[Intro: Jeezy] Time for the fallen soldiers Can't have a war without casualties, you know? For everybody goin' through the struggle, you know Real sh** everyday, everyday sh** is real (Every hood, every ghetto, every block, every trench) I know how you feel, yeah, look [Hook: Jeezy] I been out here grindin' so long But still I had to find my way on my own I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like I'm a true hustler, all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like-like, beez like [Verse 1: Jeezy] Straight from the hood, got a "get money" fetish Pocket full of green, n***a, like a head of lettuce Put the work in a bag, make a yayo sandwich Then we go and spread it through the hood like Manwich One thing about it, we gon' get this bread When you knew sh** was real? When they found a rat dead Right around the corner where us young n***as hustled at Right by the stop sign, that's where they was bussin' at When you come here with nothin', gotta learn how to provide Carlo had a Benz 'fore he was old enough to drive Losin' 10-20 every night, gamblin' ain't nothin' n***a got k**ed takin' up for his cousins When you knew sh** was real? Drop outfit in the feds Still 8 years and a n***a shot him dead On the humbug, left him slumped in his car Everybody got a day, don't matter who you are [Hook: Jeezy] I been out here grindin' so long But still I had to find my way on my own I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like I'm a true hustler, all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like-like, beez like [Verse 2: Boosie Badazz] Stove water, heat cold water Knew I'd touch a bird when I got my first quarter Sell water to a well, n***a Cold nights, cold hearts, tough love That's what it be like in jail, n***a Mama crying at my visit cause she care for me Daughter just had her period, ain't there for her Know how to have a girl you know just gon' hold ya back But the p**y so good you keep goin' back Hurt when ya main man turned rat Make the whole la familia turn hot like that Any city, any block, any boulevard I survive, no lie, I'm a ghetto boy I could tell ya bout the dos and don'ts Could make it anywhere I go, so lose I won't I can tell ya bout the hard time when ya really need it Been grindin' so long, still had to call Jeezy [Hook: Jeezy] I been out here grindin' so long But still I had to find my way on my own I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like I'm a true hustler, all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like-like, beez like [Verse 3: Jeezy] Straight from the bottom, tryna make it to the top What the gov'ment don't give you, gotta get it from the block Feel like a bad boy cause this sh** don't stop Street so dirty, need a muhf**in' mop, uh oh! Lil homie, stay focused, handle ya business Don't talk to them n***as around you, might be a witness Don't tell the dishwasher what you did wit' ya dishes Don't tell these snitchin' n***as what you did wit' ya riches n***as is hopin' they see Christmas But, if we just happen to don't, we hope you miss us Santa raised all seven them kids, didn't miss a meal She work her fingers right to the bone, didn't miss a bill n***a, six for the nine, let's make a deal See, one thing bout countin' this money, it make ya feel See, I used to get 'em right from the source, got 'em direct The same n***a that had a connect, he in the set [Hook: Jeezy] I been out here grindin' so long But still I had to find my way on my own I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like I'm a true hustler, all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like-like, beez like