burst there, burst there ass for a job
I mean, my dad's got five kids, man and I mean yo
He hates drivin′ a bus but he loves five kids
You feel me?

I′m a rhyme artist
Out here tryin' to grind my hardest
Up early so to milk the cow
Keep my John Deere out here plowin′ the fields
To keep my John Hancock's worth up in the now
Went from hangin′ on blocks to hangin' on charts


Positions is part of my mission to hangin′ on top
Gotta get your polly cracker or with them crackers
And them scheisty ass niggas if you like it or not
I've been rewired to work more efficiently in the dirt

I'm hands on with it all up in my cuticles
Some try to get off the farm but fell into harm
Of gettin′ in the game of those street pharmaceuticals
But, I was raised in those blue collar themes
Havin′ white collar dreams 'cause I see what it means

And though the meek shall inherit the earth but don′t forget
The poor are the ones who inherit the debt
You can bet I got better things to do than that
I was a dick who got jerked by Tom and his boys
Came on my land, seized my cattle, and catalog

As if it wouldn't leave me less than coy
But I′m far from bitter, even farther from quittin'
Got a grind date to make, no time for sittin′
And playin' xbox, stand up and exercise my rights
As of by seen of through master's eye

(It′s the grind date)
(It′s the grind date, grind date)


Know what I'm sayin? I′m sick of askin' that (It′s the grind date)
I mean, the street philosophy is that (It's the grind date, it′s the grind date)
I'm gonna milk the cow and cook the meat, the grind date (It's the grind date)

At least I′m gonna have some kind of food and drink (It′s the grind date)
Because sometimes you can't come back (It′s the grind date)
Like momma said that if you need five cents don't ask for three (It′s the grind date)
Ask for ten, that's what′s up

Yo, fuck a rhyme artist, I ain't here for that
I was born with the boom bap, respect the name
My hands on experience was hands on my first contract
Taught me quick how to respect the game
Introduced to the block, got used to the block

But your neighbors be the ones who throw shit on your lawn
It's like every single time we pop, they got annoyed
But we got ahead, and we got along
And puttin′ work on the calendars, worse on them calendars

Worth of hump days that broke the camel′s back
The grind'll make today look gray
And paint a tainted picture of tomorrows in enamel black
Meet the rhyme, street grind, son whatever the beast
I′m a take it at the horns till the pinky toe torn

And show you why we here this long (wadup)
'Cause when it comes to puttin′ in work
Once again it's on (the grind date)
I′m just like everybody else man (the grind date)
An average nigga with above average potential (the grind date)

You know what I mean? I'm not sayin' that I′m a gentleman (the grind date)
I′m sayin that I know how to act like a gentleman (the grind date)

In order to get the things that I need (the grind date)
And if I gotta pull out my nickle bag, I'ma do that (the-the-the grind date)
This ain′t no accident, we stayin' in this (the grind date)

You damn right I am proud of myself man
And I′m proud of my team man
I don't want you to get the wrong, yo baby, on the real?
I don′t have sex with people that I do business with neither
And that's the real

But I do do business with people that I have sex with
So if there ain't no conflict, let′s get this grind on
′Cause I'm gonna fuck the shit outta you, that′s word