Hustle Don't Give

My man told me, Lord

I can tell he didn't want to hurt me

But then he turned and looked and said

"Hey, I can no longer pretend to be satisfied with your lovin'"

Wow

This for my hustlers

Yeah

Uh

Hey

Uh, look

Raisin' Hell, but the shit that I'm rhymin' was Heaven-sent

Went broke and bounced back, I been grindin' out ever since

Wise and intelligent, I could rob a village while it sleep

Even if I was blind with a elephant

Crime was like medicine, I watched niggas face a dub with a racist judge

They still gave 'em time with no evidence

Gotta admit that lifestyle is what fed the kids

Sorry for them missed calls and kites that I never sent

Too much on my plate, you might choke if you try it

Bit off more than I can chew, so now my goal is to diet

Result of my aggression, I had to grow up in violence

Money talks, could turn your life into a moment of silence

I controlled and decided, keep your focus on grindin'

A long road to redemption that I drove with no license

It's a jungle that's controlled by the sirens

But the hunter gon' be the hero until the story's told by the lion

To influence dozens, grew from strugglin', all we knew was hustlin'

Fiends missin' teeth, always lookin' like they chewin' somethin'

I been stressed out lately, I got a bad temp' with people

And a bad mood just turn into a happy trigger finger

Every inch to the stage, I put my pen to this page

I took risks to get paid, my name shifted this game

"Be the head and not the tail," Mama stitched in my brain

But do it twice as better 'cause you got the skin of a slave

Down to my last, it's hard to smile, even laugh

But it's, it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

'Cause we came up from the struggle, baby, all we know is hustle

That's why it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

I spent years in this dream, sweat and tears in this dream

But it's, it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

So I gotta try climbin' 'cause I'd rather die tryin'

'Cause it's, it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

Yo, a grain of sand of the king's hand

Could grow into a castle if it spread like a wingspan

A life begins with sin, transcends, but like a lens

We numb the pain with violins or Vicodins

Faded like pro cats and pigeons on the power line

Another nigga out his mind, runnin' out of time

Whether fruits wither on the vine or the dotted line

The bough breaks, it's no mistakes, it's by design

Even the kids ain't nothin' to play with

They don't stand for shit, not even the court bailiff

But shed a thug tear over spilled blood on the pavement

If you ain't talkin' hustle, you speakin' the wrong language

That's on everything, I choose to move hurriedly

I feel like it's too much I could lose before they bury me

And even after that, I'ma prove through the legacy I lead

That the grind is in my pedigree

Down to my last, it's hard to smile, even laugh

But it's, it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

'Cause we came up from the struggle, baby, all we know is hustle

That's why it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

I spent years in this dream, sweat and tears in this dream

But it's, it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)

So I gotta try climbin' 'cause I'd rather die tryin'

'Cause it's, it's hard to give up (Hard to give up)