[ti:The Hard Way]
[ar:JT The Bigga Figga]
[al:Don't Stop Til We Major]
[by:]
[00:00.00]The Hard Way (Explicit) - JT The Bigga Figga
[00:04.27]It's a hot summer day in the year of 84'
[00:06.38]Fresh out of summer school headed for the store
[00:08.42]Watchin the O G 's standing out gettin rich
[00:10.50]Slangin the fat brown bags of the good sh*t
[00:12.49]D**e is out but I really ain't seen it though
[00:14.49]D**e fiends smokin the sh*t by the corner store
[00:16.53]Broke as f**k kinda bummy with nappy hair
[00:18.58]But what can I say when a playa's on welfare
[00:20.54]Life is hard and I'm only 13
[00:22.57]Always on a prowl always on a scheme
[00:24.64]There wasn't nothin to do but have fun
[00:26.76]Wait for the dark then creep to Emporium
[00:28.67]Get the T I get the Guess shirts
[00:30.78]Get the fresh kero couch break for the turf
[00:32.87]Doin it boley never in fear
[00:34.86]Gettin they punk a** for about a year
[00:36.89]Until I got called went to the hall
[00:38.90]Writin on the wall waitin for a hair call
[00:40.91]Released to moms what can I say
[00:43.04]Off to Sears the very next day
[00:45.00]Now Sears is easier 'cause it's in the area
[00:47.00]Walk to the back of the rack then carried the
[00:49.08]Sh*t back to the stolen car
[00:51.05]Drive and park by the house is not too far
[00:53.13]My gear was fat but still no money though
[00:55.28]Talked to my homey then got fronted so
[00:57.25]Stackin my sh*t hustlin cash
[00:59.24]Gotta get out gave him his half
[01:01.17]Hooked up with a friend oh we started boomin
[01:02.89]Then we go to some O's then I went solo
[01:05.32]Stackin my pay gettin it on
[01:07.38]Got myself a beeper and a cellular phone
[01:09.37]A donkey roll a twenty-two
[01:11.38]Jumped on my bike headed for school
[01:13.35]Locked up my sh*t 'cause the fools be gankin
[01:15.44]A young ni**a pimpin that Benjamin Franklin
[01:17.13]So I walked the halls wishin the Merrier
[01:19.52]Hooked up with a freak by the cafeteria
[01:21.55]Hair was long pretty with butt
[01:23.58]I told the freak I was about to cut
[01:25.40]So call me at eight and don't be late
[01:27.49]When I left the school there was a big mistake
[01:29.51]So I jumped on my bike and headed for the set
[01:31.55]With a pocketful of rocks ah man I regret
[01:33.42]For not stayin in school for just doin my work
[01:35.65]Gettin chased by the Task now I feel like a jerk
[01:37.71]So I'm on the run and I better run fast
[01:39.68]'Cause if I don't they're gonna beat my a**
[01:41.97]Hit a quick cut run by the Ave
[01:43.97]Go to the Valley you know I gotta laugh
[01:45.97]Jogged to the third floor runnin the d**e spot
[01:47.97]A playa too quick a young brotha can't get caught
[01:50.01]B**ch want credit better go to the bank
[01:51.83]Then my homey walked in with the straight-laced dank
[01:54.17]Two young playas gettin high on the couch
[01:55.98]In a spot at a d**e fiend's house
[01:57.90]Two hours in passed now it must be cool
[02:00.01]'Cause I gotta make money f**k going back to school
[02:01.97]Wrapped up for the crime now I gotta do time
[02:04.07]Oh when I'm out I'll be back on the grind
[02:06.08]All my homies kept flippin and the man kept trippin
[02:08.26]But me JT I'm a victim of the system
[02:10.37]Sh*t got thick but what can I say
[02:12.16]In the life of a player but that is the hard way
[02:22.46]Now it's 92' as you can see
[02:24.38]So I gotta get paid from the are-A-P
[02:26.49]I was in the d**e game now I'm in the rap game
[02:28.45]But I gotta get paid so f**k the fame
[02:30.55]I'm a tell ta it goes some like this
[02:32.66]By any means necessary I'm gettin my grits
[02:34.75]Here's a little somethin by the man
[02:36.58]He's always schemin up a plan
[02:38.69]Always tryin to say which way is right
[02:40.72]Always tryin to force us to the way of life
[02:42.75]Of robbin killin straight d**e dealin
[02:44.77]Even Young niggas runnin around tryin to be villians
[02:46.73]So they offer us minimum wage
[02:48.95]Knowin damn well we're gonna get the 12 gauge
[02:50.90]To go outside and pull a jack or a caper
[02:53.17]Hopin that we make front page of the paper
[02:55.13]Extra extra black brotha dead
[02:57.18]Shot in the head by a cop named Fred
[02:58.94]When you read the paper you know it's a damn lie
[03:01.27]Talk about justifiable homicide
[03:03.32]Then they say we no good at all
[03:05.02]And if we are for just raps and basketball
[03:07.34]Niggas ain't sh*t niggas all lazy
[03:09.30]All they do is go to jail f**k and have babies
[03:11.35]Sh*t I'm not that ni**a
[03:13.46]I'm JT the one and only Bigga Figga
[03:15.33]That's one of the reasons why I'm doin my own thang
[03:17.26]Now I know you've heard the song
[03:18.43]So mind your own mane
[03:19.37]And you'll be fine and you be cool
[03:21.22]And all you young brothas you better stay in school
[03:23.40]Quit runnin around tryin to be the neighborhood jacker
[03:25.29]Better go to recess and eat some cheese and crackers
[03:27.41]Before you find yourself layin up on a tombstone
[03:29.50]Gonna be there forever 'cause that is your home
[03:31.74]No more TV and no more Nintendo
[03:33.71]No more bikes and no more friends bro
[03:35.72]You better wake up before it's too late
[03:37.64]Before you find yourself standin out in heaven's gate
[03:39.62]'Cause you tryin to get in but no my friend
[03:41.69]'Cause ya die or you committed a sin
[03:43.64]Tryin to peel a cap but ya got your cap peeled
[03:45.73]Now your mother's outside wonderin why you got killed
[03:48.00]Use better judgment in the game you play
[03:49.79]In the life of a black man but that is the hard way