I'm not a hustler, I just grind a lot. This song is Mercury's race against Big Brother watching. You have to keep one step ahead if you don't want to get caught!
lyrics
I'm on the move, I lose if I stop/
Cops on the cruise and the news on the watch/
It's half past two on the dot/
I'm late for my interview with Sliwa and Koch/
They wanna hear my views on the new-New York/
Will we ever scrape the heavens like before 9/11?/
Steady on the road to forgetting/
My past is behind me, west, about two more exits/
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bullet/
Spread like a butter knife, bread is influence/
Money, get it right/
You lost confusing the gas, and the light/
And a mop, and a broom/
And a task, and a duty/
I'm on the move, Illuminati pursuing me/
I'm in the movies/
I'm in the schools, I'm in the court rooms, Judy/
I'm in the food we eat, I'm in the loosies/
I'm in the Dutch, I'm in the Philly, anything you wanna touch/
You best believe I had my hand in it/
I could've ran with it/
I was a bad tenant, but/
I ain't paying rent, and I ain't getting evicted...
Chorus
I'm on the move, I'm on the move before they lock me and stop my groove/
I'm on the move, I'm on the move before they cock back and pop a nigga...
Speeding down the runway/
Send a helicopter to stop the plane/
I'm already sipping on champagne/
First-class treatment, never heard such warm greetings or slept in such clean sheets/
The ones that I threw away as old as Jesus/
Remind me of the days when I was a heathen/
I'm on the move, I lose if I stop/
Cops on the cruise and the news on the watch/
My ego is bruise so I soothe it with Scotch/
Out with the stewardess for cocktails and lobster/
I'm on the move to a brighter tomorrow/
Where there ain't no drama/
Please light my Menorah/
Won't be able to tell night from the morning/
But you still see me hyper as hell, never yawning/
Lord had his mercy on me/
So I'ma transform 360 degrees...
credits
from Higher Learning,
released August 31, 2006
Written by Terrence "Mercury" Harris for 3 O Clock High Music
Produced by James Armstead Brown for PeacePipe Productions
Emcee. Producer. Engineer. Educator. Liberator of misguided spirits. Traffic director for his own lane. Fame and fortune
deserter.
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