Beat-up little seagull On a marble stair Tryin' to find the ocean Lookin' everywhere Hard times in the city In a hard town by the sea Ain't nowhere to run to There ain't nothin' here for free Hooker on the corner Waitin' for a train Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk Sleepin' in the rain And the people hide their faces And they hide their eyes 'Cause the city is dyin' And they don't know why Oh, Baltimore Ain't it hard just to live Oh, Baltimore Ain't it hard just to live, just to live Go and get and my sister Kia And my bigger brother Tae Buy a flee of Lamborghinis And haul em all away And we live out in the country Where the mountain's high Never gonna go back there 'Til the day I die Oh, Baltimore Ain't it hard just to live Oh, Baltimore Ain't it hard just to live, just to live