Hard Times Don't Last

(album: Ballin Ain't A Crime 2 - 2020)

Yeah
Sunup to sundown (Helluva made this beat, baby)
On my motherfucking grind

Hard times don't last forever (Nah)
But a real nigga gon' last forever (Forever)
Stay on your grind 'til times get better (Yeah)
Stay on your grind and shine, my nigga (Uh)
Them hard times made a man out me (Made a man out me)
When I was broke, it made a man out me (Had to man up)
Sleeping on the floor, it made a man out me (Yeah)
When I ain't have shit, it made a man out me

Them hard times made a man out me
Now it ain't shit that they could say about me
Niggas laughed when I ain't have shit
But I stayed down and leveled up on every aspect
I'm a stand-up nigga to the grave, homie
Keep your mouth shut and get paid
Ever been indicted? Ever been inside a raid?
You ever lost a nigga that you be with every day?
That shit crazy
But I couldn't let it break a nigga
Shit don't happen overnight, it might take a minute
See you in the rust or shine, nigga, wait a minute
Feds giving niggas football digits, don't get it twisted
Used to chop crack with a safety pin
Selling three for twenty-fives, getting paper in
Miss me with the bulllshit 'cause my patience thin
Granny said, "If you gon' play the game, play to win," nigga, yeah

Hard times don't last forever (Nah)
But a real nigga gon' last forever (Forever)
Stay on your grind 'til times get better (Yeah)
Stay on your grind and shine, my nigga (Uh)
Them hard times made a man out me (Made a man out me)
When I was broke, it made a man out me (Had to man up)
Sleeping on the floor, it made a man out me (Yeah)
When I ain't have shit, it made a man out me

Thinking back on it, I might shed tears
When my nigga see the streets again, he gon' have grandkids
My co-D finna took a plea for nine years
When my dog went to see the board, they told him try again
Gucci shades on, tryna hide the pain
So don't nobody see me, I cry in the rain
This shit'll never be the same
When they killed Soda for the watch, I bought a diamond chain
Somebody said I got death on me
Thirty pointers in the cross got me blessed, don't it?
My nigga took his last breath on me
Got me scared to take a shit without that strap on me, uh

Hard times don't last forever (Nah)
But a real nigga gon' last forever (Forever)
Stay on your grind 'til times get better (Yeah)
Stay on your grind and shine, my nigga (Uh)
Them hard times made a man out me (Made a man out me)
When I was broke, it made a man out me (Had to man up)
Sleeping on the floor, it made a man out me (Yeah)
When I ain't have shit, it made a man out me