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[Intro] Are you Joe Grind? Yeah  Would  you like to come in? Yeah Where shall I start then? Some  people might not wanna hear this But  I'm gonna say it anyway innit? Fuck it I  ain't got no one else to speak to Lost my best friend So fuck it I'm gonna speak to the world innit? [Verse 1] Yeah  it's Jokester, some call me Joe Grizz I just thought I'd like to share with you how my life is 27th of the 1st' that's a Friday 1984 was the year' that was my [?] Given birth by' maiden name [?] Charles No crime, I was brought into the world with a smile Dad named me Marcus, mum named me Lloyd They was both happy I was a boy Last name Thompson' that's my dads name Marcus Lloyd Thompson, how it was arranged I knew dad at birth, because I was too small Left me in the incubator' but I turned out cool, no damage Couple months later, dad hidded out 'Cause mum found out that he slept about Mum got married, dad didn't settle down I got five brothers and three sisters now It's mad innit? [Chorus] This is how life is (This is how my life is) And I wonder why my life is like this (Struggling, hustling, moving on the hard knock life) [?] struggle (Why we got to lose the ones we love?) You're the only thing we know and love (I always ask so, why is the world so like this?) So why are we made to love if we have to let them go (I know I talk about the grind is deep, but that's just how it is on the streets, that's just how it is to survive) If we're gonna struggle and hurt so much, why are we brought alive? [?] my life so hard [Verse 2] In 1998, that's when everything changed I started growing locks, and my mum gave me a new name She called me Dreads but, I already had a tag Made it my first name, then I started acting bad Started with the streets 'cause I made some new friends Called ourselves Peckham Boys, but I can't blame them Didn't bunk school, thought I knew street Got to year 11, done school three days a week Year 2G, broke my virginity Couple days after, we lost Big Lee I remember big brother acting grim He just stayed locked up in his room for the whole day A year later, took a trip off to ends That's the night I lost my best friend, I still miss you Johnathon passed the following week [?] all rest in piece He should be here [Chorus] This is how life is (This is how my life is) And I wonder why my life is like this (Struggling, hustling, moving on the hard knock life) [?] struggle (Why we got to lose the ones we love?) You're the only thing we know and love (I always ask so, why is the world so like this?) So why are we made to love if we have to let them go (I know I talk about the grind is deep, but that's just how it is on the streets, that's just how it is to survive) If we're gonna struggle and hurt so much, why are we brought alive? [?] my life so hard [Verse 3] 2K3, that girl's fucked Man the first day of the year, I lost my auntie Ann She left behind a daughter and a son Now imagine growing up without a mum, that's fucked up After that life got shit Night of the second, Giggs got nicked on a gun charge Now I got left in the streets Then in April, I went jail for a week And if I weren't on the streets, I won't end up in a cell If I stick to the beef, I won't end up in jail Now I gotta find a new way to make papes So I met a couple artists, and now I'm selling mixtapes Crafty went jail, then I moved out of the ends Now I'm holding on, I don't keep friends Everyone's a snake October coming up, that's when my son lands Now I gotta be a man Have to ride for him [Chorus] This is how life is (This is how my life is) And I wonder why my life is like this (Struggling, hustling, moving on the hard knock life) [?] struggle (Why we got to lose the ones we love?) You're the only thing we know and love (I always ask so, why is the world so like this?) So why are we made to love if we have to let them go (I know I talk about the grind is deep, but that's just how it is on the streets, that's just how it is to survive) If we're gonna struggle and hurt so much, why are we brought alive? [?] my life so hard This is how life is (This is how my life is) And I wonder why my life is like this (Struggling, hustling, moving on the hard knock life) [?] struggle (Why we got to lose the ones we love?) You're the only thing we know and love (I always ask so, why is the world so like this?) So why are we made to love if we have to let them go (I know I talk about the grind is deep, but that's just how it is on the streets, that's just how it is to survive) If we're gonna struggle and hurt so much, why are we brought alive? [?] my life so hard