Search results for 'earn one's keep'

it 

Wait stop yall gotta earn it 
I keep da heat bottled up like a furnace
I took the whip off of da brake 'fore I skurted 
Straight to the bank, cuz

love,
(I love!)

I live,
(I live!)

I learn,
(I learn!)

I earn,
(I earn!)

I keep a stick,
(I keep a stick..)

Right in my backpack
(.. right in

this is how I earn my keep

I, could be here
To, single out and control
Really I could be
Anything you'd wish me to be
But free
Cus this is how I earn my

Hit left
I'm swervin to my right
If a Nigga try to take my life
Then I'm gone earn a stripe
I keep my killas to the left of me
My Glock up on my

I think it's worth a shot
Won't stop til I'm in the top, I think I'll earn a spot
I keep flexing I keep flexing I can't help it I don't wanna stop
Do

or swim
And these streets stay cold
Like the Chi-town city wind
Around here we earn our keep
one false move mean life or death
Stayin' alive, we just

All American Country Boy

Alan Jackson

Who I Am

1994

I work a forty hour week and I earn my keep
And I try to walk proud and tall
I keep my nose to the grind, I don't get behind
And I don't back up

her sugar daddy bought her this time last week, yeah
Ain't it funny oh the world we live in
But I'ma still work hard, I'ma earn my keep
And I ain't even

Free is all I wanna be
Save a lil portion for emergencies
A part of all I earn I keep
And no returns comin' from me
Watch ya own pockets, keep your

Regulate [Destructo & Wax Motif Remix]

Warren G

Regulate...G Funk Era

1994

the steel
If you know what I mean, earn your keep
(Regulators)

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon
Warren G. is on the streets, tryin'

and it's stuck
So when they run
We don't tuck
We was smoking ducks
Till our fingers burn
We don't wait
We earn
I keep some bad
Like side burns
My flow

befriending me?
Hit you with headshots like you was Kennedy
What did you learn, how much you earn
I keep these rappers ashes in a urn
Flying too close and you

This is a pattern that I've learnt
Another lost is another one yet to earn
I keep filling voids inside my heart
With guys who will tear me apart
Can't do

It's 4 o'clock on Friday
And it's my turn
To rant about my boss and
How much I didn't earn
I keep on treading water
Fighting to float
Then when I

I only get what I earn
I keep thinking negative and its starting to hurt
Bad things that you say about me
Bro I said it first
Wasting all my time

looking for no handouts I'll earn my keep
Grind everyday won't get up off my feet

I've been through the fire, I've felt the burn
But I won't let it, time

Please don't leave,
I'm much too tired to earn ones keep - oh why, why, why...

Rise and fall
My head can't seem to take it anymore
Oh why, why, why

Benjimans
Yeah, I earn 'em
Yeah, I earn 'em
That money keep on comin' in and comin' in and comin'
That money keep on comin' in and comin' in and comin'

Grinder

Big Black

The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape

1987

A man is known by his tools
I earn my keep with my tools
Fools, you fools, you fools, you fools
You will not touch my tools
I want to know what

I earn my keep with urgency, assuredly
The nerve of these people; you're see-through, I'll never be you
Not quite through, I'm nothing like you and I

buttons
None stop all night
I just been working
Talking down on me
Should be a disservice
I don't get my cash
Lil' bitch I earn it
Gotta keep cooking
Cause

feelings & thoughts
Every time I take those steps;
I gotta earn my keep to talk,
So I don't come off in-jest.

'cause she just keeps wandering
My mind when I

Huh baby tell me is your homie better than me?
His music never getting played like a 4th 5th string
He'll never earn his Spot if I
Keep flowing like

everything I hate
You should have been aborted, the world's biggest mistake
Don't think you're gonna get anything from me
I earn my fucking keep
Cocksmoker
Mom