Hard Time Hustlin

We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin'

We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin'

We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin'

We hard time, hard time hustlin'

Mama been laid off

She ain't workin no mo'

Papa been laid off

He say things done got slow

My brother's been laid off

He been locked down for more than two years now

Ooh, can't get a job

Really can't get a job

They gotta listen to the blues

Help them to strive

Help them to move on

Help them to have some future

Help them to live long

Help them to live life

Help them to smile

Don't let them stay home

And listen to the blues

My world is crumblin', times is hard, they were before, but oh my god

Mama mad at pops ''cause he ain't workin, but today she lost her job

Now what in the fuck is we suppose to do? We on our last loaf of bread

Got cereal, but no milk, Kool-Aid, no sugar, what the hell?

And here come Mr. Billcollector beatin' down our door for dough

Mama say when they come knockin'

Y'all don't say nothin' (Shhh) get on the floor

Kind of hard to see at night in a house when it ain't got no lights and shit

No gas or water, had to borrow H2O from my relative

Man, it feels like I ain't even here

I'm ready to get up and get all my own, but I got three more fuckin' years

**** 15, with a big dream to make it on out this ghetto

But the devil won't settle, fuckin' up my levels he won't let go

I'm livin' to die, it seems I just can't win

Now I'm high, but I'm stoppin' to realize I drunk this whole fifth of Gin

(**** damn!) I'm 17 and drinkin' like I'm grown up

I got some problems, plus I need some money

And it's really all because

Mama been laid off

She ain't workin no mo'

Papa been laid off

He say things done got slow

My brother's been laid off

He been locked down for more than two years now

Don't let them lose

We gotta give them a chance

It's gonna come back on everyone

If we don't make them dance

Don't let them stay home

And listen to the blues

It's nothing sacred

Leaving hatred

(Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)

We have to face it

No one can take it

I feel your pain

Juvenile **** done strugglin', hustlin', strugglin' like I want it

Then fuck school, right now I'm hungry, and I can't eat that damn diploma

But on this corner I can eat everyday, all I gotta do is slang this yay

****, if business keep going this way

Me and my family is fin to be straight

I'm glad I took that fifty dollars that grandma gave me

Bought me a double up, now it's all about comin up

I'ma pay ya back next week, repeat

Took my ass straight to the block with hand full of rocks, y'all

And it's my first time I'm lowin', watchin for cop cars

By the end of the night a **** sold all the rocks

I'm trippin' out lookin' at all the dough I got

I shoulda been came a sold the block and locked it

Made me some profits, so ****, tonight my people gonna be eatin' on lobster

Hate to say it, but I think these streets done really created a monster

'Cause now that I see how quick I can come about breakin' the law

Why in the hell is you steady tellin' me to go and get a job?

Fuck that, **** this my thing right now I know

I'm walkin' home happy, smilin', and I ain't even thinkin' about

Mama been laid off

She ain't workin no mo'

Papa been laid off

He say things done got slow

My brother's been laid off

He been locked down for more than two years now

Mama been laid off

She ain't workin no mo'

Papa been laid off

He say things done got slow

My brother's been laid off

He been locked down for more than two years now

Help them to strive

Help them to move on

Help them to have some future

Help them to live long

Help them to live life

Help them to smile

Don't let them stay home

And listen to the blues

Business was boomin' so a **** assuming I could do some improving

Like new jewels, clothes, shoes, Cadillac Coupe, I'm out here doin' it

Got me a cold ass broad, and that's something I never had

But I'm never mad 'cause I done snagged one bad one with my young ass

Once I turned 18 it was on

But my brother started writing home, tellin' me to leave this shit alone

I say, what? ****, he don't know that I'm too deep in this

I'm livin' and breathin' the street shit

And if I don't play the crook, you ain't gonna have shit on your books, look

Gimme a minute, I'll chill in a minute I promise I will

As soon as I finished this last load

I'ma drop the dice after this last roll

Little did he know, I got no intentions on leavin' this shit here

I'm finna get rich here

When you get out, you'll have some shit here if you still care

Made enough money to move my moms and pops to a new pad

They was suspicious, but they ain't trippin

'Cause this more shit than we ever had

But shit went bad, 6 in the morning

Crashing through my door was the Feds

And they want that bread, we want you, and I'm like ooh (Shit)

Shoulda listened to my brother, huh?

But I'm like fuck it now

Mama got to buggin' out when them po po got to cuffin' pops

Now I'm in the courtroom when that asked me how I plea

I tell the judge straight up, I've been havin' problems and it's all because

Mama been laid off

She ain't workin no mo'

Papa been laid off

He say things done got slow

My brother's been laid off

He been locked down for more than two years now

Mama been laid off

She ain't workin no mo'

Papa been laid off

He say things done got slow

My brother's been laid off

He been locked down for more than two years now

One day we're gonna wake up

Ghettos all around

All over, my friends

Have you ever seen a man break down?

Do you know how that feels

To walk the street

With your head held high?

(With your head held high)

All over, have mercy

Do you ever seen a man break down?

It's nothing sacred

Leaving hatred

We have to face it

No one can take it

I feel your pain

Do you ever seen a man break down?