It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on      It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on      Look here   Now I'm a man of many talents and a man of my word   But on my path to see the light sometimes my vision gets blurred   It's all a part of growing up and seeing life at its worst   And trying to iron out my wrinkles, putting family first   It seems like the whole world is out for sinking my boat   But with God as my navigator I'll be staying afloat   And I admit to being caught by many foolish distractions   Then I'm forced to pay the price as a result of my actions      I'm battling with myself, and every day is a war   Curiosity killed the cat, why am I curious George?   Gotta keep my nose up out of things that ain't none of my biz   And just 'cause something looks good, don't really mean that it is   Get through the agony and anger, the pain and strife   And take the necessary steps to try to change my life   I've got some questions for you Lord, 'cause my mentality's hood   So why's that everything that's bad for me feels so good?      It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on      It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on      Now I'm an only child, so excuse some of my selfish ways   I got spoiled when I was young, spoil myself today   But I feed at least a thousand stomachs and how I've done it is   From the ground up a hundred miles and running, dodging and ducking   Everybody trying to hammer me down   A self made millionaire, baby look at me now   Can't tell me I'm not as hungry as the day I began   'Cause all I ever really needed was a pen in my hand      And the pad in my lap didn't matter in fact   Me and my mom lived in one room, what's badder than that?   Was a young man forced to grow up at the age of twelve   Trying to get in where I fit, streets giving me hell   But yet I give it right back, so how you like that?   Continued doing wrong till I was on the right track   Tell me about heavy money, I might give it a push   But a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush      It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on      It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on      No matter how much older we get   Man, we are all still children at heart   We all make mistakes, it's all good      Now, I've tried plenty of times to get rid of my bad habits   Living life on the cutting edge, taking a stab at it   And learning from my mistakes, try not to make them twice   Just admit it when I'm wrong, and tryin' hard to make it right   And baby, nobody's perfect in this world of ours   There's plenty of people getting stitches in this world of scars   But over time I pray to God that he can heal your wounds   Try and love and love again until they seal your tomb      Life is short if you don't notice it'll pass you by   That's why my head is in the clouds trying to pass the sky   I'm never blinking for a minute, keep my eyes on my foes   They wanna catch me in the open, bring my life to a close   Meanwhile that's why I'm bringing so much life to my shows   I've seen smiles, I'm making changes, turning glitter to gold   Don't let these devils play you down, or belittle your souls   Just be happy with yourself and it's so simple to grow   Come on      It's gonna get in you, child of the night   And the hood rolls on   How do I begin to do this shit right?   And get my hustle on   ...