Hard Times (feat. Black Thought)

Yeah, yeah

Ooh, oh

So many hard times

Yeah, yeah

Mm, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey

Cold, cold eyes, upon me they stare

People all around me and they're all in fear

They don't seem to want me, but they won't admit

I must be some kinda creature up here having fits

From my party house, I'm afraid to come outside

Although I'm filled with love, I'm afraid they'll hurt my pride

So I play the part I feel they want of me

And I pull the shades, so I don't see them seein' me

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Yeah, yeah, yeah

At my party house, I feel like meetin' others

Familiar faces, creed, race, a brother

But to my surprise I find a man corrupt

Although he be my brother, he wants to hold me up

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Check it out

Seventeen years and counting

Tryna climb up the rough side of the mountain

Friends warned me I'ma have to do it without them

No problem, really, it was never about them

So my house, I never come out from

'Cause every day a drought if the shadow of doubt come

I'm down to do whatever if it betters my outcome

This city's like the Audubon Ballroom, waitin' on Malcolm

'Cause people wanna see my blood flow like fountains

I got nowhere to go and still feel like bouncin'

I'm lookin' for the closest window I can route from

Or for the highest speaker-box that I can shout from

And I'm hopin' to feel like something is real

But it's no hope when you are but a spoke in a wheel

A brick in the wall, tryna find an opening still

Havin' hard times, tryna climb over the hill

Yeah, so many hard times, yeah, yeah

Sleepin' on motel floors, yeah, yeah

Knockin' on my brother's door

Eatin' Spam, Oreos

Drinkin' Thunderbird baby, yeah

(Hard times) In this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Havin' hard times in this crazy town

Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found

Yeah, yeah, ay yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, mm yeah

Yeah

So many hard times, yeah, yeah

Sleepin' on motel floors, yeah, yeah

Knockin' on my brother's door

Eatin' Spam, Oreos

Drinkin' Thunderbird, baby, oh yeah

I don't wanna do it no more

No, no, no, no, no

I don't wanna go back there no more

No, oh, oh, oh

I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna