C-murder - I'ts Hard 2 Be Black lyrics

"They judge us by the color of our skin But not by the content of our character" Some of the realest sh-- I ever heard So hard being black (black) So hard being me (me) So hard being C (C, C) (T-Rhythm x5) [Verse 1: Boozie Badazz] It's hard to be black and even harder When your money flowing like water Son won't be a thug So some won't be his father Judge he turned his nose up, [?] Life with no parole, how they sell us is black 9 times out of 10, we k**ing our own kind Liquor stores on every corner to k** us in due time I ain't lying my race got no peace Uh, shoot me in the back but run from the police It's so hard being me- a successful n***a Got these devils pissed off at my complexion, n***a Cause I'm black seem like it's so hard to get high Cause I'm black seem like it's easier to get fired Cause I'm black seem like it's easier to get time Same charge White boy- 5 Me, my boy- 99 Obama ain't lying You made it hard for a n***a Any black n***a with power They trying to slaughter a n***a It's hard [Hook: C-Murder] x2 These days it's hard to be black Gotta watch my back They see me running in packs Cause nowadays, it's hard to be black [Verse 2: C-Murder] I see the boys in the making in my building Children, no pop guns, yeah, they got real ones Nobody feel them, but me, yeah I really feel them That's why I'm still in the 'jects and I got millions We lost souls headed for hell, the cross roads Genocide, don't care if I die, n***a my heart froze I smoke [?] I'm k**ing myself with the same Glock I can't stop, I got that thing under my tank top So I roam like [?] to clear my head I drink a beer and shed a tear, plus my momma said Boy you gon' die soon So I look up at the moon And I say f** it with the middle finger, I'm a goon [Hook: C-Murder] x2 [Verse 3: Snoop Dogg] You see the system was designed to keep us all down That's why it's up to me to never let them turn it around Burning it down My sound go cray through it Put a real team to it Don't dream, do it See, we got to be a little more careful It's getting unbearable This sh** is so terrible Now take a look in the mirror It seems like you can't see what I see So let me make it more clearer It's hard being black Give us all that fame, then you take it right back Now how we 'posed to act Now we can't work, can't eat like that These are rules of the game They build you up and knock you down And leave you full of ashame Materialistic Gravy and Bisquick When you're black It's a fact Living life is optimistic [Hook: C-Murder] x2