HARD LIFE

[Chorus: NLE Choppa]

Pray to the Lord, protect my son while I ride through the night

Keep my daughter aura shining bright like a light

It's a hard life, mm, it's a hard life, yeah

Make my son grow old and be a gentleman to people

Pray that my daughter becomes the humblest of divas

Hard life, yeah, it's a hard life

[Verse 1: NLE Choppa]

Mm, lookin' in my kid's eyes, it's an innocent soul

Blind to the fact that the world so cold

Evil whispers in the wind if you listen

Some days, I be trippin', but I got they best interest

I gotta give and take, I can't bend, nor break

This world full of hate, gotta love it anyway

It'll eat you up alive without sayin' it's grace

Hit my knees when I pray that my children okay

Safety ain't just for me, I gotta make sure we all straight

Pearly gates ain't nothin' but a wrong choice away

Stayin' high in my frequency, can't let the devil get to me

My kids, they depend on me, so I can never rest in peace

Lord knows, gold souls need the most ways to cope

Chosen under oath, feel like a rope be tied around my throat

Wrong quote, wrong road, lost heart, broken souls

No hope or on dope, my kids can't be none of those

[Chorus: NLE Choppa]

Pray to the Lord, protect my son while I ride through the night

Keep my daughter aura shining bright like a light

It's a hard life, yeah, it's a hard life

Make my son grow old and be a gentleman to people

Pray that my daughter be the humblest of divas

Hard life, mm, hard life

[Verse 2: NLE Choppa]

Two rose pedals that grew from concrete

In the reflection of me, it was destined to be

Who am I without me? I was lost, now I'm found

Contemplatin' sucide before Clover came around

That lil' girl be my world, hell and back 'bout you

Owe you everything, would've been dead without you

Kiss her forehead, remind her every day that she an angel

When daddy feelin' low, see her face, cure the anger

To my son Chozen, man, words can't explain

How you reverse my pain when your smile grow in vain

You got gold in your veins, innocence

In the purest form of something heaven-sent

My soul, you blessin' it with the small acts of bliss

Even in my absence, man, I still feel your presence

Days with you sometimes feel like seconds

Heart turn blue whenever we not connected

Apart from you, sometimes, I be—

[Bridge: NLE Choppa]

Can a real man stand up?

That baby boy need a father

Real woman put your hands up

That baby girl need a mother

[Chorus: NLE Choppa]

Pray to the Lord, protect my son while I ride through the night

Keep my daughter aura shining bright like a light

It's a hard life, yeah, it's a hard life, yeah

Make my son grow old and be a gentleman to people

Pray that my daughter becomes the humblest of divas

Hard life, yeah-yeah, it's a hard life

[Outro: Carey Washington]

I pray for strength in this world and the riddance of evil

I pray for energy obtained from the sun above me

I see a light through the clouds as a silver linin'

Where I grew up, the world was cold, had to change the climate

I carried burdens on my soul from the shit that I've witness

I grew up surrounded by fire fights that never extinguished

I had to rise from the ashes to the clouds like a Phoenix

That's why my tears bring healing for a reason