Ludacris, 8Ball, MJG, Carl Thomas - Hard Times lyrics

I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
Hard times (hard) , hard times (hard)

You never know how much you miss a person
Until they gone
Like to hear it? Hear it go, I'm rehearsing
Gotta sing my song
I know I've done some wrong
But I can't get right
Cause life is like a big fight
I'm stickin-and-movin
Tryin to get my shit right
My family's been houndin me
Friends they done turned against me
Kinda like they hearts was on a full tank
But now they empty
And they say I've changed
But like twins I'm just the same
It's because of my job
Mo' money mo' prob in this dirty game
This industry FUCKED UP
That's right I said it, and it's fake as ever
Keep real niggas around me
Stay Space Age 4 Eva
Po-ppa never went and jumped the broom
Never got that one degree
But if you looked down from heaven
You'd still be proud of me
Your son was DUI, but my momma made it by
I didn't shed no tears when you left me
But the rest of the family cried
Trials and tribulations
Ruined my concentration losin my patience
Hard times for goodness sake'n

I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
Hard times (hard) , hard times (hard)
As this Valium slowly starts to kick in
Them subconcious, subliminal thoughts
Start tickin
This whole world around me, diseased
And crumblin
Babies doin dope cause daddy did it
Right in front of them
Everybody wanna blame music for they bad kids
Sittin up in the court talkin 'bout "Eminem
Made me do what I did"
My own hard times rolled in like the fog
Try to think of others
But I can't get past my own thoughts
My momma, in 1967, pickin cotton
While other blacks was gettin liberated
Boycottin
My old man was a player, ain't no hidin that
He started tootin then he
Graduated to smokin crack i never saw him
Never needed to see that muh'fucker
He left me and my mother stuck
Down here in this fuckin gutter
I tattooed it on my arm so I can't forget it
It's in my mind and my heart
So I'm forever with it

I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
Hard times (hard) , hard times (hard)
A drum machine, the old fo' track
And a pack of new tapes
In the middle of, 1988, in a corner cafe
We made beats, and hung with old heads
And stayed out late at night
Do talent shows, fo'-way split the dough
That was our way of life
My momma stayed home full-time so
She could raise me
Knowin without a household father
Things could get crazy sometimes I listened
Sometimes I thought I knew it all
But nevertheless
Momma was with me through it all
I graduated out of nothin, not out of school
It was like, 12, 13
14 years I'm thinkin cool
I might as well be focusin on
Me tryin to get paid
Usin these rhymes I've been writin
Since in the 7th grade
Our team played and had physical
Sex with minimum wage
It was just like a piece of pussy
It fucked me long as I stayed
But still I prayed, Lord I'm drownin
Please help me out the water
It can't get no harder
Help me to get back up
And get my shit tomorrow

I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
Hard times (hard) , hard times (hard)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
(hard, times)
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
I'm tryin to make it through these hard times
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