I'm still stuck inside the rubber room
 I gotta punch the clock that leads the blind
 I'm just another gear in the assembly line-oh no

 The noose gets tighter around my throat
 But I ain't at the end of my rope

 CHORUS
 'Cause I won't be the one left behind
 Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind
 Tear down the rat racial slime
 Can't be king of the world if you're slave to the grind.
 Get it?

 A routine injection, a lethal dose
 But my day in the sun ain't even close
 There's no need to waste your prayers on me
 You better mark my words 'cause I'm history.
 Yes indeed

 You might beg for mercy to get by
 But I'd rather tear this thorn from my side

 CHORUS
 They swallowed their daggers by turning their trick
 They tore my intentions apart brick by brick
 I'm sick of the jive
 You talk verbal insecticide

 CHORUS
 I said slave to the grind
 Slave to the grind
 Slave to the grind