Nipsey Hussle

Released: December 21, 2010

Songwriter: Nipsey Hussle

Producer: Ryan Leslie

[Intro: Nipsey Hussle]
Now put your motherfuckin’ hands up
Now get yo hands up, now get yo hands up
Now get yo, now get yo motherfuckin’ hands up
Now get yo hands up, I count money bitch

[Verse: Nipsey Hussle]
I smoke Kush and sip lean like, fuck a pill
Couple fake release dates, but my bucks is real
My competition never knew what having nothing feels
‘Bout to take hip-hop to trial, like fuck a deal
Rags to riches so my peeps never drag they feet
This all money marathon molds a masterpiece
That ? the button press recline the back seats
And I’m the realest nigga in it if you ask me
But that’s promotion, and I prefer publicity
So run and tell your homegirls, and get ‘em all into me
I got a swagger on stage you should really see
Gold stupid dumb chain, Ricky D
You can’t go against the grain when it’s meant to be
So hatin’ me’s an exercise in futility, dummy
Women, power and the money, got it all
See me out and can’t take nothing from me
I’ma ball, I’ma pop, I’ma raise Emani in the lap of luxury
‘Cause daddy ain’t no dummy, but
How can I prepare you for a world so ugly?
Gotta lace your baby Vuitton Chuck T’s
Life is an experience, enjoy that you can’t
Too much of anything will kill that, you must understand
It ain’t all about the money, it’s more about the Fam
And it ain’t all about yo momma, it’s more about your dad
That’s just a joke, now peep how I rise from the gun smoke
Pistol-grip-poetry my nigga get a dose, don’t stop
Don’t stop, no tick on my Rolex watch
I won’t stop, I won’t stop
Hood nigga out the hood gettin’ guap
I can’t stop, I can’t stop
There’s no tick on my Rolex watch
Money and the power

Ermias Joseph Asghedom (August 15, 1985 – March 31, 2019), better known as Nipsey Hussle, was a Grammy-award winning hip-hop artist and mogul from the Crenshaw district of South Central Los Angeles, California.

With a name inspired by actor Nipsey Russell, Nipsey Hussle released his first project, Slauson Boy Volume 1, in 2005, and he was featured in XXL’s 2010 Freshman Class alongside J. Cole, Big Sean, Freddie Gibbs, Wiz Khalifa, and Jay Rock among others. Nipsey gained national headlines in 2013 as he sold copies of his Crenshaw mixtape for $100 each. One customer was JAY-Z, who purchased 100 copies in support of Nipsey’s hustle. He then charged $1,000 per copy of his Mailbox Money mixtape in 2014 to continue his #Proud2Pay campaign.

After a decade of releasing several mixtapes and singles, Nipsey released his long-awaited debut album Victory Lap in 2018. The album was nominated in the Best Rap Album category at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

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