[Mack 10]
  This song is dedicated
  to all the up and coming rappers, singers, hustlers, actors
  Whatever you may be remember:
  without no struggle, you get no progress
  So keep grindin, keep on mashin, get yours
    Chorus: Gerald Levert
    You're nothin far from comin up (keep on)
  Money's just a touch away (keep on)
  So keep on grindin don't give it up (keep on)
  There'll always be another day (keep on)
    [Mack 10]
  And now I'm sittin at the pad, teary eyed and depressed
  Starvin and sufferin from mental stress
  Now a true center to the game of beginner
  but hard to feel like a winner when you eat spreads for dinner
  Hit the streets late night in the form of star mushin
  On the 211 mission just to pay tuition
  For my kids I got to grind and develop street saavy
  Servin stress cause I just ain't got enough to cop cavi
  But I can't stop, I won't stop, til I got it made
  Either build my clientele, get a job or learn a trade
  like hip-hop, and make enough to live good forever
  So I learned to write the rhymes and get my metaphors together
  Then I joined a rap crew, with the homies on my street
  Sellin underground tapes out the local swap meet
  Gettin tighter on the mic, as I worked day to day
  So now I lay down at night, and I hear voices say, "Mack"
    Chorus
    [Mack 10]
  Now I'm new to the scene, H as in Hard, N as in Nympho
  So like EPMD, could you _Please Listen to My Demo?_
  I left the local crew, felt like I was the man
  In popular demand and now ready for SoundScan
  So I searched for a deal with no luck I kept rappin
  Felt like it would take a miracle to make it all happen
  Marble said it was a test, "Mack don't do nuttin wrong!
  Just have faith in God and keep your hustle goin strong
  Stay hongry, keep writin, don't quit you're too close
  Remember good things come to those who want it most"
  So I never left the house, without my rap book
  Thought I found a new crew but eventually got shook
  First they said I was cool, but then started to doubt me
  Put me on the backburner and just forgot all about me
  Partna said I wasn't fresh, and sent me on my way, but you know what?
  As I was leavin, I could hear voices say, "Mack"
    Chorus
    [Mack 10]
  Now the tables turned, but I remember they used to clown me
  The hard work paid off, and luck finally found me
  So call every publication, Billboard and the editor
  and tell em Mack's being signed by dude workin on _The Predator_
  I got the Midas touch, now everything be the bomb
  Hooked up with The Don, now made a few mill-ion
  I don't bang I write the good rhymes, you know about mines
  Man I'm the tightest MC, Ice Cube ever signed
  Now if ain't the radio, it's a video shoot
  Livin life in the limelight, with a bank full of loot
  Now my crew is solid, shook the haters and the leeches
  Runnin full court at my house with our girls on the beaches
  Plus the violence is ceased, no more bi-coastal beef
  Cause now I get down with the North South and the East
  I reminisce on hard times, seem like yesterday, but now
  Hoo Bangin' is official and I remember they used to say, "Mack"
    Chorus
    [Levert] Money's just a touch, just a simple touch
  Money's just a touch away..
  Money's just a touch, just a simple touch
  Money's just a touch away..
    [Mack 10] Man I knew I was gonna make it, but they didn't believe me
  YaknowhatI'msayin? Clowned me -- gon' be a rapper, what?
  Hahahaha