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