2Pac - It Ain't Easy lyrics

Keepin' it real

I take a shot of Hennessy
Now I'm strong enough to face the madness
Nickel bag full of cess weed laced with hash
Phone calls from my niggas on the other side
Two childhood friends just died
I couldn't cry
A damn shame, when will we ever change?
And what remains from a
12-gauge to the brain?
Arguments with my boo, it's true
I spend more time with my niggas
Than I do with you
But everywhere it's the same thang
That's the game
I'll be damned if a thang changed
Fuck the fame
I'll be hustlin' to make a million
Lord knows ain't no love
For us ghetto children


So we cold, Rag-top slowin' down
Time to stop for gas
Beep my horn for a hoochie with a proper ass
Uh, it ain't easy, that's my motto
Drinkin' Tanqueray straight out the bottle
Everybody wanna know if I'm insane
My baby mama got a mind full of silly games
And all the drama got me
Stressin' like I'm hopeless i can't cope
Me and the homies smokin' roaches
'Cause we broke, late night
Hangin' out 'til the sunrise
Gettin' high, watchin' the cops roll by
It ain't easy that's right, it ain't easy

Easy being me will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary or
Will I stay free?

I can't sleep, niggas plottin' on me
Kill me while I'm dreamin'
Wake up sweaty and screamin'
'Cause I can hear them suckers schemin'
Probably paranoid
Problem is them punks be fantasizin'
A brother bite the bullet
Open fire and I died
I wonder why, it's just the way it is
Even now lookin' out for these killa
Kids 'cause they wild bill Clinton
Can you recognize a nigga representin'
Doin' twenty to life in San Quentin?
Gettin' calls from my nigga Mike Tyson
Ain't nothin' nice yo 'Pac
Do somethin' righteous with your life
And even though you're innocent
You still a nigga so they figure
Rather have you behind bars than triggers
But I'ma hold you down and holla Thug Life
Lickin' shots 'til I see my
Niggas free on the block
But no, it ain't easy, ha ha ha
'Til I see my niggas free on the block, uh
It ain't easy

It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary

Lately been reminiscin' about
Peppermint Schnapps
In Junior High hit the block
Keep an eye on the cops
While d-boys slang rocks
Just a project kid without a conscience
I'm havin' dreams of hearin'
Screams at my concerts
Me and all my childhood peers
Through the years tryin' to
Stack a little green
I was only seventeen when
I started servin' fiends
And I wish there was another
Way to stack a dolla
Sold my Impala 'cause these hard
Times make me wanna holla
Will I live to see tomorrow?
Am I fallin' off?
I hit the weed and then proceed
To say: "Fuck all of y'all!"
Ain't nobody down with me, I'm thuggin'
I can't go home
'cause muh'fuckers think I'm buggin'
So now I'm in this high powered
Cell at the county jail
Punk judge got a grudge, can't post no bail
What do I do in these county blues?
Gettin' battered and bruised
By the you-know-who
And these fakes get to shakin'
When they face me
Snakes ain't got enough nuts to replace me
Sittin' in this livin' hell
Listenin' to niggas yell
Tryin' to torture 'em to tell
I'm gettin' mail
But ain't nobody sayin' much
The same old nuts
Is makin' bucks while these
Sluts is gettin' fucked
They violated my probation
And it seems I'll be goin' on a long vacation
Meanwhile, it ain't easy no, it ain't easy

It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary
Or will I stay free? It ain't easy being me
Will I see the penitentiary or
Will I stay free?