[INTRO] n***as talk about rap And it's a business n***as talk about hustling But it's a business In order to excel in the business You gotta be business minded [VERSE 1] How you survive in the clench when Don't nobody love you Grippin on a slip and get to trippin It'll snuff you d**h down the block And it - gotta be waiting Fist fights - shoot outs - high speed chases b**h you ain't gangster Why he be fakin Talkin to them hoes Why he be hatin Out the gate I'm an ape And you know I am Get to bustin - bullet crush him Like a soda can Seein empty soda cans Up and down the sidewalk Kids running bare feet Up and down the sidewalk I'm in that south Show you what that street like Gates live that street life Discreet under street lights I wanna stop hustlin I wanna change over But right now a n***a aim On that Range Rover Lord forgive me for the brains I done blowed away Put that on my unborn child And my throw away [Chorus] My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma don't want me to end Up like my f**ing brother My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma know I'm a k**er Caught up in the struggle My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma don't want me to end Up like my f**ing brother My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma know I'm a k**er Caught up in the struggle [VERSE 2] Draw heat to the corner From the stitching of my jacket pocket To my shoulders round the collar Of my jacket lining Whoever thought that the same b**h Would try to do me From Harlem Nights - on a Harlem night Watching movies We at her crib and she urging me to go inside After chatting about a balcony - and solo live I guess so - but I'm going in with open eyes A n***a hiding in the closet will be no surprise We start touching - now I'm licking on her open thigh Never got a chance to UHH - somebody opened fire I tried reaching for that tool - but the toaster move You on the floor - with no clothes What you supposed to do Being set up - seeing what that hoe will do The triggerman - being somebody that's close to you Naked and you shaking - heart pacing You could feel it Praying if the lord let me make it I'mma k** him [Chorus] My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma don't want me to end Up like my f**ing brother My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma know I'm a k**er Caught up in the struggle My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma don't want me to end Up like my f**ing brother My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma know I'm a k**er Caught up in the struggle [VERSE 3] Strength - you supposed to be strong You posted around him - you ‘posed to be on Questioning yourself - wonder what they want you dead for Sleeping in your tennis - don't believe in bed clothes Running in my room - I just took one in my sleeves (well n***a what you did to him) Oh he took one where he sneeze We'll hook up when you free Got a hook up on the keys Frah - go lay the d she be cooking them with ease Look what I been through Life ain't nice to me Big brother kidnapped Little brother don't write to me I'm stuck in this driver's seat Satan is to the right of me n***as don't like me And they wanna take my life from me I'm in the slum While n***as f** my wife to be She a s*ut - I ain't trippin It's alright with me Know what it is And understand what it stand for Dead game What the f** a n***a stand for [Chorus] My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma don't want me to end Up like my f**ing brother My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma know I'm a k**er Caught up in the struggle My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma don't want me to end Up like my f**ing brother My momma know I hustle My momma I'm gutter My momma know I'm a k**er Caught up in the struggle