Hard Time Hustlin’

Lyrics

[Intro: Krayzie] We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin' We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin' We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin' We hard time, hard time hustlin', hustlin' [Hook: Sade and Krayzie Bone] [Sade] Mama been laid off [Krayzie] She ain't working no mo' [Sade] Papa been laid off [Krayzie] He say things done got slow [Sade] My brother's been laid off [Krayzie] He been locked down [Both] For more than two years now [Verse 1: Krayzie Bone] My world is crumbling, times is hard they were before, but oh my god! Mama mad at pops cause he ain't working But today she lost her job Now what in the fuck is we suppose to do? We on our last loaf of bread Got cereal, but no milk, Kool-Aid, no sugar, what the hell? And here come Mr. Bill Collector beating down our door for dough Mama say "When they come knockin Y'all don't say nothing, (shhh) get on the floor" Kind of hard to see at night in a house when it ain't got no lights and shit No gas or water, had to borrow H2O from my relative Man, it feels like I ain't even here I'm ready to get up and get all my own, but I got three more fuckin years Nigga 15, with a big dream to make it on out this ghetto But the devil won't settle, fuckin up my levels he won't let go I'm living to die it seems I just can't win Now I'm high, but I'm stopping to realize I drunk this whole fifth of Gin (Nigga damn!) I'm 17 and drinking like I'm grown up I got some problems, plus I need some money And it's really all because... [Hook: Sade and Krayzie Bone] [Sade] Mama been laid off [Krayzie] She ain't working no mo' [Sade] Papa been laid off [Krayzie] He say things done got slow [Sade] My brother's been laid off [Krayzie] He been locked down [Both] For more than two years now [Verse 2: Krayzie Bone] Juvenile nigga done struggling, hustling, struggling like I want it Then fuck school, right now I'm hungry, and I can't eat that damn diploma But on this corner I can eat every day, all I gotta do is slang this yay Nigga, If business keep going this way me and my family is fin to be straight I'm glad I took that fifty dollars that grandma gave me Bought me a double up, now it's all about coming up "I'ma pay ya back next week" Repeat, took my ass straight to the block with a hand full of rocks, y'all And it's my first time I'm low in, watching for cop cars By the end of the night, a nigga sold all the rocks I'm tripping out lookin' at all the dough I got I shoulda been came a sold the block and locked it Made me some profits, so nigga tonight my people gonna be eating on lobster Hate to say it, but I think these streets done really created a monster Cause now that I see how quick I can come up by breaking the law Why in the hell is you steady tellin' me to go and get a job? Fuck that, nigga this my thing right now I know I'm walking home happy, smiling, and I ain't even thinking about... [Hook: Sade and Krayzie Bone] [Sade] Mama been laid off [Krayzie] She ain't working no mo' [Sade] Papa been laid off [Krayzie] He say things done got slow [Sade] My brother's been laid off [Krayzie] He been locked down [Both] For more than two years now [Sade] Mama been laid off [Krayzie] She ain't working no mo' [Sade] Papa been laid off [Krayzie] He say things done got slow [Sade] My brother's been laid off [Krayzie] He been locked down [Both] For more than two years now [Verse 3: Krayzie Bone] Business was booming, so a nigga assuming I could do some improving Like new jewels, clothes, shoes, Cadillac coupe, I'm out here doing it Got me a cold ass broad, and that's something I never had But I'm never mad cause I done snagged one bad one with my young ass Once I turned 18 it was on But my brother started writing home, telling me to leave this shit alone I say "What?" nigga, he don't know that I'm too deep in this I'm living and breathing the street shit And if I don't play the crook, you ain't gonna have shit on your books, look "Gimme a minute, I'll chill in a minute I promise I will As soon as I finish this last load I'ma drop this dice after this last roll" Little did he know, I got no intentions on leaving this shit here I'm finna get rich here When you get out, you'll have some shit here if you still care Made enough money to move my moms and pops to a new pad They was suspicious, but they ain't tripping Cause this more shit than we ever had But shit went bad, 6 in the morning crashing through my door was the Feds And they want that bread, "We want you," and I'm like "Ooh!" (shit) Shoulda listened to my brother, huh? But I'm like fuck it now Mama got to bugging out when them popo got to cuffing pops Now I'm in the courtroom when they asked me how I plea I tell the Judge straight up, "I've been having problems and it's all because..." [Hook: Sade and Krayzie Bone] [Sade] Mama been laid off [Krayzie] She ain't working no mo' [Sade] Papa been laid off [Krayzie] He say things done got slow [Sade] My brother's been laid off [Krayzie] He been locked down [Both] For more than two years now