It seems that there's a deadly virus That's sweeping through the urban community The side-effects cannot often be seen Because your pockets will not turn green Some thought that there was no vaccine But it seems that we have a cure Chamillitary Mayne Get off your couch and go get it I'm up early in the morning Thinking 'bout getting this money All I know is I gotta get that paper The hustlers told me, that I gotta get it, get it Now I'm getting it the best way I know how I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down I'm up early than a mother Chasing mine 'cause I'm a hustler Then tomorrow everything is gonna rewind Only seven days a week and 24 hours a day That ain't enough for me so I ain't wasting time 'Cause only dreams come to sleepers And my life ain't getting cheaper So you know them dollar signs, they on my mind When they ask me where I'm going? I say you already know I'm 'bout to hit the streets and go and get What's mine, won't let you down Dreams of having finer things Riding blades and dreaming should Make you wanna wake up and get it In real life than see the wood In your grip, if you slip and don't grab What you see ain't good Only place that you gonna be Or ever see gonna be the hood I'm up early in the morning Thinking 'bout getting this money All I know is I gotta get that paper The hustlers told me, that I gotta get it, get it Now I'm getting it the best way I know how I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down Boy that word ain't no excuse You know what it mean to me It means you passing over Opportunities repeatedly Write it on a piece of paper Only thing I see is P That paper, paper, paper chaser Better thing for me to be Now, my services ain't for free Make that money multiply Early in the morning I be gone Chase with me, it ain't gonna be no tie Try to explain and give 'em game I don't know why I even try You do the same if you was I But you are you so you gonna lie Make 'em think that you got cash Tell them ladies you got slabs Only thing you get is laughs You can't even bring down half Of the bill that's on that tab Only thing wrong with being broke Is staying broke and making excuses 'Bout it like there ain't no hope I'm up early in the morning Thinking 'bout getting this money All I know is I gotta get that paper The hustlers told me, that I gotta get it, get it Now I'm getting it the best way I know how I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down In the hood, having no condition, I was having something I remember it like it was yesterday They was talking down on me and I lost a couple homies I was getting mine while they used to play They say I need to slow down But I ain't slowing down for nothing I don't wanna let the paper get away So when I'm in the streets grinding Ain't no need to be crying The best way that you can help me is to pray I won't let you down Partners that was getting lazy Females that was acting crazy Them promoters that tried to play me Mixtape labels that didn't pay me My old homies that ain't around me Dissing rappers that came to find me Major labels that didn't sign me Left all that nonsense behind me, I got paid I'm up early in the morning Thinking 'bout getting this money All I know is I gotta get that paper The hustlers told me, that I gotta get it, get it Now I'm getting it the best way I know how I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down, won't let you down I won't let you down See, rich people ain't going to tell you how to get paid And broke people act like they the richest people in the world Always telling people with money how to get money Always spending money that they thought they was gonna get Buying things they can't afford, stop making excuses If chronic smoke makes him sleepy He's gonna tell ya he got chronic fatigue If liquor makes him drowsy He gonna say he got that gray goose disease If women keep taking his money He gonna tell ya he slipped off his sleeve Whatever your weakness Stop making excuses please You should not be in couch or in house You should be in route, if you gotta ask where? Then that's the reason you ain't got nothing You don't know how to listen, go get it