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[00:03.20]Keepin' it real
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[00:20.40]I take a shot of Hennessy
[00:22.06]Now I'm strong enough to face the madness
[00:23.73]Nickel bag full of sess weed laced with hash
[00:26.36]Phone calls from my niggaz on the other side
[00:29.02]Two childhood friends just died, I couldn't cry
[00:32.26]A damn shame, when will we ever change
[00:34.75]And what remains from a 12 gauge to the brain
[00:37.78]Arguments with my boo is true
[00:39.68]I spend mo' time with my niggaz than I do with you
[00:42.26]But everywhere it's the same thang, that's the game
[00:44.97]I'll be damned if a thang changed, fuck the fame
[00:47.56]I'll be hustling to make a million
[00:49.52]Lord, knows ain't no love for us ghetto children, so we cold
[00:52.81]Rag top slowin' down, time to stop for gas
[00:55.55]Beep my horn for a hoochie with a proper ass, uh
[00:59.04]It ain't easy, that's my motto
[01:00.98]Drinkin' Tanqueray straight out the bottle
[01:03.15]Everybody wanna know if I'm insane
[01:05.40]My baby mama gotta mind full of silly games
[01:08.12]And all the drama got me stressin' like I'm hopeless, I can't cope
[01:11.48]Me and the homies smokin' roaches, 'cause we broke
[01:14.03]Late night, hangin' out till the sunrise gettin' high
[01:17.48]Watchin' the cops roll by
[01:19.25]It ain't easy, that's right
[01:24.63]It ain't easy being me
[01:27.47]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[01:30.67]It ain't easy being me
[01:32.65]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[01:35.86]It ain't easy being me
[01:37.96]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[01:40.65]I can't sleep, niggaz plottin' on to kill me while I'm dreamin'
[01:43.26]Wake up sweaty and screamin' 'cause I can hear them suckers schemin'
[01:45.92]Probably paranoid, problem is, them punks be fantasizin'
[01:48.89]A brother bite the bullet, open fire and I died
[01:51.03]I wonder why this the way it is, even now
[01:54.05]Lookin' out for these killer kids, 'cause they wild
[01:56.74]Bill Clinton can you recognize a nigga representin'
[01:59.08]Doin' 20 to life in San Quentin
[02:01.23]Gettin' calls from my nigga Mike Tyson, ain't nuttin' nice
[02:04.32]"Yo 'Pac, do somethin' righteous witcha life
[02:06.44]And even though you innocent you still a nigga, so they figure
[02:09.60]Rather have you behind bars than triggers"
[02:11.98]But I'm hold ya down and holla Thug Life, lickin' shots
[02:15.07]'Til I see my niggaz free on the block
[02:17.02]But no it ain't easy
[02:20.33]'Til I see my niggaz free, on the block, oh
[02:22.82]It ain't easy
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[02:28.92]It ain't easy being me
[02:31.00]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[02:34.01]It ain't easy being me
[02:36.24]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[02:39.27]It ain't easy being me
[02:41.45]Will I see the penitentiary
[02:43.02]Lately been reminiscin' 'bout Peppermint Schnapps in Junior High hit the block
[02:46.82]Keep an eye on the cops while D-Boys slang rocks
[02:49.48]It's the project kid without a conscience
[02:51.69]I'm havin' dreams of hearin' screams at my concerts
[02:54.40]Me and all my childhood peers through the years, tryin' to stack a little green
[02:58.03]I was only seventeen, when I started servin' fiends
[03:00.66]And I wish there was another way to stack a dollar
[03:03.06]So my apoli', 'cause these hard times make me wanna holler
[03:06.09]Will I live to see tomorrow, am I fallin' off?
[03:08.42]I hit the weed and then proceed to say, "Fuck all of y'all"
[03:10.98]Ain't nobody down with me, I'm thuggin', I can't go home
[03:13.68]'Cause muh-fuckers think I'm buggin'
[03:15.36]So now I'm in this high-powered cell at the county jail
[03:18.63]Punk judge got a grudge, can't post no bail
[03:21.13]What do I do in these county blues
[03:23.74]Gettin' battered and bruised by the you know who
[03:26.57]And these fakes get to shakin' when they face me
[03:28.65]Snakes ain't got enough nuts to replace me
[03:31.59]Sittin' in this, livin' hell, listenin' to niggaz yell
[03:35.08]Tryin' to torture 'em to tell, I'm gettin' mail
[03:37.63]But ain't nobody sayin' much
[03:39.16]The same old nuts is makin' bucks while these sluts is gettin' fucked
[03:42.50]They violated my probation
[03:44.37]And it seems I'll be goin' on a long vacation
[03:47.18]Meanwhile, it ain't easy
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[03:52.81]No, it ain't easy
[03:53.67]It ain't easy being me
[03:55.60]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[03:58.65]It ain't easy being me
[04:00.94]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[04:04.45]It ain't easy being me
[04:06.27]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[04:09.37]It ain't easy being me
[04:11.44]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[04:14.87]It ain't easy being me
[04:16.87]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
[04:20.18]It ain't easy, being me
[04:22.04]Will I see the penitentiary or will I stay free
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