Keepin' it real      I take a shot of Hennessey   Now I'm strong enough to face the madness   Nickel bag full of sess weed laced with hash   Phone calls from my niggaz 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 twelve gauge to the brain   Arguments with my Boo is true   I spend mo' time with my niggaz 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 hustling 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   It ain't easy, that's my motto   Drinkin' Tanqueray straight out the bottle      Everybody wanna know if I'm insane   My baby mama gotta 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 till the sunrise gettin' high   Watchin' the cops roll by   It ain't easy, that's right      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      I can't sleep, niggaz plottin' on to 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 this the way it is, even now   Lookin' out for these killer 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 nuttin' nice   Yo 'Pac, do somethin' righteous witcha life   And even though you innocent you still a nigga, so they figure   Rather have you behind bars than triggers      But I'm hold ya down and holla Thug Life, lickin' shots   Till I see my niggaz free on the block   But no it ain't easy   Till I see my niggaz free, on the block, oh   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'   'Bout Peppermint Schnapps in Junior High hit the block   Keep an eye on the cops while D-Boys slang rocks      It's the project kid without a conscience,   I'm havin' dreams of hearin' screams at my concerts   Me 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 dollar   So my apoli', 'cause these hard times make me wanna holler   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 niggaz 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