Hustle Like Me

They call you corporate?

Well then so am I

You’re that same guy I saw pass by

And cut your eyes in my direction

Like I was some kind of menace

But we’re both lawless

I run my world from where you wouldn’t dare

You run yours from that big corner office

Same hustle

Different size slice cut from the same seedy pie

The only real difference?

You run your sins from a hundred floors high

But you hustle just like me

Mr. White Collar critic

I may openly live it

But just like me

You push your product towards the weak and impulsive

So like it or not you’ve been right in it

Just like me

Supply and demand

Different trade, same plan

We target the same clientele

That same vulnerable man

Cause’ once that money changes hands

We both have no shame

All green money spends the same

You got your stocks, insider trade

I got my rocks

We’re both self made

You got your inside sources turned state’s witness

I employ the young and ambitious

Sometimes they slip up

And they to become snitches

So the flavor in your greed taste just like mine

Two people who at the end of the day

Pull up their britches in the same way

One crooked leg at a time

Man, you hustle just like me

You got your “just in case” insurance

Stashed off shore, to be dispensed upon request

You launder

I make threats

Eventually,

What both of us want both of us gets

You keep a tight circle

I keep one to

But mine’s called a crew

In any case it keeps us less nervous

But they serve the same damn purpose

They help us sleep while our money stays in service

What I sell makes people believe they can fly

So yes,

My trade is predicated on a lie

But I guess

Your trade is just as cleverly disguised

You see

It’s just that your lies are forgiven by less judgmental eyes

But both our business models have destroyed innocent lives

So in essence

When you stare at me

It’s like a mirrored view into your own scandal clad eyes

You know why?

Cause’ you hustle

Just like me

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