Yeah! And you don't stop   Now, once again Ace One is on the wax    and this one goes out to everybody    who experienced in their lifetime    or going to experience in their lifetime some type of hardship   Because everybody goes through hardships      See hardship belongs to me   I will never give it away or sell it for a fee   I regret to inform you I will never set it free   Everyday I'm reminded of how hard it could be    I take my pain just like a G   Got my struggle of life down to a T   It's nobody's fault but mine if I can't see   So I open my eyes and start looking for the key   Hardship is mine to hold onto   all through to the Yellow Brick Road it goes   My shoulders got the heaviest load but I pack light    and I compensate I got act right when I conversate    See some people relate but they don't understand the words   Some people can climb mountains but can't jump curbs    and vice verse. I know it's such a nice verse    but hardship makes everything worse    and worse is a reminder to stay on the path   But hardship is mine to have    because hardship keeps me in check    mainly so I can check myself I give up full respect    because he's real like a hundred-dollar bill   Without hardship you wouldn't appreciate your meals   Without hardship I wouldn't appreciate my skills   And so I do and so I grew and so I knew    that hardship not only makes most of my days blue    but it teaches me how to struggle in the jungle    and never crumble and how to remain humble   Some people they live life inside a glass case   Some people they live life in the vastness of space   And others will live long at a snail's pace   I live with hardship slapping me in the face      Because hardship belongs to me,    I will never give it away or sell it for a fee   I regret to inform you I will never set it free   Everyday I'm reminded of how hard it could be      How hard it could be...   How hard it could be...   Everyday I'm reminded of how hard it could be.