Hard Life

(album: I Got That Work - 2000)

[Baby]
For sure, lil' one
I know what you're going through to shine
Niggas pulling off all type of shit
But, look: if you don't know what you're doing,
you'd better catch the sideline
Catch the sideline

Nigga, the block look the same it's just crack and cocaine
Niggas losing but we still maintaining
Living life like a penitentiary with a ki in my hand
Knocking project bricks
Flipping chickens, and moving out quick
Hard-hustling 'cause we love slinging this white shit
S.S., Monte Carlo's, hard-tops we love that shit
'Bout two-hundred thugs with this clique
We multiply everyday for the bullshit
For the hood shit
Burned down buildin's ain't no good, slick
Niggas pulling auctions on they own cars to get money quick
Then we dipping and dabbing
Going back to the labbing
Lil' niggas paying me for cooking they slabbing
Cook a brick and make it out a brick-and-halfing
Charging them young g's ten G's for cooking they slabs
Say, lil' wodie, I gots to have it

[Hook 4x (Juvenile)]
It's a hard life we living they 'bout they drama
We earn stripes from killing attack like piranhas

[Lil' Wayne]
Look
Look
On the streets it ain't sweet
They be (?)
It's not a game, homeboy this ain't the NFL
Him just (?) from ripping with the mid-deck twelve
Hit the block in twin-SL's, and spit at gals
You get that, pal?
Once it's war, nigga, skip town
'Cause if I don't do it, be swimming with fish, clown
Now, crack a whole chick down, sell it in quarters
If the drama happen to hit town, I'm 'napping your daughter
If the broad try to flip out, I'm cutting her water
If your boys try to help out, I'm killing they fathers
When and wherever
What and however you bring it good
I'll have your mom singing "Hmmm hmm hmmm"
Cause nowadays lot of niggas got coward ways
So I ride with K's to knock off the side of heads
But I'm trying to stay man, I'm trying to stay focused
What I'm trying to say we gon' bust it wide open!

[Hook 4x (Juvenile)]

[Mannie Fresh]
What
What
Pimps, playas, riders, rollers, hustlers
Gangstas, thugs, criminal motherfuckers
Hit it, quit it, fuck it, leave it, flee
No evidence at your residence that's me
Black, ugly, mean, sheisty bastard
Preachers and teachers saying, "I'm surprised you lasted."
Guns, drugs, bitches hot sex
Weed, crack, heroin what's next?
Feds, cops, killers politicians
Hookers, hoes, (?) all on missions
Crooks, mayors, presidents, and leaders
N-double-A-CP, rednecks, and meat beaters
Mommas, baby-mommas, aunties and cousins
Scatter sites, knocked-out lights, projects by the dump
And cars, broads, murders ghetto life
I went through all that shit
for platinum ringers and a little bit of ice

[Hook 4x (Juvenile)]

[Juvenile]
I've been blessed
I thank the Lord everyday
for getting me from 'round these devils in these dark hallways
How the fuck you gonna help me when I don't care?
Niggas see me front it all they just look and stare
And talk about how it should be and how it could be
Bentley in my basement ain't nobody understood me
Take care of your people like you take care of your kids
'Cause money ain't shit when you don't know how to live
And niggas gon' pretend to be your friend when they ain't
You expect 'em to be there until the end, but they can't
Now, how many of you can say you're a real nigga?
Play the Prowler, but scared to go in the field with ya
You gon' know your nigga he gon' be there, still with ya
Whether if it's talking or slinging the steal with ya
Don't answer nobody questions
Gotta turn to the Lord with a confession

[Hook 4x (Juvenile)]
It's a hard life we living 'cause they 'bout they drama
We earn stripes from killing attack like piranhas