In the Struggle - E-40

Move with precision, decisions to make, fakes to shake Talk a good game but yo, your stash ain't no wins I'm in the biz of makin' it big and express myself Through jams that they even bop to in Japan, my man Change for a dollar so I can make this call Get my money correct 'cos I been broke too long Gotta keep it legit, can't be locked for years Find me a 9 to 5, blood sweat and tears But can it work boss man smack the jerk for tryin' to jerk me Thinkin' I can't see inconsistency in my currency Now I'm back out on the street Walking these dogs for ends meet, life's not sweet But I still rock rhymes to beats Put it together maybe we can make an explosion But it takes time, record labels mess up your mind You could press rewind and catch a dose one more time Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that Gimme mine and I'll spark the chart like flint Money spent back to start, who wants parts of this Crisp on compact disk but don't you diss the vinyl mix I got the hook up at the crib That's my escape from this world today, watch 'em blow up Then deflate like a souffle, I see it every day, all day I'm out for the gold, forget the silver and the bronze Gotta make dough, send home to wifey and moms Invest in real estate, computers and all this Plan's flawless, bumpy roads, I'm ready So all you fakers get jetty or get chopped up like confetti I'm on a mission for this permanent position Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that On the bricks, scuffed up kicks, not a hint of dough Lost my job, now I'm livin' like a slob Re-plan regroup, gotta hook up with my make money troops Two scoops of loops, studio, time to blow Hip-hop scene flooded, everybody gettin' blunted A&R's frontin', guess I gotta prove somethin' Over percussion, Shabaam Sahdeeq rushin' like the Kremlin Got MC's tremblin' in their lab, take a stab at me Superior with word play Stress overtakes the fakes everyday all day Rugged like Broadway, no time for horseplay In the struggle don't you lower your level Gotta take charge like credit, need to start talkin' aesthetic 'Cos when you lose your chance you will regret it, get it Lyrics embedded in your head like memories Remember these Us3 melodies Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, like that

Ye, family ah family Ah bredda bredda ting yuhzeet Defeat the struggles caz we never give up Being at the top is kinda lonely, you nah mean You know we haffi make it by any means (ooh) We, been through the worst time I see us winning It is like deja vu Ohhhh (whoi yoi) God forgive me wash weh all my sins Grimey life is all we know (Yea we have each other black enuh) Yah me real bro from day one Never ever sell you out (mm mm) Loyalty is priceless Ah nuh sumn weh you pay down pon Countless nights me sleep outside Ah di ground we ah lay down pon (hmm) You know we haffi make it out Get couple hot gyal like the stallion Get a Couple phantom, a couple rolls Couple houses, couple acres of land I have a dream, nah ever let it go Nah ever let it go Nah ever letting go Ghetto yutes When you have a dream, don't ever let it go Nah ever let it go Nah ever let it go God forgive me wash weh all my sins Grimey life is all we know Yah me real bro from day one Never ever sell me out Win any fight, collect di prize Mi enemy dem still surprised Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh (God over devil eno) Win any fight, collect di prize Mi bredda dem haffi survive Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh Ohh oh ohh ohhhhhh oh oh

Reaching out for something you've got to feel While clutching to what you had thought was real Kicking at a dead horse pleases you No way of showing your gratitude S-s-s-s-so many things you don't want to do What is it? What have you got to lose? (What the hell?) What the hell? What is it you think you're gonna find? (Hypocrite) hypocrite Boredom sets into the boring mind (Struggle within) it suits you fine (Struggle within) your ruin (Struggle within) you seal your own coffin (Struggle within) the struggling within Home is not a home, it becomes a hell Turning it into your prison cell Advantages are taken, not handed out While you struggle inside your hell, ow! (Reaching out) reaching out Grabbing for something you have got to feel (Closing in) closing in The pressure upon you is so unreal (Struggle within) it suits you fine (Struggle within) your ruin (Struggle within) you seal your own coffin (Struggle within) the struggling within Struggle Go! Reaching out for something you've got to feel While clutching to what you had thought was real What the hell? What is it you think you're gonna find? Hypocrite Boredom sets into the boring mind (Struggle within) it suits you fine (Struggle within) your ruin (Struggle within) you seal your own coffin (Struggle within) the struggling within

