I know it might seem crazy
But I sleep, wit a P-80
And you would do the same, if you seen, what I seen lately

I gotta play it for keeps, this industry shady,
And my moms did good, but the bing and them streets raised me
Like T BradyI be play-reading my team mates

Pain and betrayal was able to teach AV
I think maybe, it's old dealings,
That put the cold feelings in my heartBlood froze,

but it's no chillin
My home skillet, got hit,
wit his dome spillin

Died like an outta towner,
in front of his own buildin
And that was '06 when they killed himno hospital

I wasn't there to stop it,
so part of me feel responsible
And plus I had the game near, in the same year,

Til I caught a case, wit some (*##$ ^!$$%s who came scared
The pain made a ^!$$% wise, like grey hairs
Buried my emotions, like $#&@ it, it ain't fair

It's

HOOK:


Pain^!$$% what chu know about pain?
Pain bring strugglin, and strugglin is strain

But money is the aim, so you gotta stay hustlin
But change ain't comin, so it's $#&@in wit cha brain


Death^!$$% what chu know about death?
Death bring misery, and misery is stress
It got chu pourin Henny, cuz too many of em left,

And you feelin like you finna be da next

I still remember when every night,

my hood made the news, it was fatal
Either over the cake, red-blue %#@!, or yayo
Pop duke, couldn't afford a tube, wit the cable,

And I was hustlin, just to put food, on the table
School? I was unable to go, I became truant
I coulda been a A-student, but I ain't do it

I'd rather move work on them benches,
$#&@ classBut on the block,
I always had perfect attendance

What chu know about duckin ya death?
Or lettin fragmented slugs ricochet,
and stay stuck in ya flesh

Ease the pain, gettin high smokin
Or drive-bys in slow motion,
and you watch ya man die, wit his eyes open

Triple beams, and biddin wit big dreams
Picture livin this %#@! before you hit sixteen
Get stabbed up, by ya own pops tryna kill

Then tell me that my life ain't real
Mutha$#&@a dats


HOOK:

Pain^!$$% what chu know about pain?

Pain bring strugglin, and strugglin is strain
But money is the aim, so you gotta stay hustlin
But change ain't comin, so it's $#&@in wit cha brain


Death^!$$% what chu know about death?
Death bring misery, and misery is stress

It got chu pourin Henny, cuz too many of em left,
And you feelin like you finna be da next


They say that time is moneybut you lookin at ya watch,
and you short a few
Tryna buy life, but ya life ain't affordable

Cut short from takin shortcuts, til they cornered you
Cuz corners only lead to coroners and court for you
And I endured more than you ever thought to do

Caught a few years, came home, and applauded you
Cuz stayin out's gettin harder to achieve
And everybody tellin now, that I do believe
True indeed, pain humble you
But it's moments when pain's the only thing,

that'll keep your brain functional
Just to stay comfortable
Sometimes, you gotta burn bridges,
cuz a lotta ya bridges'll break under you
The game change, but it's all the same struggle duke

You did a bid, yeah I know you had to hustle too
It's gettin rougher, so you zone out
Drunk as a $#&@holdin the chrome, in ya own mouth
^!$$% dat's


HOOK:

Pain^!$$% what chu know about pain?
Pain bring strugglin, and strugglin is strain
But money is the aim, so you gotta stay hustlin

But change ain't comin, so it's $#&@in wit cha brain

Death^!$$% what chu know about death?
Death bring misery, and misery is stress
It got chu pourin Henny, cuz too many of em left,
And you feelin like you finna be da next