[Mack 10] 
This song is dedicated 
to all the up and coming rappers singers hustlers actors 
Whatever you may be remember: 
without no struggle you get no progress 
So keep grindin keep on mashin get yours 

Chorus: Gerald Levert 

You're nothin far from comin up (keep on) 
Money's just a touch away (keep on) 
So keep on grindin don't give it up (keep on) 
There'll always be another day (keep on) 

[Mack 10] 
And now I'm sittin at the pad, teary eyed and depressed 
Starvin and sufferin from mental stress 
Now a true center to the game of beginner 
but hard to feel like a winner when you eat spreads for dinner 
Hit the streets late night in the form of star mushin 
On the 211 mission just to pay tuition 
For my kids I got to grind and develop street saavy 
Servin stress cause I just ain't got enough to cop cavi 
But I can't stop, I won't stop, til I got it made 
Either build my clientele, get a job or learn a trade 
like hip-hop, and make enough to live good forever 
So I learned to write the rhymes and get my metaphors together 
Then I joined a rap crew, with the homies on my street 
Sellin underground tapes out the local swap meet 
Gettin tighter on the mic, as I worked day to day 
So now I lay down at night, and I hear voices say, "Mack" 

Chorus 

[Mack 10] 
Now I'm new to the scene, H as in Hard, N as in Nympho 
So like EPMD, could you _Please Listen to My Demo?_ 
I left the local crew, felt like I was the man 
In popular demand and now ready for SoundScan 
So I searched for a deal with no luck I kept rappin 
Felt like it would take a miracle to make it all happen 
Marble said it was a test, "Mack don't do nuttin wrong! 
Just have faith in God and keep your hustle goin strong 
Stay hongry, keep writin, don't quit you're too close 
Remember good things come to those who want it most" 
So I never left the house, without my rap book 
Thought I found a new crew but eventually got shook 
First they said I was cool, but then started to doubt me 
Put me on the backburner and just forgot all about me 
Partna said I wasn't fresh, and sent me on my way, but you know what? 
As I was leavin, I could hear voices say, "Mack" 

Chorus 

[Mack 10] 
Now the tables turned, but I remember they used to clown me 
The hard work paid off, and luck finally found me 
So call every publication, Billboard and the editor 
and tell em Mack's being signed by dude workin on _The Predator_ 
I got the Midas touch, now everything be the bomb 
Hooked up with The Don, now made a few mill-ion 
I don't bang I write the good rhymes, you know about mines 
Man I'm the tightest MC, Ice Cube ever signed 
Now if ain't the radio, it's a video shoot 
Livin life in the limelight, with a bank full of loot 
Now my crew is solid, shook the haters and the leeches 
Runnin full court at my house with our girls on the beaches 
Plus the violence is ceased, no more bi-coastal beef 
Cause now I get down with the North South and the East 
I reminisce on hard times, seem like yesterday, but now 
Hoo Bangin' is official and I remember they used to say, "Mack" 

Chorus 

[Levert] Money's just a touch, just a simple touch 
Money's just a touch away.. 
Money's just a touch, just a simple touch 
Money's just a touch away.. 

[Mack 10] Man I knew I was gonna make it, but they didn't believe me 
YaknowhatI'msayin? Clowned me -- gon' be a rapper, what? 
Hahahaha