Tales from the Hard Side

{As we look at the situation today I think the main concern that I have is The attitudes that are created among Many of our younger people, in which They tend to gratify and to make heroes Out of those who engage in criminal activities} Tales from the hard side Hard side Your cards were dealt when you drove through the night As a man in dark clothes came into your sight The barrel tapped the glass, you reached the window lock Get the fuck out the car and leave it in the crosswalk He climbed into your seat and dropped a vial of crack Pissin' down your leg, you're a victim of carjack Feel the cold steel as I pull the hammer back Bang, you're fuckin' dead 'cause it's like that Society pushed him down and out Soul provider, what's it all about Another bad hand the cards have been dealt Kid of fourteen, high aspirations held To get ahead and run shit with his powerful will Told by his role model, you're old enough to kill See my ride, my bitches and my loot If ya wanna survive be prepared to shoot Stay hard like me, you're bound to do well A waste of precious life, twenty five and an L Society pushed him down and out Soul provider, what's it all about Religion, faith, can we do without? Social pressure, we're too strung out Tales from the hard side Hard side Tales from the hard side Hard side Tales from the hard side Hard side Tales from the hard side Hard side Tales from the hard side Hard side Motherfucker I'll put a bullet in your head for the color of your skin This is my neighborhood, who the fuck let you in? I'll stick with mine, stay with your own kind The virus of hate infects the ignorant mind Society pushed him down and out Soul provider, what's it all about Religion, faith, can we do without? Social pressure, we're too strung out