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Backed by a menacing instrumental by Mustard, YG starts his 3rd studio album by rapping about the many reasons–from ‘holding it down’ for the ones that depend on him to battling it out at ‘the courthouse’ for his freedom–that make it ‘ten times harder for a real nigga’.
[Chorus]
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a...
[Verse 1]
Fuck the DA, fuck the P.O
Fuck the president, fuck the Po-po
They follow me, wanna keep me close
Try to, hold me back, let me go
I sip the drank, I sip the drank
Pick up the phone and call Michel'le
She hold me down, I gotta make the play
If that play don't get made, we're not okay
Look in my eyes and tell me what you see
A whole lotta lives depended on me
But I hold it down, I hold it down
I check in when I'm not in town
Put on a smile girl, put on a smile
It's a lot on my shoulders, I gotta balance it out
Put on a smile girl, put on a smile
I take care of you and that child
[Chorus]
It's harder for a real nigga (Hey)
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a...
[Verse 2]
Gotta go to the courthouse
Judge ain't giving a fuck, oww
My fingerprints is they evidence
What the fuck I'ma do now?
So hold me tight, hold me close
My lifestyle got me doin' the most
Fuck that, let's make a toast
The Lord keep us alive, he never take our soul
I'm prayin' up, I'm prayin' up
This a must that I can't sleep, I stay up
Pops told me to change up, but if I change up, they gonna say I changed up
When everybody depend on you
You got nobody to run to
You got nobody to come through, when they finally come through, you feel like fuck you
[Chorus]
It's harder for a real nigga (hey)
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a...
[Outro]
Lord (Lord), please (Please give)
Give us the life (Gimme life), we need (Life we need)
Please (Please Lord)
10 TIMES was produced by Mustard.
I wasn’t putting “10 TIMES” on this album. I was saving it though ‘cause I knew it was special. And [Mustard]’s like, 'This is not the time to save nothing. Bro, this is the time to fire. Niggas got us fucked up, you gotta fire, nigga’. I’m like, ‘Yeah, you’re right’.
YG (via Real 92.3)
Because it’s like, people like me, we just get life a little harder, we go through things…like me, I represent the streets, all this shit, my favourite color red, all this type of shit, right? So I got through this music industry shit and life shit, regular life shit. This music industry shit is kin...