Thanks to jostmatt@bluewin.ch for these lyrics.

Nobody ever said life was gon' be easy
But damn..

[ VERSE 1 ]
Just a kid, moms died when I was seven
Pops died, eleven, what's up with heaven?
It's hell when you're an orphan at a early age
This impressionable stage, no love breeds rage
In the heart of a child who never knew his roots
Looked up to pimps and to hustlers in the eel-skin boots
Parkin Caddies on the sidewalk, gangsta talk
Truckin diamonds and gold
Rubberbands around the bankrolls
Fly girls to make your head spin
Seemed they partied all night long
I was like, "Put me on"
But they said, "Little fellow, run and go play
Take your butt to school or else you'll have to be like us one day"
I didn't understand, but I tried to get a job
While all the players got the girls cause they'd hustle and rob
I was like makin 'bout 1-50 a week
And after taxes, you know what that is - lunch meat

And I know I can be better than this
I gotta get me a car, man
I gotta get a girl

I know I can do it out there, man
I'm finna go for it, man
I gotta get some money
Word

[ VERSE 2 ]
Streets of anger, trouble and crime
I had it hard, had to sleep in my car sometime
But I never let another player see me down
I kept my front up, my gear clean
Even when checkin minor green
Brothers knew my game was true
So I hooked up with the real crew
That knew excactly what to do
Bank jobs and jewels, quick to flex with tools
Pimpin hoes on the block
Checkin cash non-stop
Crack spots, armor with interior bars
No lie, I used to own 'bout 15 cars
Every piece Fila made
Drape my women in suede
Pavet Piaget, Cesar's Palace holidays
It was on, crazy out of control
We made up the word 'ballin', that was how we rolled
But the FBI had a-whole-nother idea
It's called multiple indictments for hundreds of years

What
Daff is dead?
Carter got 25 years?
Nah..
Spike 35 to life?
Nah, don't tell me B.O.'s dead, man
I don't wanna hear that, man
I was just with him

[ VERSE 3 ]
The game is vicious, no retirement, you die young
Listen to a fake, he might tell you to grab a gun
I get phone calls from condemned row
Brothers I ran with, brothers I really know
They tell me, "Ice you got much love in the pen
You're the one that got away, don't wanna see you in"
They tell me, "Tell the little homies the deal
Don't let em come up in this hellish habitat of shanks and steel"
I marched two million strong in D.C.
Lookin eye to eye with brothers that I used to think below me
Damn, my mind was twisted in my hustlin days
But God spared me, I got a baby son to raise
And bein black ain't easy, prejudice is real
But health and liberty is all we need for us to build
We gotta come together, unseparated
Check yourself like I did, blackman, because we're all related




