It Ain't Easy
[00:20.57] I take a shot of Hennessy
[00:21.82] Now I'm strong enough to face the madness
[00:23.81] Nickel bag full of cess weed laced with hash
[00:26.32] Phone calls from my niggas on the other side
[00:28.83] Two childhood friends just died, I couldn't cry
[00:31.82] A damn shame, when will we ever change?
[00:34.57] And what remains from a 12-gauge to the brain?
[00:37.33] Arguments with my boo, it's true
[00:39.57] I spend more time with my niggas than I do with you
[00:42.06] But everywhere it's the same thang
[00:44.06] That's the game, I'll be damned if a thang changed
[00:46.82] Fuck the fame, I'll be hustlin' to make a million
[00:49.32] Lord knows ain't no love for us ghetto children
[00:52.07] So we cold, Rag-top slowin' down, time to stop for gas
[00:55.32] Beep my horn for a hoochie with a proper ass
[00:58.09] Uh, it ain't easy, that's my motto
[01:00.82] Drinkin' Tanqueray straight out the bottle
[01:02.84] Everybody wanna know if I'm insane
[01:05.32] My baby mama got a mind full of silly games
[01:08.07] And all the drama got me stressin' like I'm hopeless
[01:10.57] I can't cope, me and the homies smokin' roaches
[01:13.57] 'Cause we broke, late night, hangin' out 'til the sunrise
[01:16.33] Gettin' high, watchin' the cops roll by
[01:19.57] It ain't easy; that's right, it ain't easy
[01:40.58] I can't sleep, niggas plottin' on me, kill me while I'm dreamin'
[01:43.32] Wake up sweaty and screamin'
[01:44.33] 'Cause I can hear them suckers schemin'
[01:46.07] Probably paranoid, problem is them punks be fantasizin'
[01:48.58] A brother bite the bullet, open fire and I died
[01:51.07] I wonder why, it's just the way it is, even now
[01:53.83] Lookin' out for these killa kids 'cause they wild
[01:56.57] Bill Clinton, can you recognize a nigga representin'
[01:58.82] Doin' twenty to life in San Quentin?
[02:01.32] Gettin' calls from my nigga Mike Tyson, ain't nothin' nice
[02:04.32] Yo 'Pac, do somethin' righteous with your life
[02:06.57] And even though you're innocent you still a nigga
[02:08.83] So they figure, rather have you behind bars than triggers
[02:11.57] But I'ma hold you down and holla Thug Life
[02:14.08] Lickin' shots 'til I see my niggas free on the block
[02:17.08] But no, it ain't easy, ha ha ha
[02:20.57] 'Til I see my niggas free on the block, uh, it ain't easy
[02:43.32] Lately been reminiscin' about Peppermint Schnapps
[02:45.32] In Junior High hit the block
[02:46.82] Keep an eye on the cops while d-boys slang rocks
[02:49.07] Just a project kid without a conscience
[02:51.33] I'm havin' dreams of hearin' screams at my concerts
[02:54.32] Me and all my childhood peers
[02:55.82] Through the years tryin' to stack a little green
[02:57.81] I was only seventeen when I started servin' fiends
[03:00.33] And I wish there was another way to stack a dolla
[03:02.82] Sold my Impala 'cause these hard times make me wanna holla
[03:05.82] Will I live to see tomorrow? Am I fallin' off?
[03:08.32] I hit the weed and then proceed to say: "Fuck all of y'all!"
[03:10.82] Ain't nobody down with me, I'm thuggin'
[03:12.58] I can't go home, 'cause muh'fuckers think I'm buggin'
[03:15.07] So now I'm in this high-powered cell at the county jail
[03:18.07] Punk judge got a grudge, can't post no bail
[03:20.82] What do I do in these county blues?
[03:23.57] Gettin' battered and bruised by the you-know-who
[03:26.31] And these fakes get to shakin' when they face me
[03:28.82] Snakes ain't got enough nuts to replace me
[03:31.32] Sittin' in this livin' hell, listenin' to niggas yell
[03:34.57] Tryin' to torture 'em to tell, I'm gettin' mail
[03:37.33] But ain't nobody sayin' much, the same old nuts
[03:40.07] Is makin' bucks while these sluts is gettin' fucked
[03:42.57] They violated my probation
[03:44.07] And it seems I'll be goin' on a long vacation
[03:47.32] Meanwhile, it ain't easy—
[03:52.82] No, it ain't easy
