Hard Times - Esham

[Esham][
For the suckas that hate me 
Keep my gun up off safety, while you actin all shady 
Baby, thats where the snakes be 
Three-one-three, D-E-T, 7 M-I-L-E 
Oozi still in my pelli 
Its Esham, not Alizam 
Butter man, bitch swearing hard out the gutta lane 
Run tell your mother man, the muthafucking cutter man 
Its just another mothafucking brother strugglin 
"UH" one time for Biggie 
"UH UH UH" three times for Pac, and it dont stop 
When i set up shop, I bought my glock fresh up out the box 
Up out the plastic, situations drastic 
Don't fuck around and get stretched like elastic 
Once the glock Austria seventeen blasted 
I put the bastard in his casket 
Now they wrapping another up in plastic. 

Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm tryin to get mine 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm steady with the nine 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm steady on the grind 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
hard times 

[Violent J]
Hard times 
I found a dead body on the way to school 
I told nobody 'bout it, man I thought it was cool 
I went and visited it, and talked with it, made it my friend 
Until it smelled so fuckin bad I couldnt handle it man 
My daddy was a hard worker, always hussling change 
Because he drank so much, I think he drowned his brain 
The only time we ever spoke was when he was beating my ass 
He slapped my momma up, and grabbed her purse and dipped in for cash 
It dont stop, tick tock until the break of dawn 
A crooked-ass pig-cop i'm quick to break your arm 
I climbed up into a tree at five-thirty AM 
I'm huntin hay-am, pig-skinner good god damn 
Somebody tried to kill me, but they missed, and pissed 
The shit they ass when the black glass hollowtips hissed 
And I blew his head clean off, his hat landed on his neck 
And I thought, "Look at that" 
Hard times 

Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm tryin to get mine 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm steady with the nine 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm steady on the grind 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
hard times 

[Shaggy 2 Dope]
Marinating with my forearms hanging out the jail bars 
Bitch, I ain't no Mel Fahr 
I aint no superstar 
But nontheless, he in a cell right next to me 
I seen him sellin hot cars on this lot right on Court TV 
So i sit back on my slab thinking "What the fuck?" 
Toilet paper roll for a pillow, "How'd I get locked up?" 
Was it the stalking, or maybe the murders? 
Oh shit, maybe the booty-stabbing of Kim mathers? 
Naw, it couldn't be, she was cool with that shit 
On top of that, when i pulled out, she sucked on my dick (illlll) 
Could it have been the gat in my sock? (Nah) 
Could it been the block getting hot? (Nah) 
Could it be about the snitch getting caught? (Nah) 
Could it have been about stinkin body rot? (Yeah!) 
I could of killed or I could of killed time 
But I chose number one, now i'm doin hard time. 

Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm tryin to get mine 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm steady with the nine 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
and i'm steady on the grind 
Tryin to get mine, steady with the nine, steady on the grind, hard times 
hard times