## Metadata
**Caption:** hip-hop, alt-rap, jazzy sample, smooth groove, 94 BPM, duet vocal
**BPM:** 94
**Duration:** 170.0s
**Key:** E minor
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
Started with nothin' but a notebook and a plan
Turned a corner dream into a workin' man's stand
Every dollar counted, every hour put in
Built it from the ground when the odds said I'd lose again
No handout, no favor, just the grind and the will
Climbed up from the bottom, still climbin' still
Watch me stack it brick by brick, floor by floor
This the kind of hustle that they can't ignore

[chorus]
Can't knock the hustle when you see me rise
Built my own empire right before your eyes
Started from the block, now I'm runnin' the game
Can't knock the hustle, can't erase the name

[verse]
Late night countin' up the work that I put in
Early morning back at it, never quit again
They said stay in your lane, said know your place
I switched up the whole game, changed my own pace
Now the young ones watchin', learnin' from the moves
Show 'em how persistence is the thing that proves
You don't need permission to go and get your own
Plant your flag up high and build your own throne

[chorus]
Can't knock the hustle when you see me rise
Built my own empire right before your eyes
Started from the block, now I'm runnin' the game
Can't knock the hustle, can't erase the name

[bridge]
From the bottom floor to the corner suite
Every step I took was a step complete
No shortcut taken, just the work and the time
Now the whole story rings out in the rhyme

[chorus]
Can't knock the hustle when you see me rise
Built my own empire right before your eyes
Started from the block, now I'm runnin' the game
Can't knock the hustle, can't erase the name