Tales From The Hard Side

(album: State Of The World Address - 1994)

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
Pissing down your leg, you're a victim of carjack
Feel the cold steel as I pull the hammer back
Bang! You're fucking 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 with an L

Society pushed him down and out
Soul provider what's it all about?
Religion, faith can we do without?
Social pressures 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 pressures we're too strung out