Nas - Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay... lyrics

So many n***as get f**ed up in the game See that's where they get caught out there 'Cause it's not no f**in' game When you hear shells comin' atcha Hot Ones from a shotgun I betta n***a runs faster Loose a shoe to get away from a blaster Think about that casket, you don't wanna be in that sh** Quick to take his signin', you takin' everybody's package Money over b**hes was a loyal practice So you act is if money was no object Spinnin' 5 zues trips for your whole projects Epcot center linins for ya b**hes, Roli's for dogs Now we in tha mall slayin' by his b**hes Everyday I reminiscin' how he was livin' havin' fun 'Cause any day could have led to prison Now for a short bid 'cause if the Feds ever caught kid It be like 25 years conspiracy Another 25 for reefer snatchin' up him and his people He had his jeep bullet proof with silencers on the desert eagle Flippin' bricks in Gary Indiana He had it locked down from the streets to the slammer Only trusted two things, his trigger and his hammer Used to be a bumb till had a six month run Had a law suit, three G's the case was won Met with Mexican Hoya Cop Boya Bought barber shop named it after C Shaday There where they found his body In a barber chair face down, bullets in his chest Sliced apart from the waist down Planned to sell his shop, stick Hoya for everything he got Take j**els and his 5 Then his shoes were cemented Drop his body in the tide but Hoya was wise Even when he ain't around he got ears and eyes Gotta stay a step ahead of this game to stay alive Always wanted things, always wanted cash To live fast get the girls with tha biggest a** f** her 9 to 5, gotta drive a 5 Now that I got it, the hardest thing to do is stay alive Always wanted things, always wanted cash To live fast get the girls with tha biggest a** f** her 9 to 5, gotta drive a 5 Now that I got it, the hardest thing to do is stay alive Coke head Saundra she grew in Gruwana Her man was large and Saundra was his baby mama Stayed in drama, fightin' with hood rats that he was f**ing No job all day, she did nothing They son was 7 years old, she really was a wifey First should she would transport, blow overnight for a G He paid up front they layed up once She got pregnant she would dead it She had a boy, named her son Infinite after his father who did dirt She didn't noses after would follow Capsules and bottles and crack in the back of his baga He let her drive while he drove the Burgandy 5 He often talked about how he wants to murder these guys From off of Burger street, had Nat workin' the street Lifestyle richest n***a from how he use to be Never thought he'd rock diamonds never took weakness for kindness Thats how he gradually grew Did a favor for a favor, now the n***a in with the crew And now he live major house in Dix Hills next to Brook Shields With the cook and the maid sh** was real Saved his first bill, maid and his bodega Good luck playa, sign on the paper taped to the window Escaped from a would-be kidnap And slept and thought n***as fearless rep until he got wet Would had the world in his hands, his girl did a scam The owners rich is bonin' n***as to get rid of her man Welcome to the game baby Always wanted things, always wanted cash To live fast get the girls with tha biggest a** f** her 9 to 5, gotta drive a 5 Now that I got it, the hardest thing to do is stay alive Always wanted things, always wanted cash To live fast get the girls with tha biggest a** f** her 9 to 5, gotta drive a 5 Now that I got it, the hardest thing to do is stay alive The hardest thing to do is stay alive The hardest thing to do is stay alive The hardest thing to do is stay alive