[00:00.00][Intro: Jimmy Iovine]
[00:06.19]Fear, fear's a powerful thing.
[00:09.35]I mean it's got a lot of firepower.
[00:12.88]If you can figure out a way to wrestle that fear to push you from behind
[00:19.17]rather than to stand in front of you, that's very powerful.
[00:24.90]I always felt that I had to work harder than the next guy,
[00:29.79]just to do as well as the next guy.
[00:32.70]And to do better than the next guy,
[00:34.36]I had to just kill. And you know,
[00:38.29]to a certain extent,
[00:39.80]that's still with me in how I work,
[00:42.02]you know, I just... go in
[00:43.17]
[00:43.37][Verse 1: Anderson .Paak]
[00:47.05]Sittin' 'bout a hundred stories up, like what the ***********?
[00:50.67]And I'm just lookin' at it all
[00:52.59]I'll be right here in Los Angeles
[00:55.66]Lookin' like a villain layin' low
[00:58.68]Nothin' I can do but pack it all up
[01:00.89]Goin' up, but ***********t, I feel the love
[01:04.07]Spotlight on me and I'm feelin' so rare tonight
[01:07.44]Actin' a fool and feelin' alive
[01:09.65]I'm ***********' flawless like I live in a vault
[01:12.68]Only type of livin' I know
[01:13.33]
[01:13.88][Interlude: Anderson .Paak + Dr. Dre]
[01:17.75]See if it was you you would've killed yourself by now
[01:20.33]It takes a special kind of *********a to live like this
[01:26.21]And they ask me how I do it
[01:28.14]*********a just take a look around
[01:30.45]Best believe I'm in the buildin' I hear you *********as talkin' and all that but uh
[01:37.41]No, no don't mention me at all
[01:38.97]Yeah comin' live and direct
[01:41.60]And I know you feelin' some type of way about it, but uh
[01:43.25]Watch your mouth, I dare your ass to say somethin'
[01:45.83]I thought it was all good
[01:47.23]But now you *********as crossed the line
[01:49.45]Kinda pissin' me off
[01:51.00]All the fans and all the fame, and though I gave everything to this game
[01:54.03]They still complain
[01:55.85]Now what the *********** do y'all expect me to do?
[01:58.56]There's so much ***********' pressure
[02:00.41]There's all this pressure
[02:01.97]And it's all in a day's work
[02:02.52]
[02:02.92][Bridge 2: Marsha Ambrosius]
[02:11.21]Work, hard
[02:12.52]Workin' so hard
[02:14.39]24/7, 3-6-5
[02:16.70]365, hard work
[02:19.07]It's all in a day's work
[02:20.17]
[02:20.72][Verse 2: Dr. Dre + Anderson .Paak]
[02:26.32]My whole life all I ever thought about was grindin'
[02:28.29]Even though my surroundings only showed me crime and violence
[02:31.21]That was back when a rapper needed guns way more than a stylus
[02:34.07]And that was back when I felt like rappers was true *********in' riders
[02:37.04]Or even back in the day when I was a ***********' youngster
[02:39.91]***********t I was still sayin', "*********** the police"
[02:42.12]Born and raised in the belly of the beast
[02:46.00]I had a dream that we was at peace
[02:49.07]But I was so wrong.. so wrong
[02:50.38]Y'all too wrapped up in the bull***********t and bias
[02:52.54]Now reality TV talks about pulpits and choirs
[02:55.26]Some of these hoes give less than a *********** when they runnin' their life story by us
[02:58.08]It's the worst when I'm in a hotel, like a Hilton sick and tired
[03:01.15]Some of these housewives way too ***********' desperate
[03:03.87]These *********** thinkin' fame first
[03:05.43]I can't knock the hustle, it's all in a day's work
[03:09.11]But that's that ***********t with potential to make the game worse
[03:11.27]***********t it's just somethin' about that Hollywood curse
[03:14.03]They just thirst
[03:14.39]
[03:14.79][Hook: Anderson .Paak]
[03:15.20]Hard times
[03:16.04]I'm on my grind, *********** the part-time
[03:18.16]Stay ready for war, I'm on the front line
[03:20.94]I'm gettin' the feelin' like it's all mine
[03:23.91]It's becoming the only feeling I know
[03:27.59]Only type of livin' I know
[03:29.96]Only type of livin' I know
[03:32.92]Only type of livin' I know
[03:36.19]Only type of livin' I know
[03:36.59]
[03:37.51][Interlude]
[03:51.45]Gonna go to work
[03:52.51]We gotta work
[03:53.52]We gotta work
[03:57.09]Let's get back to work
[03:59.66]On the grind, back to work
[04:02.18]
[04:02.83][Outro: Dr. Dre]
[04:03.13]Let's work
[04:04.04]Rich as ***********, but, guess what, I'm back to work
[04:05.74]Overseas, back home, no time to sleep, I'm back to work
[04:08.62]So many people that I love, they want my time but I got to work
[04:11.54]Some of my friends don't understand I got to work
[04:14.56]Always talkin' 'bout bustin' the club but I'm like, "*********** that I gotta work"
[04:17.43]If you really wanna do it like this, ***********t you better get back to work
[04:20.54]Back to work
[04:22.81]Right back to work
[04:24.03]Gotta get back to work
[04:25.39]***********t, right back to work

