The Pressure (Hardwe’re Track)

[Intro]
Yeah...
Just lay back one
Just... you know i'm saying
Sit back, think about
How rough shit was back in the days, you know i'm saying
Ain't had too much to eat, outside hiding from public service
You know the struggle, nigga
You know what time it was

[Verse 1]
I try to smile once in a while
Reminiscing on my lifestyle when I was a ghetto child
I tried to be a better kid — that’s when
I met a kid who introduced me to negative (Word?)
He tossed me a sock filled with that
Shit fiends shot in their veins ‘til they dropped
Mom dukes was jobless, single like a base hit
Her family first car just won’t make it
Started off part-time, learned the art of the crime, went from
Nickel and dime to flipping more cakes than Duncan Hines
Worry ate your brains, fought excitement
Now I’m going bald trying to escape secret indictment
Crime-stoppers turn to dime-droppers with the quickness
Snitches, who despise my riches
But they won’t tell on a nigga with a gun to my chest
Cause they’d rather see me under arrest
I can’t cope with the pressure

[Hook: Samples]
I can’t cope with the pressure, settling for lesser” - Sample from Ghostface Killah on Wu-Tang (ft. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man) - “Can It All Be So Simple / Intermission”
“The streets had me stressed something terrible” - Sample from Nas on Nas ft. Q-Tip - “One Love”
I can’t cope with the pressure, settling for lesser” - Sample from Ghostface Killah on Wu-Tang (ft. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man) - “Can It All Be So Simple / Intermission”
“The streets had me stressed something terrible” - Sample from Nas on Nas ft. Q-Tip - “One Love”
“Don’t nobody care about the tension in the air, so us thugs must prepare for this ghetto warfare”
“Don’t nobody care about the tension in the air, so us thugs must prepare for this ghetto warfare”

[Verse 2]
My codefendants taking loses
And family members calling me, always wanting to borrow shit
But the block slowed down
And not too many fiends is coming around
It’s no question
Depression is stressing this brother
5-0 got blankets over their heads, rolling undercover
I can’t take it, (I’m) losing my brain, (I’m)
Going insane, (I’m) feeling much pain
‘Cause all I want to do is feed my daughter (Aight)
Halal meat, organic fruit, and spring water
I remember when there was no food in my pot
I was so hungry at 7:59, I almost ate a clock
I got to get financially set
Bedrock was the spot where the narcotics was kept, and, yep fiends was sweating me all the time, talking ‘bout
“Can I get a dime for 9 this time?”

[Hook: Samples]
I can’t cope with the pressure, settling for lesser” - Sample from Ghostface Killah on Wu-Tang (ft. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man) - “Can It All Be So Simple / Intermission”
“The streets had me stressed something terrible” - Sample from Nas on Nas ft. Q-Tip - “One Love”
I can’t cope with the pressure, settling for lesser” - Sample from Ghostface Killah on Wu-Tang (ft. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man) - “Can It All Be So Simple / Intermission”
“The streets had me stressed something terrible” - Sample from Nas on Nas ft. Q-Tip - “One Love”
“Don’t nobody care about the tension in the air, so us thugs must prepare for this ghetto warfare”
“Don’t nobody care about the tension in the air, so us thugs must prepare for this ghetto warfare”

[Verse 3]
All my brothers is doing bids in the pen
Caught in the crossfire on Johnson (Johnson)
“Renegade” was the password, you gon’ get your ass hurt (Doing what?) hustling backwards
Fast cars lead to metal bars (What?)
20 with a tint for them ghetto stars
I was once one, I once done what you done
But I got my six figures and I bounced, son (Bounced, son)
But pressure remains from other angles (No doubt)
‘Cause I’m a nigga who love to tangle (Your spouse)
And even, still, I gotta watch my back
‘Cause niggas in love don’t know how to act
My man Jay felt a shottie creeping with this hottie
Her husband put the twelve-gauge to his body (To his body)
And now I’m packing heavy ammunition
For every man I’m dissing
The pressure

[Hook: Samples]
I can’t cope with the pressure, settling for lesser” - Sample from Ghostface Killah on Wu-Tang (ft. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man) - “Can It All Be So Simple / Intermission”
“The streets had me stressed something terrible” - Sample from Nas on Nas ft. Q-Tip - “One Love”
I can’t cope with the pressure, settling for lesser” - Sample from Ghostface Killah on Wu-Tang (ft. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man) - “Can It All Be So Simple / Intermission”
“The streets had me stressed something terrible” - Sample from Nas on Nas ft. Q-Tip - “One Love”
“Don’t nobody care about the tension in the air, so us thugs must prepare for this ghetto warfare”
“Don’t nobody care about the tension in the air, so us thugs must prepare for this ghetto warfare”

[Outro]
Ghetto warfare
My real thug niggas
Keep maintainin'
K-Mac
My nigga Big Zac
Larry Lee Bad
Money-minded bull
Maintain niggas
Keep gettin' dope
2 to 5 for life
Rick City flavour
Recognize, nigga
Peace