Hardknock

[Intro: Joey Bada$$] Check it, word, word What's the word, word? Yeah Check [Verse 1: Joey Bada$$] Just got word From my mans on the island, he said he needed guidance Niggas on the streets is wylin', he look to God but can't find Him So he demand silence from the glaring sirens The sympathy symphony, only thing playin' is the banned violence No lyin', niggas just won't let go the iron They wanna burn your molecules until you let go ions Treat beef like they let go lions, so don't eye 'em They get the wrong message, wrong methods put you on that long stretcher Too much pressure, God bless ya when the semi wet ya They told me, "more dress-up", I'm giving too many lectures And I'm puttin' in too many effort in my nouns and verbs Like they gon' catch up, fuck what you must heard! But I done puffed enough herb To be listening to young birds and dumb nerds I got enough shit on my mind So I don't need to be stressin' and shine, it's fine [Chorus: Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly] One day I'm tryna have a wife and kids So I just can't live my life like this And I ain't tryna learn what lifeless is So I just can't live my life like this I want the gold chains and diamond rings But I just can't live my life like this And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff (Check) But I just can't live my life like this [Verse 2: CJ Fly] Got a collect call From up top, my cousin called me and whatnot The motto never changed, it’s still fuck cops We went from having lunch in our lunchbox Our lungs was hot whenever we'd puff pot We'd touch blocks and end up havin' to duck shots But fuck that, ain’t tryin' live that life no more My mind corrupted, but my heart is still pure, gotta be brave, can’t be afraid Braids and waves never matter when you catch the fade Trapped in a maze, and your faith is your only escape Fuck a priest’s opinion, knock the hinges off of Heaven’s gates Tryna share my cells with my mate, not share a cell with mates Wreckin' shit with my recklessness The L get lit, that’s when I start second-guessin' shit Thinkin' 'bout Ty, and then I reminisce What you thought? You niggas could’ve fuck me over? Never, nigga, guess again I’m street, so cross me like pedestrians And that’s gon' be the end of it, straight revokin' your membership [Chorus: CJ Fly] One day I'm tryna have a wife and kids So I just can't live my life like this And I ain't tryna know what lifeless is So I just can't live my life like this I want the gold chains and diamond rings But I just can't live my life like this And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff But I just can't live my life like this [Verse 3: Joey Bada$$] Niggas wanna know What I’m about; I’m 'bout blowin' loud On the block sporty, Glock 40 in a politician mouth I take the competition out commission with my composition Who the kid spittin' behind the bars like a con position? Gotta give ‘em time to listen, they’ll soon bump to it They’ll like me, I kick it like Nike, they’ll soon adjust to it But if you hate, I know you must do it I ain’t mad at you, I keep my attitude on "screw it, a million bucks should do it" I’m out for presidents to represent me Yo' chick keep messagin' me, "Who the bestest MC?" They be mentionin' me Too hot, I be molestin' the beat Fuck math, teachers should teach us to get Smith & Wesson’s off of the street So first-class be a lesson for me Fuck what you teachin' for some regents, I'm flyin' over regions Reachin' all-time highs where Jesus can’t reach us Censor me and get the recipe to make you rest in peace This is for my niggas, killers, hundred dollar billers On the block in the rock spot, Glock cocked, watchin' out for cops All about their cheddar, young guns know nothing that’s better Like fuck a prison letter, those Beretta’s led us to the lettuce Relish fetishes, menaces want the senator’s percentages If you ain't prejudice, you still a nemesis Smokin' on the Clematis, get open like a present is Now your presence is on the premises for them presidents My city be the genesis for where they think the terror is They linkin' terrorists from the Stuy to Lincoln Terraces Stay on that reckless shit, they leave you left for the dead Kids don’t play, they’ll erase your head in a race for the bread Children on the corners slingin' some regs, poppin' some meds Jakes be so deep in cover they be chasing the feds I be backstage grippin' haze, breakin' my leg My folks was makin' the best when they was naked in bed, motherfucker [Chorus: Joey Bada$$] One day I'm tryna have a wife and kids So I just can't live my life like this And I ain't tryna learn what lifeless is So I just can't live my life like this I want the gold chains and diamond rings But I just can't live my life like this And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff But I just can't live my life like this