Fear, fear's a powerful thing.
I mean it's got a lot of firepower.
If you can figure out a way to wrestle that fear to push you from behind
rather than to stand in front of you, that's very powerful.
I always felt that I had to work harder than the next guy,
just to do as well as the next guy.
And to do better than the next guy,
I had to just kill. And you know,
to a certain extent,
that's still with me in how I work,
you know, I just... go in

Sittin' 'bout a hundred stories up, like what the ***********?
And I'm just lookin' at it all
I'll be right here in Los Angeles
Lookin' like a villain layin' low
Nothin' I can do but pack it all up
Goin' up, but ***********t, I feel the love
Spotlight on me and I'm feelin' so rare tonight
Actin' a fool and feelin' alive
I'm ***********' flawless like I live in a vault
Only type of livin' I know

See if it was you you would've killed yourself by now
It takes a special kind of *********a to live like this
And they ask me how I do it
*********a just take a look around
Best believe I'm in the buildin' I hear you *********as talkin' and all that but uh
No, no don't mention me at all
Yeah comin' live and direct
And I know you feelin' some type of way about it, but uh
Watch your mouth, I dare your ass to say somethin'
I thought it was all good
But now you *********as crossed the line
Kinda pissin' me off
All the fans and all the fame, and though I gave everything to this game
They still complain
Now what the *********** do y'all expect me to do?
There's so much ***********' pressure
There's all this pressure
And it's all in a day's work

Work, hard
Workin' so hard
24/7, 3-6-5
365, hard work
It's all in a day's work

My whole life all I ever thought about was grindin'
Even though my surroundings only showed me crime and violence
That was back when a rapper needed guns way more than a stylus
And that was back when I felt like rappers was true *********in' riders
Or even back in the day when I was a ***********' youngster
***********t I was still sayin', "*********** the police"
Born and raised in the belly of the beast
I had a dream that we was at peace
But I was so wrong.. so wrong
Y'all too wrapped up in the bull***********t and bias
Now reality TV talks about pulpits and choirs
Some of these hoes give less than a *********** when they runnin' their life story by us
It's the worst when I'm in a hotel, like a Hilton sick and tired
Some of these housewives way too ***********' desperate
These *********** thinkin' fame first
I can't knock the hustle, it's all in a day's work
But that's that ***********t with potential to make the game worse
***********t it's just somethin' about that Hollywood curse
They just thirst

Hard times
I'm on my grind, *********** the part-time
Stay ready for war, I'm on the front line
I'm gettin' the feelin' like it's all mine
It's becoming the only feeling I know
Only type of livin' I know
Only type of livin' I know
Only type of livin' I know
Only type of livin' I know

Gonna go to work
We gotta work
We gotta work
Let's get back to work
On the grind, back to work

Let's work
Rich as ***********, but, guess what, I'm back to work
Overseas, back home, no time to sleep, I'm back to work
So many people that I love, they want my time but I got to work
Some of my friends don't understand I got to work
Always talkin' 'bout bustin' the club but I'm like, "*********** that I gotta work"
If you really wanna do it like this, ***********t you better get back to work
Back to work
Right back to work
Gotta get back to work
***********t, right back to work