Grit & Grin - Zach Sherwin

I’m about to freeze my face in a smile and spit for a while ventriloquist style

You’re about to see what hip-hop flowin' looks like when the mouth and the lips

stop goin'

And it’s true that initially it just seemed like a fun gimmick visually and

superficially

But when I chose a title and I thought about it more,

it became a metaphor that I wanted to explore…

Ready?

(Two, three, four.)

Grit and grin, grin and grit.

Gonna hold it just like this, not gonna quit Nor change anythin' in the chin

region

As I grin and grit, grit and grin.

And don’t you go thinkin' I recorded the track earlier and dropped it on in

Check out the throat — this is genuine and legit.

Grit and grin, grin and grit.

I got the skill to talk the ill talk.

With the grill stock still, I can still rock.

It’s a stunt no one has dared to try Since Kanye did it in «Through The Wire.»

And even though it looks fancy-free, in here it’s utter insanity.

Although you can’t see it underneath,

You can hear the diligent agility

And get the touch of the tongue on the teeth That’s right, The grin is a screen

that conceals what’s goin' on outta sight I try hard to get it to look easy,

So as not to decrease the crowd’s delight.

You don’t need to know how the

sausage gets ground,

Just dig it and enjoy as I kick it and get down It’s a cinch,

As far as the audience can tell

That’s entertainment in a nutshell.

It goes grin and grit, grit and grin.

Lotta action goin' on within

On the outside though it’s just the show and that’s it.

Grit and grin, grin and grit.

Ready?

Two, three, four.

Check it out y’all and be amazed please He’s making drum sounds with a

say-cheese freeze

Droppin' beats while beaming ear to ear.

Now here’s another grit-and-grin

meaning:

If grit is work, and grin joy, It means you gotta both grind AND enjoy.

And to push it just a little further

Each one needs some measure of the other.

Grit and grin means find some way to

rejoice in the struggle.

Flip it — Grin and grit: When you do stop to smell the roses,

Do so with the same gusto you bring to the hustle;

In other words grin grittily,

and when you grit, grit grinningly…

To VENT these thoughts while saying something REAL

And making party people go OH!

That’s the QUEST Vent, real, oh, quest.

VENTRILOQUIST!

Grin and grit, grit and grin.

The yang and the yin,

Light on the side that’s shadowed.

Shadow on the side that’s lit

Grit and grin, grin and grit

Dude’s killin' it, keen as a guillotine

This right here is Joshua Silverstein…

And I’m Zach Sherwin for the win.

Grit, and, grin.