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» 6 'N The Mornin'
» 6'n the mornin'
» 7th Deadly Sin (Intro)
» 7th Deadly Sin (Intro)(feat. Jay-Z
» 99 Problems
» 99 Problems (Feat Brother Marquis)
» 99 Problems (featuring Brother Marquis)
» 99 Problems(feat. Brother Marquis
» Addicted to Danger
» Ain't A Damn Thing Changed
» Always Wanted to be a Ho
» Big Gun
» Bitches 2
» Body Count
» Check Your Game
» Check Your Game (Feat King T)
» Check Your Game (featuring King T)
» Check Your Game(feat. King T
» Check Your Heart
» CJ Mac (Interlude) (featuring CJ Mac)
» CJ Mac Interlude
» CJ Mac Interlude (Feat CJ Mac)
» CJ Mac Interlude(feat. CJ Mac
» Colors
» Common Sense
» Cramp Your Style
» Dear Homie
» Dear Homie (Feat Hen-Gee)
» Dear Homie (featuring Hen-Gee)
» Dear Homie(feat. Hen-Gee
» Depths of Hell
» Depths Of Hell (featuring Daddy Nitro)
» Depths of Hell(feat. Daddy Nitro
» Depts Of Hell
» Disorder
» Disorder (featuring Slayer)
» Don't Hate the Playa
» Dont Hate The Playa
» Drama
» Ed
» Escape from the Killing Fields
» Exodus
» Eye of the Storm
» Eye Of The Storm (Feat Buckshot Shorty)
» Eye Of The Storm (featuring Buckshot Shorty)
» Eye Of The Storm(feat. Buckshot Shorty
» First Impression
» Fly By
» Forced to Do Dirt
» Freedom of Speech
» Fried Chicken
» Fuck It
» Fuck It (Feat El Sadiq Powerlord JEL)
» Fuck It (featuring El Sadiq Powerlord JEL)
» Fuck It(feat. El Sadiq, Powerlord JEL
» Funky Gripsta
» G Style
» Get Your Moneyman
» Girls LGBNAF
» God Forgive Me
» God Forgive Me (Feat Laquen and SLEJ)
» God Forgive Me (featuring Laquan SLEJ)
» God Forgive Me(feat. Laquan and SLEJ
» Gotta Lotta Love
» Grand Larceny
» Hardcore
» Hardcore (Feat Radzay Bazaro Grip)
» Hardcore (featuring Radzay Bazaro Grip)
» Heartbeat
» High Rollers
» Hit the Deck
» Hit the Fan
» Home Invasion
» How Does it Feel
» How Does It Feel (Feat Big Rich)
» How Does It Feel (featuring Big Rich)
» How Does it Feel(feat. Big Rich
» I Ain't New Ta This
» I Aint New Ta This
» I Love Ladies
» I Must Stand
» I'm Your Pusher
» Ice M.F. T
» Ice MFT
» Ice T
» Iceberg
» Ice's Exodus
» Inside of a Gangsta
» Inside Of A Gangsta (Feat Jell)
» Inside Of A Gangsta (featuring Jell)
» Inside of a Gangsta(feat. Jell
» Intro
» Intro (7th Deadly Sin)
» Intro (Feat Jay-Z)
» Intro (featuring Jay-Z)
» Intro (Rhyme Pays)
» It's On
» Killers
» L.G.B.N.A.F.
» Lethal Weapon
» Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
» Make it Funky
» Make the Loot Loop
» Message To The Soldier
» Mic Contract
» Midnight
» Mind Over Matter
» Money Power Women
» MVPS
» New Jack Hustler
» Note
» NY, NY
» O.G. Original Gangster
» Pain
» Peel Their Caps Back
» Personal
» Pimp Anthem
» Pimpin' Ain't Easy (Godfather Theme)
» Power
» Prepared to Die
» Pulse of the Rhyme
» Question And Answer
» Race War
» Radio Suckers
» Rap Games Hijacked
» Reckless (12)
» Reckless (12) (Feat The Glove Dave Storrs)
» Reckless (12)(feat. The Glove, Dave Storrs
» Retaliation
» Return of the Real
» Rhyme Pays
» Ricochet
» Sex
» Sex (Bonus Beat)
» Shit Hit The Fan (Feat Shawnie Shawn)
» Shit Hit The Fan (featuring Shawnie Shawn)
» Shut Up Be Happy (Feat Jello Biafra)
» Shut Up Be Happy (featuring Jello Biafra)
» Shut Up, Be Happy
» Shut Up, Be Happy(feat. Jello Biafra
» Somebody Gotta Do It
» Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Aint Easy)
» Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!)
» Sondoobiest (Interlude) (featuring Sondoobiest)
» Sondoobiest Interlude
» Sondoobiest Interlude (Feat Sondoobiest)
» Sondoobiest Interlude(feat. Sondoobiest
» Soul on Ice
» Squeeze the Trigger
» Straight Up Nigga
» Swazy
» That's How I'm Livin
» The 5th
» The 7th
» The 7th (Feat Marc Live Ras Kass Tash (The Lik
» The 7th (featuring Marc Live Ras Kass Tash (Tha Liks))
» The Girl Tried to Kill Me
» The House
» The Hunted Child
» The Iceberg
» The Lane
» The Lane (EVA Remix)
» The Syndicate
» The Tower
» They Want Me Back In
» They Want Me Back In (Feat Big Rich)
» They Want Me Back In (featuring Big Rich)
» They Want Me Back In(feat. Big Rich
» This One's for Me
» This Ones For Me
» Threat (Interlude) (featuring Threat)
» Threat Interlude
» Threat Interlude (Feat Threat)
» Threat Interlude(feat. Threat
» Valuable Game
» Warning
» Watch the Ice Break
» What Ya Wanna Do?
» Where the Shit Goes Down
» Ya Shoulda Killed Me Last Year
» You Played Yourself
» Ziplock

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