Hardship Deduction

[Intro]
It's Tha-motherfuckin'-God, y'all
Y'know who it is
Got something for y'all niggas, man
You know what I'm saying
Y'know I stay cooking, baby
You know me, man
Never fucking put that pen down, man

[Verse 1]
They say I'm off topic
They say I don't come in peace like other prophets
They say I'm not stopping
'Cause life was never an option
They say I should stop talking
They say the truth is best untold
I never saw kid, days is cold
I say the truth will set you free, and console
They say my flow is getting old
I say my story was never told
I was told to never fold
They say one plus one is two
I say one plus one is three
That's the after effects of that girl and me
They say it costs to be free
I say it's hard being me
I say it's hard to have to disagree
I say it's hard to face the penalty
I say it's hard to make it to a key
I say it's hard for a G
I say it's hard when every day you being profiled by police

[Chorus]
I say it's hard to make it on the streets
I say it's hard for my brothers on the east
I say it's hard getting on the beat
I say it's hard staying from the heat
I say it's hard not to have beef
I say it's hard to make it on the streets
I say it's hard for my brothers on the east
I say it's hard getting on the beat
I say it's hard staying 'way from heat
I say it's hard not to have beef

[Verse 2]
It's hard not to struggle
When your moms gotta work a double
It's hard not to go astray
It's hard to see some people go away
It's hard like every day
Often stressing 'bout things that I shouldn't
Tried to change but I couldn't
Rushing to the money like Vladimir Putin
It's hard to keep pushing
'Cause they wanna see me locked up, caught without looking
Want my life tooken, it's hard for a nigga in the bookings
I pull up on old friends to catch up
They tell me how it's rough, gotta hustle in the bluff
I pull up on my homie's on Cleveland Ave
They tell me how they fucked up and down bad
I told 'em hold your head, don't be on that
If you live another day you can't be all sad
If you make it through the day, tomorrows all last

[Chorus]
I say it's hard to make it on the streets
I say it's hard for my brothers on the east
I say it's hard getting on the beat
I say it's hard staying 'way from heat
I say it's hard not to have beef
I say it's hard to make it on the streets
I say it's hard for my brothers on the east
I say it's hard getting on the beat
I say it's hard staying 'way from heat
I say it's hard not to have beef