Its Hard out Here - Nipsey Hussle

It’s so hard out here

But I’m still breathin'

I said it’s hard out here

But my nigga, I ain’t leavin'

Lookit, I show niggas too much love, not enough discipline

Now look at all this backwards shit a nigga in

Homies want my head, they’d rather see me dead

Than papered up on BET, that nigga gettin' bread

What you thought?

What you think?

What that shit do?

I heard Nipsey gettin' paper, is that shit true?

Yeah, he used to hustle off Slauson

Type of nigga probably deuce up on a coffin

'Cause homies' families was hurtin'

But what’s it worth when these niggas want you curtains?

Yeah, I know, they probably smile up in your face

But I know you niggas phony 'cause there’s sweat up in your shake

Nigga, jealousy, how easily niggas forget

Used to walk through the hood, nigga didn’t have shit

I just hustled off the corner, and I stacked a couple chips

Then I hit the parking lot, with that brand new whip

How you love that?

Ain’t you 'posed to smile for me?

Why you hate that?

Oh, you playin' high for me

They say cut the grass and the snakes’ll show

Is you niggas mad at me or do you hate my dough?

Just let me know

It’s so hard out here

But I’m still breathin'

I said it’s hard out here

But my nigga, I ain’t leavin'

I said it’s hard out here

But I’m still breathin'

It’s so hard out here

But my nigga, I ain’t leavin', no

When I was 15, my mama kicked me out and changed the locks

Her husband used to beat on us and talk shit a lot

«You ain’t my daddy, nigga, I ain’t gotta listen to you»

Then my mama switched sides, like, «Nigga, yeah you do»

I used to wanna stay away, used to hate to come home

Outcasted from the family 'cause we wasn’t his own

Now that’s scandalous — how you let him hit me that hard?

And that’s scandalous — how you let your two kids starve?

No lunch money, was bummy, and treated like a step-child

Let me loose on these streets, the nigga went wild

No direction, false concept of family

Quick to bust the first damn burner that they handed me

Mama, these white folks’ll never understand a G

Cryin' to the judge and they still reprimanded me

Used to wonder why you act like you always was mad at me

When cuz was the issue, but mama, I forgive you

It’s so hard out here

But I’m still breathin'

I said it’s hard out here

But my nigga, I ain’t leavin'

I said it’s hard out here

But I’m still breathin'

It’s so hard out here

But my nigga, I ain’t leavin', no