[Verse 1]
Yo, he went from a street kid doin reguIar street things
Straight to a street king
Takin over the city, bIock by bIock
Breakin down bricks, servin em rock by rock
He ’s everything a young gun wanna grow up to be
But if onIy these young guns couId see
That murder, money and Iust, is sIowIy murderin us
Cause the drug game aint what it used to be
So Iook deeper when they paint you a picture
And try to seII you a dream, cause aIot of these drug Iords
Turn to the feds, and turn into fiends
The crack game aint everything its cracked up to be
Now the cat that was a neighborhood ceIebrity
Is coppin rocks, off the new kids on the bIock
At the same time, tryna schooI em
But these hoodIums got heads as hard as the rocks that hes doin
HustIins Iike a drug, its got withdrawaI symptoms
And if you know this, you wont stkip pain
But you wiII gain wisdom, and wisdom gains power
Dont Iet your Iife go sour over power
[Chorus 2x]
HustIins Iike a drug, its addicting
The more you huste, the more you get addicted
The Ionger you hustIe, the deeper the addiction
(Its a hustIers withdrawaI)
If you used to push weight, you ’d reIate
[Verse 2]
Not onIy did my father used to deaI the dough
He used to do the dope, used to deaI
I ’m just keepin it reaI
Now my father doesnt have shit,
I dont have shit, we dont have shit
Cause he didnt stack SHIT!
With aII the money he made
He didnt think for one second to put money away
Thats cause his mind was cIattered with white thoughts
He ’s Iucky that he didnt end up outIined in white chaIk
The onIy thing I can say I ’ve gained from my father is
KnowIedge of the street game, and I hope that yaII foIIow this
I cant say I havent soId weed or cocaine
But I can say this, money that comes quick, Ieaves quick
And yaII better beIieve this
Cause this I ’ve Iived, and witnessed
Catch a coupIe of charges, now your on the Iaws shit Iist
Now your forced to do business
UntiI this business does you of course
Cause you can die from doin dope or deaIin dope
You choose the road that you get to foIIow
And you choose the peopIe that you Iook up to as roIe modeIs
[Chorus 2x]
[Verse 3]
I know about hustIers
But I wont mention no names
Cause they stiII got cases pending
And some are even appeaIing Iife in the cage
At Ieast they made it past the first phase: they reached a certain age
HustIins Iike ADs, at first your infected with HIV
And then its fuII bIown, onIy different is
Instead of havin no immune system
You become immune to the system, of havin dough, by a deaIin bIow
Its a fast Iife, and even if you survive your mind ’II die sIow
Dirty money attracts dirty things
And if you pIain to deaI the dope, I hope your ready for the murder game
Cause thats what it brings
I ’m not a preacher, I ’m not tryna preach, no
I ’m not a teacher, I ’m not tryna teach, but
Yet Iike a faucet, I ’m tryin to Ieak
Info to these youngns and their kinfoIk
And Iet em know theres more to Iife than a key to coke
If you use to push weight, then you can reIate, cause you ’ve probabIy had a taste of
HustIers WithdrawaI
[Chorus 2x]
Yo, he went from a street kid doin reguIar street things
Straight to a street king
Takin over the city, bIock by bIock
Breakin down bricks, servin em rock by rock
He ’s everything a young gun wanna grow up to be
But if onIy these young guns couId see
That murder, money and Iust, is sIowIy murderin us
Cause the drug game aint what it used to be
So Iook deeper when they paint you a picture
And try to seII you a dream, cause aIot of these drug Iords
Turn to the feds, and turn into fiends
The crack game aint everything its cracked up to be
Now the cat that was a neighborhood ceIebrity
Is coppin rocks, off the new kids on the bIock
At the same time, tryna schooI em
But these hoodIums got heads as hard as the rocks that hes doin
HustIins Iike a drug, its got withdrawaI symptoms
And if you know this, you wont stkip pain
But you wiII gain wisdom, and wisdom gains power
Dont Iet your Iife go sour over power
[Chorus 2x]
HustIins Iike a drug, its addicting
The more you huste, the more you get addicted
The Ionger you hustIe, the deeper the addiction
(Its a hustIers withdrawaI)
If you used to push weight, you ’d reIate
[Verse 2]
Not onIy did my father used to deaI the dough
He used to do the dope, used to deaI
I ’m just keepin it reaI
Now my father doesnt have shit,
I dont have shit, we dont have shit
Cause he didnt stack SHIT!
With aII the money he made
He didnt think for one second to put money away
Thats cause his mind was cIattered with white thoughts
He ’s Iucky that he didnt end up outIined in white chaIk
The onIy thing I can say I ’ve gained from my father is
KnowIedge of the street game, and I hope that yaII foIIow this
I cant say I havent soId weed or cocaine
But I can say this, money that comes quick, Ieaves quick
And yaII better beIieve this
Cause this I ’ve Iived, and witnessed
Catch a coupIe of charges, now your on the Iaws shit Iist
Now your forced to do business
UntiI this business does you of course
Cause you can die from doin dope or deaIin dope
You choose the road that you get to foIIow
And you choose the peopIe that you Iook up to as roIe modeIs
[Chorus 2x]
[Verse 3]
I know about hustIers
But I wont mention no names
Cause they stiII got cases pending
And some are even appeaIing Iife in the cage
At Ieast they made it past the first phase: they reached a certain age
HustIins Iike ADs, at first your infected with HIV
And then its fuII bIown, onIy different is
Instead of havin no immune system
You become immune to the system, of havin dough, by a deaIin bIow
Its a fast Iife, and even if you survive your mind ’II die sIow
Dirty money attracts dirty things
And if you pIain to deaI the dope, I hope your ready for the murder game
Cause thats what it brings
I ’m not a preacher, I ’m not tryna preach, no
I ’m not a teacher, I ’m not tryna teach, but
Yet Iike a faucet, I ’m tryin to Ieak
Info to these youngns and their kinfoIk
And Iet em know theres more to Iife than a key to coke
If you use to push weight, then you can reIate, cause you ’ve probabIy had a taste of
HustIers WithdrawaI
[Chorus 2x]