The Grind

Rise and shine and walk
Rise and shine and grind
Roll out of bed and come here
Get your ass into gear
Get the flesh, forget the mind
Take your lumps and bumps to the Grind

Now, ain't you all so fine and smart?
That you can pick this place apart
Don't know what nothing is worth
I know you'll put on a skirt
To do your work the best you know
And if you work in the Grind
And if you shake your behind
Well, that's your work the best you know
Just look outside this place
At the lost, lost people
Who carry their hearts like a stone
Because they got no Grind of their own

Back to the Grind and then
Get through the Grind again
And if you're funny, you're good
Or if you're pretty, you're good
And if you're good, the Grind is fine
Gotta rise and shine for the Grind

You do the bit
You improve the bit
Then you do the bit again
You do the bit
Then they move the bit
Up a bit, back a bit
And then you do the new bit
And it ain't no better than the old one
But you get a laugh
And you know, by God, you sold one

Well, I do work your ways again
To help us do our work again
And Lord, we know this place ain't your favorite place
But we pray you won't pay us no mind
Just let us make our way
In the Grind

Rise and shine and grind
Rise and shine and grind
But if you're pretty, you're good
And if you're funny, you're good
So if the people are good
And if the money is good
We're gonna rise each morning
And shine each morning
And make our way
In the Grind