I've seen a lot pain since I was a child so (Pray for me) I've done a few things that just ain't right so (Pray for me) What I've been through would make you cry so (Pray for me, pray for me) I'm trying to change my life so (Pray for me) Ain't no dope on the streets, mayne, I'm behind in my rent I ain't got nothing to show for all the fedi that I done spent I told my mom where the cash at, my live insurance policy is the money She been planning on using to bury me My ribs touching, my paper struggling, mayne All my life I been hustling, running in place But can't seem to finish the race See dudes get whopped in the face Get plucked like a bass, flew in the space for senselessness That's why I stayed prayed up and say my grace Even when I'm blended Never know when your life is suspended God can take his arms from around you and easily end it At any time, any place, any where I know my life has been spared on several occasions Suckas hating, I'm still here I can block for what's lost and never talk again to each other Why does it take a funeral to bring a family together? Bad weather always looks worse through a window Stressing and rubbing my temples I make it look easy but it's really not all that simple I've seen a lot pain since I was a child so (Pray for me) I've done a few things that just ain't right so (Pray for me) What I've been through would make you cry so (Pray for me) I'm trying to change my life so (Pray for me) Young dude full of soul food, mama cooking pork chops Uncle slapping dominos, sister playing hop scotch And this was before the block got hot and infected And everybody knew my grand daddy well respected, check it Time went on and the game began I was losing comrades either death or the penn I was losing comrades but I'm stacking them ends We ever go to 600, we losing our friends When grand mama passed that's when it all went bad Aunties don't talk, my cousins fighting is bad In the snow Thanksgiving is like the ones we had and it's sad So I express through a pen and a pad I'm on my third wind pimpin' and knowing Jesus is with me Ain't no weapon form against me, back in common defeating I've been posted in the cut when them angels come get me Until that day, homie, just pray for me I've seen a lot pain since I was a child so (Pray for me) I've done a few things that just ain't right so (Pray for me) What I've been through would make you cry so (Pray for me) I'm trying to change my life so (Pray for me) My kinfolk, baby, momma on welfare, they house is bigger than ours 'Cause they got section 8 vouchers, W.I.C. and benefit cards My home girl daughter diabetic, she like to eat a whole lot She only 9 and a half and taking insulin shots My dude got a heart condition, his ankle be swollen 'Cause he got high blood pressure and he refuse to quit smoking But I'm no better than y'all, I like to drink alcohol Break out the pen and start writing about the things that I saw Like kilo grams of that [Incomprehensible] Peruvian flake Wrapped in aluminum foil and duck tape Bust open and throwed in the pot, foamy and mush Melted and locked in a shape of a gigantic size white cookie Put on the towel to dry and broken down into zips Quarters and half of 16's and yola get flipped I maintain my faith in G O D 'cause it's just a test Repent, we confess, ask for gratefulness, yes, I'm blessed I've seen a lot pain since I was a child so (Pray for me) I've done a few things that just ain't right so (Pray for me) What I've been through would make you cry so (Pray for me, pray for me) I'm trying to change my life so (Pray for me) I'm here right now (Pray for me) I need y'all to take this, I need y'all to take this pain away (Pray for me) I'm trying, feels like I'm dying (Pray for me) I need y'all to pray for me, oh, Lord (Pray for me) Every time I look around (Pray for me) Somebody got something to say (Pray for me) I need y'all to pray for me (Pray for me) I'm trying to do the right thing (Pray for me) Pray for me

Y'all can't fuck wit me (repeated) Y'all can't fuck with me, chain around my neck same colour as pee In the bay they call it wet like the ocean and the sea I'm throwing up my set and I'm yelling out the V Vallejo California y'all players tops like armour all Paper long like a conference call Ducking and dodging Johnny law Wanna ball like Chris [?] but I'm not in the NBA My DBA is selling alcohol, music and real estate We done came a long way, charlie hustle in my DNA Same product different hustle, different plinay ODB DB and E-40 November 15th, we share the same birthday Scorpio mines is Prodigy like the homie Lil Booise Real ones love us fake ones hate us, wanna smoke me like a loosie Wanna pluck me like a guitar It's not a movie this ain't pixar I got an uzi for any sucker wanna shoot me My criminal lawyer is Dan Russo My entertainment lawyer is Bob Lieberman The bail bonds that I choose is Ann Hill Just in case this hustler go to jail I'm a side bail when it comes to these coins, come to these coins Mack game, my dollar coin like dollar coins Crack game, seen it and lived it, been in it and done it Rap game really and truly is all i wanted My car might get to poppin a wheely Zero to sixty, the manifold open She start my nigga bitch hella pretty hold it! Panty's be sticky, soaking! They can't fuck wit me man! They can't fuck wit me! This beat will make you raise your eyebrows Fuck your radio and PPM we got pandora now Spotify and sirius satellite For the PBs that act like ass wipes Have my money taller than giraffe necks Papered up like a cheque One of my favourite pistols is a SPringfield Better duck before you get wet I got diamonds and a trapezium in my delotids When theres a problem i let my binoys drop my tinnoys Fucking around let me rubble with a soup box bubble Extra extra, bring back double My life is important and it ain't ever been boring We don't believe in no yawning we up all night till the morning She attracted she like me, she say im saucy and icy She know im active and mighty she want me to smash it and pie sheet

