[Hook: RAHRAH GABOR] I do this for my b**hes facin' hard times Boostin' outta stores, on the block wit hard dimes Baby father facin' twenty, brother doin' nine RIP to all the soldiers slaughtered by the swine d**h to all the f** n***as who done slaughtered mine Ain't really into poppin' pills or sniffin' hard lines Gimme some Mary Jane to get me through these hard times A lil' Mary Jane'll get me through these hard times [Verse 1: Rahrah Gabor] Me and b**hes screaming "Get this paper!" Since 16 I was runnin' them capers Used to cop yams from my man from Decatur Til' he got knocked on his block cause his mans was a hater If it's a cold world, then the hood is a glacier n***as snatch b**hes chains, same night try to date her She f** 'em good, slit his throat, tell the cops that he raped her n***as want the sweet life, but can't savor the flavor b**h n***as frontin' like they really hard Only h*mo wit them gangstas on the boulevard Jokers better cut it out before I pull their card Make my lil' n***as snatch you out ya f**in' car Never been a sweet n***a I'm in the titty bars Poppin' bottles wit my comrades like the world is ours I told my n***a "f** the sky, the limit's really Mars" n***as f**in' up the game with these silly bars! [Hook: Rahrah Gabor] I do this for my b**hes facin' hard times Boostin' outta stores, on the block wit hard dimes Baby father facin' twenty, brother doin' nine RIP to all the soldiers slaughtered by the swine d**h to all the f** n***as who done slaughtered mine Ain't really into poppin' pills or sniffin' hard lines Gimme some Mary Jane to get me through these hard times A lil' Mary Jane'll get me through these hard times [Verse 2: Ra-Belye$] Blood, sweat, tears n***a this is all grind Nobody got me here my n***a, this is all mine Lost so many years, I wish that I could pause time And grew so numb to fear from living through these hard times False idol n***as hide behind these dark blinds Telling stories we don't feel because it's all lies I found a ladder to success that we can all climb Know for a fact a n***a blessed because I saw a sign Cross line with them peezies for the L-O When you speak about this game I be deep in it like a shovel Through this weather I was mellow then I turned into a rebel Since the day my n***a Icey introduced me to the devil Had me on the block, rocks in my sock, tuckin' the Glock Lowkey duckin' cops, I was afraid to get knocked But it could happen when you f**in' w this trappin Never, lackin' get it crackin' like a savage Through these hard times! [Hook] I do this for my b**hes facin' hard times Boostin' outta stores, on the block wit hard dimes Baby father facin' twenty, brother doin' nine RIP to all the soldiers slaughtered by the swine d**h to all the f** n***as who done slaughtered mine Ain't really into poppin' pills or sniffin' hard lines Gimme some Mary Jane to get me through these hard times A lil' Mary Jane'll get me through these hard times [Outro: Rahrah Gabor] As I sit here...blunt rolled Ciroc in the system and all that n***as gottta reflect on all the bullsh** that's been goin on For the past 20 years or so n***as ain't the same... These n***as ain't loyal And these b**hes ain't gon' do nothin' for you... Word... Me and my n***a CREAM... We got this sh** on smash... Real n***as know what's good ugh... Fake n***as fold... Real n***as hold... Hard times, n***a Hard times, n***a [Outro: Ra-Belye$] Man these hard times is real Sometimes I don't know how I deal Man they don't understand the way I feel All this pain makes me wanna k**... (2x)