[Intro]
We know its too hard and I can't stop this life
We know its too hard but I can't stop this life, baby
Don't you get it, baby?
We know it's too—

[Chorus]
We know its too hard and I can't stop this life
We know its too hard but I can't stop this life, baby
Don't you get it?
We know it's too hard and I can't stop this life

[Verse 1]
My OGs, yeah, they trippin' cuz they youth gone
Them drug problems and addictions got 'em too on
We all want our lives upgraded like a new phone
Raised by them children shelters and them group homes
Enhance it 'cause we just want the answers
Its hard to follow rules trying to move like Black Panthers
Got my .38 snub in a strip club full o' dancers
While I'm hopin' that my daddy sees the doctor still screamin' "Fuck cancer!"
Tryna make it, couldn't escape it, so we ran towards the ghetto life
Where gun play occurred regularly to settle fights
Second Amendment protection, that's fundamental rights
But Cali laws say I'ma dog, put me in the kennel twice
This demonstrated segregation, it's a nightmare
The media don't care about our feelings, though they write theirs
And nothin' ever seems to change, though, despite prayers
And I'ma always live with no fear 'cause I won't die scared

[Chorus]
We know its too hard and I can't stop this life
We know its too hard but I can't stop this life baby
Don't you get it?
We know it's too hard and I can't stop this life

[Verse 2]
It's hard to know who to trust when your turnin' for help
So I had to stay safe, burner in my belt
Gotta watch how much you spend when you earnin' some wealth
If ain't nobody gonna teach you gotta learn it yo'self
In slight range, got 'em shot twice at the dice game
Can't get caught slippin' with this .40—I got nice aim
I went to re-up, but COVID made the price change
Which turned my soul cold, heart froze like the Ice Age
But in my young days I fell in love with bustin' nocs
Don't ever try to rob me, bruh, 'cause I be buckin' shots
Yeah, I was 15, dodgin' all these fuckin' cops
I started early with my girly fasholy never punchin' clocks
And any problems that arise, we can settle it
He popped him twice, jumped on a bike and he started pedalin'
These gun shots'll transform you to a skeleton
And nothin' makes my heart race more than adrenaline

[Chorus]
We know its too hard and I can't stop this life
We know its too hard but I can't stop this life, baby
Don't you get it?
We know it's too hard and I can't stop this life