All my little bad bitches in here If you came to get ratchet, say "yeah" Baby, touch your toes We can get freaky, have an episode Tell me is ya with that Episode, tell me is ya with that I don't like it, I love it, I wanna grip it and touch it I'm tryna hit it and fuck it, stab it and stick it and stuck it Get you to lick it and suck it and kiss it after I nutted We can be friends, ain't gotta be seen in the public I'm about that verb, that action, have that coochie having contractions When I be smashing and smacking and sapping, thrusting and thrashing Sit back and relax and have a glass of this bottle Earl Stevens selections: mango moscato Handbag by Selena, seem like I already knew ya Beautiful girl, you so bad, look like somebody done drew ya My eyes salute ya, you a sight for sore eyes, booty and thighs You and yo' girls should get with me and my guys Come and get a bar of this mackin', baby girl, get rid of that sap He ain't real, he a fraud, baby girl, that dude is a cat! When he first intervened, he bought you flowers, no doubt But once he got in good, he started doggin' you out Shawty in love with them gangstas, that's why she holla at me A country nigga be whipping at 50 thousand a ki' You just be giving her, getting her, I just fill her with D Even though she cute and petite, freaky, discreet She got SS on her booty, well, them tattoos on her cheek Make me wanna take her to a island, we could do it for weeks Girl, let me Birkin your bag, Jimmy Choo on your feet Let me get you out of the Jag and in that Bentley GT I'm on the west coast, droptop riding, fool With E-40 sitting with me, we riding, fool Hustle Gang bang green, we tried thems truths Somebody told you otherwise, they lied to you I bet it all, roll the dice, bet, bet Quarter mil' on me in the bag, check that Them suckas don't like it but they gon' respect that Spend the night, have a episode, you won't forget that, check that Girl, I came here with all my niggas and all this liquor Said she want a threesome, I'm gon' lick her From the bottom to the top, take it down I'mma roll the weed but she gon' break it down It's not my fault if that's yo' girl Cause she wanna leave with a real nigga Pussy on my balls, her panties in my car Before your nigga call, you know I gotta get it

Mack game, let me explain the fundamentals Charge a bitch like incidentals Put the peas up in the pot without the lentils When it come to getting paper, I'm low-key instrumental You bound to find me up in an Avis mini-van rental Player wanna lock this dog up in a kennel Hustle hard, never gentle My life is a movie, it's action-filled, it's suspenseful Play to win, never play to lose, I refuse Kids gotta eat, need some school shoes Can't spend my cop money, gotta cop Gotta pay my lawyer in case I get popped Stapler in my Under Armour boxer briefs We don't play for give, bitch, we play for keeps When it come to getting gouda, nigga, I'm a beast Bring it to your door like Uber Eats I know how the streets work Residue on my T-shirt Hatin' ass niggas be disgruntled I'm sitting up counting this paper, paper I'm getting carpal tunnel I know how the streets work Residue on my T-shirt Hatin' ass niggas be disgruntled I'm sitting up counting this paper, paper I'm getting carpal tunnel, carpal tunnel Took her to the strip club, dropped her off Gotta watch her, though, 'cause she sell soft Met her off Smirnoff, Red Bull Like it in her gut with her hair pulled B-la fuck around, like to smoke weed Bunch of purple shit and palm leaf 140 acres, all trees Carpal tunnel, nigga, when we off these I don't think they know, I'm the one to count Pitcher from the block tryna strike me out Pack turned down, called to psyche me out Trips out of town then they wipe me out Sick Wid it, my nigga, we follow no law G-string, little bling, nigga, no bra Counting hella dough, hella cole slaw She wake me in the morning, she be old flow I know how the streets work Residue on my T-shirt Hatin' ass niggas be disgruntled I'm sitting up counting this paper, paper I'm getting carpal tunnel I know how the streets work Residue on my T-shirt Hatin' ass niggas be disgruntled I'm sitting up counting this paper, paper I'm getting carpal tunnel, carpal tunnel Block jumpin' like a trampoline Nigga gotta move mean They smirkish and they lurkin' and they plot and scheme They strung out on that crystal and promethazine Be careful who talkin' 'round, watch your speech Put a contract on my head, it's gon' get breeched Reverse the bounty, turn the hit around I know all the ones on your soil that's really getting down Yeah, bet your money on a rollercoaster Nigga livin' good 'til the wanted poster Then it's retreat up out the streets Different city every week, all bunch of suites And beware of the paper trail Never use your debit, nigga, they could tell Have you shut down in a cell Hoping you'll snitch, won't even tell I know how the streets work Residue on my T-shirt Hatin' ass niggas be disgruntled I'm sitting up counting this paper, paper I'm getting carpal tunnel I know how the streets work Residue on my T-shirt Hatin' ass niggas be disgruntled I'm sitting up counting this paper, paper I'm getting carpal tunnel, carpal tunnel