Hard Life

[Verse 1]
I was caught up, lost, mixed up in drugs
Never knew where to go when I was growing up
Imagine, being placed in a place with foreign faces
Words I never heard before
Gunshots going off in the block at the spot we live, killing women and kids
Driving down the highway, try to take it slow but you get caught up in the fast lane

[Chorus]
It's a hard life
Brought up in the streets, with nothing to eat, no shoes on our feet
It's a hard life
Always watching our backs for terrorists attacks, no time to react
It's a hard life
Every passing time, day by day making nickels and dimes
It's a hard life
Barely getting through the night, not the easy life
It's a hard life

[Verse 2]
Not everyones born with gold and riches
We live in reality and not a dream
Children reading books and magazines
Following what they see on TV screens
Feeding their self-esteem with someone else's dream, who they try to be
Working three jobs to make a living, pressures breathing down and losing oxygen

[Pre-Chorus]
Every time we try to make a difference, things just keep getting harder
So we just close our eyes get on our knees, pray things will get brighter
You see if you just believe, its not as bad as it seems
But the moment you wake and see the light
Prepare yourself to face the fight

[Chorus]
It's a hard life
Brought up in the streets, with nothing to eat, no shoes on our feet
It's a hard life
Always watching our backs for terrorists attacks, no time to react
It's a hard life
Every passing time, day by day making nickels and dimes
It's a hard life
Barely getting through the night, not the easy life
It's a hard life

[Bridge]
How would you feel walking home from work one day?
Just to see the ocean wiped your whole house away
Your mom, your dad, your brother and your sister's gone
No where to run, no where go, and now youre all alone
Look in my eyes; its filled with tears of confusion
I realize that there's no other solution
Mad at the world can you feel my pain
I'm all alone all wet and cold from the rain

I ask myself, is there still hope for tomorrow?
My world just crumbled down mixed up in sorrow
Walking this lonely path I gotta move on
Fighting the battle of my life gotta stay strong
I'll keep my head up it won't be too long
Look at the sky its the only way, it a hard life
Theyll be a brighter day, keep your head up