[Intro: Jimmy Iovine] Fear, fear's a powerful thing. I mean it's got a lot of firepower. If you can figure out a way to wrestle that fear to push you from behind rather than to stand in front of you, that's very powerful. I always felt that I had to work harder than the next guy, just to do as well as the next guy. And to do better than the next guy, I had to just kill. And you know, to a certain extent, that's still with me in how I work, you know, I just... go in
[Verse 1: Anderson .Paak] Sittin' 'bout a hundred stories up, like what the ***********? And I'm just lookin' at it all I'll be right here in Los Angeles Lookin' like a villain layin' low Nothin' I can do but pack it all up Goin' up, but ***********t, I feel the love Spotlight on me and I'm feelin' so rare tonight Actin' a fool and feelin' alive I'm ***********' flawless like I live in a vault Only type of livin' I know
[Interlude: Anderson .Paak + Dr. Dre] See if it was you you would've killed yourself by now It takes a special kind of *********a to live like this And they ask me how I do it *********a just take a look around Best believe I'm in the buildin' I hear you *********as talkin' and all that but uh No, no don't mention me at all Yeah comin' live and direct And I know you feelin' some type of way about it, but uh Watch your mouth, I dare your ass to say somethin' I thought it was all good But now you *********as crossed the line Kinda pissin' me off All the fans and all the fame, and though I gave everything to this game They still complain Now what the *********** do y'all expect me to do? There's so much ***********' pressure There's all this pressure And it's all in a day's work
[Bridge 2: Marsha Ambrosius] Work, hard Workin' so hard 24/7, 3-6-5 365, hard work It's all in a day's work
[Verse 2: Dr. Dre + Anderson .Paak] My whole life all I ever thought about was grindin' Even though my surroundings only showed me crime and violence That was back when a rapper needed guns way more than a stylus And that was back when I felt like rappers was true *********in' riders Or even back in the day when I was a ***********' youngster ***********t I was still sayin', "*********** the police" Born and raised in the belly of the beast I had a dream that we was at peace But I was so wrong.. so wrong Y'all too wrapped up in the bull***********t and bias Now reality TV talks about pulpits and choirs Some of these hoes give less than a *********** when they runnin' their life story by us It's the worst when I'm in a hotel, like a Hilton sick and tired Some of these housewives way too ***********' desperate These *********** thinkin' fame first I can't knock the hustle, it's all in a day's work But that's that ***********t with potential to make the game worse ***********t it's just somethin' about that Hollywood curse They just thirst
[Hook: Anderson .Paak] Hard times I'm on my grind, *********** the part-time Stay ready for war, I'm on the front line I'm gettin' the feelin' like it's all mine It's becoming the only feeling I know Only type of livin' I know Only type of livin' I know Only type of livin' I know Only type of livin' I know
[Interlude] Gonna go to work We gotta work We gotta work Let's get back to work On the grind, back to work
[Outro: Dr. Dre] Let's work Rich as ***********, but, guess what, I'm back to work Overseas, back home, no time to sleep, I'm back to work So many people that I love, they want my time but I got to work Some of my friends don't understand I got to work Always talkin' 'bout bustin' the club but I'm like, "*********** that I gotta work" If you really wanna do it like this, ***********t you better get back to work Back to work Right back to work Gotta get back to work ***********t, right back to work
