When you're a hustler there is one thing you should know You have to hustle every day When you're a hustler there's no time to take it slow Gather ye suckers while ye may Monday you're hot Tuesday you're not And that's the reason why they say You gotta use what got To get what you want Before what you got is gone You gotta reach for that ring While you're on that ride How long does that ride go on? You gotta learn every dance Return every glance While you have the chance to score You gotta use what you got (use) To get what you want (to get what you want) Before you ain't got no more (no more, no more) Your clock starts running on the day that you are born It just keeps tick-tick-ticking on ♪ There's only so much time to blow your little horn Before your time has come and gone ♪ Wednesday you're new (Wednesday you're new) Thursday you're through (Thursday you're through) It happens sooner than you know (it happens sooner than you know) That gravy train gets mighty slow (that gravy train gets mighty slow) So as I told you (a moment ago) You gotta think number one (number one) Be loyal to none (none) If you want your sun to shine You gotta pick up a knack (pick a knack) To stab in the back (the back) As long as the back ain't mine You gotta use every friend As a means to an end Ain't that what a friend is for? You gotta use what you got use To get what you want (to get what you want) So take my advice From this moment on Remember to use what you got (remember to use what you got) To get everything that you want (to get everything that you want) Before what you got Use what you got, to get what you want Use what you got, to get what you want Before what you got (before what you got is gone) What you got is gone