You know, you've got this fantasy in your head about   Gettin' outta the life and settin' the corporate world on its ear   What the fuck you gonna do except hustle?   Besides pimpin', you really ain't got the stomach for that      The game's fucked up   Nigga's beats is bangin', nigga, your hooks did it   Your lyrics did and your gangster look did it   So I would write it if y'all could get it   Bein' intricate'll get you wood   Critic on the Internet, they like, ?You should spit it?      I'm like, "You should buy it, nigga, that's good business"   Forget this rap shit, I need a new hustle   A little bit of everything, the new improved Russell   I say that reluctantly 'cause I do struggle   As you see, I can't leave, so I do love you      But I'm just a hustler disguised as a rapper   In fact you can't fit this hustle inside of a wrapper   Back when crack was what these pills are, I was a real star   Complete with real cars, no video ones   You can come and set up a camera, let the video run      And my real life, complete with real ice   VVS boulders, oh, they're visibly set   Head and shoulders, my invisible neck   You see Hova wasn't digital yet      Befo' Steve Jobs made the iPod   Was gettin' head jobs, we call that intimate   Back when rappers wouldn't dare play lyrical roulette   With a automatic weapon, I was reppin' with a tec      Fresh like Mannie be, chain like anti-freeze   Shoe box full of cash, dealer man, hand me ki's   Pantries full of Arm & Hammer   Don't take Nancy Drew to see what it do? I'm a damn G      Just sent a million dollars through a handsfree   That's big money talk, can you answer me?   Before the answer was a 3   I was down in Georgetown with a Hoya chick, lawyer chick      Sure he's rich now 'cause he saw the shit, all this shit   That's why they call him Hov 'cause he came before all this shit   Bought a 6, quarter seven, skipped on them quarter eights   Bought a 9 for non-stop glock work all the time      Guess who's back?   Since this is a new era, got a fresh new hat   Ten year veteran, I've been set   I've been through with this bullshit game but I never can      I used to think rappin' at 38 was ill   But last year alone I grossed 38 mill'   I know I ain't quite 38 but still   The flow so special, got a 38 feel   The real is back