[Verse 1]
Growing up in my hood it was really on like that
I had to put it down to had to do me a jab
To give me a sack, so I can come up
On the block serving rocks from sun down to sun up
I was, really puttin' it down like that
And dressed in all black straight down for the jack
I was a youngster, packing a 4-5
Bailing on the looney a** eastside (right)
I had my chore, so I played the part of a gangsta
Never ever coulda be a pranksta
Pushing n***as in their face, puttin' punk b**hes in their place
Now feel the ba**
Give you a taste of this gangsta sh**
I got the cavvy tracks and my rhyms are on hit
And like some weed it will rush ya
Cause hanging on my block, you had to be a hustler
[Hook]
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
[Verse 2]
Now the year is 1989
I'm on the cavvy spot and I'm doing fine
I got riches, I got b**hes
I got a candy green 4 with 16 switches
On some triple gold was
Every single day straight swerving, sippin' on a cold one
On my way to the weedspot
I got my Glock in the stashpot cause the cops are kinda hot
And now I gots me a sack
And now I'm heading back to the street where the f**ing money at
It's the block where I slang
And all the G n***as hang and the young n***as bang
Puttin' it down every single night
Getting there drunk, showin' off, tryin' to fight
One another but we still had love
And rest in peace to my n***as up above
Because uh
[Hook]
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
[Verse 3]
It's a cold thing when you got no game
See every smoker on the block know my name
I was a youngster with boulders for your shoulders
And still slanging cavvy down my shoulder
And I got some n***as down with me
See every single day we sell a pound you see
Or that bomb a** doja mack
So come on my block and get a fat sack
We got the sh** that'll f** you up
So don't take it to the head or you might get stung
So grab a partner and spark the bomb
Cause it'll have you like tweaking from dusk to dawn
I tell the truth and I never lie
Cause I promise I smoke chronic till the day I die
And a new face on the block, we couldn't trust ya
Cause you might be a busta
[Hook]
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya
You had to be a hustler
Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya