go head and light that shit hard times don t ever last long the block taught me that hard times don t ever last long the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long a fool in that kitchen been cookin up like i know magic been hustlin hard i gotta buy momma that mansion was lost for real i had to go talk to my pastor was broke for real my pockets was flat as a plasma i peddle so fast them niggas be peddling backwards almost lost my life but boy that s a whole nother chapter they want that real i know that they tired of that wack shit i m good my money gettin bigger my bitches gettin badder i m fresh out the hood my attitude still like whatever you can smoke in my ride but please don t fuck up my leather i m bound to get it bitch niggas they said i was trippin they crazy they petty them niggas they caught in they feelings got paper for real so tall that it s stacked to the ceiling my cousin in prison he told me to send him some pictures i sent him a letter some money and told him i miss him i knew if he would of been free then he would of been with me but hard times don t ever last long the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long the block taught me that hard times don t ever last long the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long i knew if i would of been broke then she wouldn t fuck with me the block taught me that hard times don t ever last long i know if i wouldn t have no dough then she wouldn t fuck with me the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long life might throw you a curve but some shit you just can t call but i do know this that if you know phips you goin through some shit then you can call me dog all it takes is a kind word i d gladly quote you a proverb and if that gets you through your days don t give me praise man that s god work that s real walk and i live by it and i die by it remember we jets nigga when shit look down we swan dive it man i make that shit look cold blooded stack that paper till you re holdin somethin save more than you spend but still go and treat yourself cause there s more comin my will to win move mountains homie vacate for that drought homie ain t no laggin i m proactive i got kids and they countin on me sometimes when it s lookin cloudy right above it the sun is shining though i pay homage to muhammad don t mean i ain t bout my creflo dollar  but hard times don t ever last long the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long the block taught me that hard times don t ever last long the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long i knew if i would of been broke then she wouldn t fuck with me the block taught me that hard times don t ever last long i know if i wouldn t have no dough then she wouldn t fuck with me the ghetto taught me that hard times don t ever last long3