[00:00.00][Intro: Jimmy Iovine] [00:06.19]Fear, fear's a powerful thing. [00:09.35]I mean it's got a lot of firepower. [00:12.88]If you can figure out a way to wrestle that fear to push you from behind [00:19.17]rather than to stand in front of you, that's very powerful. [00:24.90]I always felt that I had to work harder than the next guy, [00:29.79]just to do as well as the next guy. [00:32.70]And to do better than the next guy, [00:34.36]I had to just kill. And you know, [00:38.29]to a certain extent, [00:39.80]that's still with me in how I work, [00:42.02]you know, I just... go in [00:43.17] [00:43.37][Verse 1: Anderson .Paak] [00:47.05]Sittin' 'bout a hundred stories up, like what the ***********? [00:50.67]And I'm just lookin' at it all [00:52.59]I'll be right here in Los Angeles [00:55.66]Lookin' like a villain layin' low [00:58.68]Nothin' I can do but pack it all up [01:00.89]Goin' up, but ***********t, I feel the love [01:04.07]Spotlight on me and I'm feelin' so rare tonight [01:07.44]Actin' a fool and feelin' alive [01:09.65]I'm ***********' flawless like I live in a vault [01:12.68]Only type of livin' I know [01:13.33] [01:13.88][Interlude: Anderson .Paak + Dr. Dre] [01:17.75]See if it was you you would've killed yourself by now [01:20.33]It takes a special kind of *********a to live like this [01:26.21]And they ask me how I do it [01:28.14]*********a just take a look around [01:30.45]Best believe I'm in the buildin' I hear you *********as talkin' and all that but uh [01:37.41]No, no don't mention me at all [01:38.97]Yeah comin' live and direct [01:41.60]And I know you feelin' some type of way about it, but uh [01:43.25]Watch your mouth, I dare your ass to say somethin' [01:45.83]I thought it was all good [01:47.23]But now you *********as crossed the line [01:49.45]Kinda pissin' me off [01:51.00]All the fans and all the fame, and though I gave everything to this game [01:54.03]They still complain [01:55.85]Now what the *********** do y'all expect me to do? [01:58.56]There's so much ***********' pressure [02:00.41]There's all this pressure [02:01.97]And it's all in a day's work [02:02.52] [02:02.92][Bridge 2: Marsha Ambrosius] [02:11.21]Work, hard [02:12.52]Workin' so hard [02:14.39]24/7, 3-6-5 [02:16.70]365, hard work [02:19.07]It's all in a day's work [02:20.17] [02:20.72][Verse 2: Dr. Dre + Anderson .Paak] [02:26.32]My whole life all I ever thought about was grindin' [02:28.29]Even though my surroundings only showed me crime and violence [02:31.21]That was back when a rapper needed guns way more than a stylus [02:34.07]And that was back when I felt like rappers was true *********in' riders [02:37.04]Or even back in the day when I was a ***********' youngster [02:39.91]***********t I was still sayin', "*********** the police" [02:42.12]Born and raised in the belly of the beast [02:46.00]I had a dream that we was at peace [02:49.07]But I was so wrong.. so wrong [02:50.38]Y'all too wrapped up in the bull***********t and bias [02:52.54]Now reality TV talks about pulpits and choirs [02:55.26]Some of these hoes give less than a *********** when they runnin' their life story by us [02:58.08]It's the worst when I'm in a hotel, like a Hilton sick and tired [03:01.15]Some of these housewives way too ***********' desperate [03:03.87]These *********** thinkin' fame first [03:05.43]I can't knock the hustle, it's all in a day's work [03:09.11]But that's that ***********t with potential to make the game worse [03:11.27]***********t it's just somethin' about that Hollywood curse [03:14.03]They just thirst [03:14.39] [03:14.79][Hook: Anderson .Paak] [03:15.20]Hard times [03:16.04]I'm on my grind, *********** the part-time [03:18.16]Stay ready for war, I'm on the front line [03:20.94]I'm gettin' the feelin' like it's all mine [03:23.91]It's becoming the only feeling I know [03:27.59]Only type of livin' I know [03:29.96]Only type of livin' I know [03:32.92]Only type of livin' I know [03:36.19]Only type of livin' I know [03:36.59] [03:37.51][Interlude] [03:51.45]Gonna go to work [03:52.51]We gotta work [03:53.52]We gotta work [03:57.09]Let's get back to work [03:59.66]On the grind, back to work [04:02.18] [04:02.83][Outro: Dr. Dre] [04:03.13]Let's work [04:04.04]Rich as ***********, but, guess what, I'm back to work [04:05.74]Overseas, back home, no time to sleep, I'm back to work [04:08.62]So many people that I love, they want my time but I got to work [04:11.54]Some of my friends don't understand I got to work [04:14.56]Always talkin' 'bout bustin' the club but I'm like, "*********** that I gotta work" [04:17.43]If you really wanna do it like this, ***********t you better get back to work [04:20.54]Back to work [04:22.81]Right back to work [04:24.03]Gotta get back to work [04:25.39]***********t, right back to work
