Boy, ever since the day I hold the gun I've lost count of the amount of all the packs a nigga spun Thinking 'bout prison while I'm loading up my gun Keep a duffel bag of money for just going on the run, boy I ain't ashamed that I was broke when I was young I shed blood, sweat and tears to be the man that I become This Cali's got me feeling like I need another lung And I'm already at the top so I don't need a number one I wear my heart on my sleeve like a tatt I hear they know my raps in like ten different cities on the map And I don't put my burn on my waist when I drive It digs into my thighs so I put it on my lap I know them niggas pussy for a fact Me and Nine's in the beamer and we hardly ever talk about rap But I can't even talk about that Just to see another day I celebrate and pop a cork about that I put in blood, sweat and tears, yeah Yeah, to grind hard Yeah, I've been hustlin' for years, yeah I put in mad work, I put in mad work on the streets, yeah What you know about, know about this life I live? I'm born and raised as a hustler Yeah I'm born and raised as a hustler Woh-oh I'm born and raised as a hustler Yeah I'm born and raised as a hustler Woh-oh Yeah Fresh out broke again Some Nextels phoning 'em Ten years of stress, fuck it, let's sell coke again Straight drop Hollywood or stretch while blowin' Bet that's talk, I'll make the TEC explode again Drug dealer dreams, bring money-man headaches Rocking straight Louis V, fuck funny man Giuseppe Years on the wing, man was hating on me 'Cause I said I rightfully hate the man, my hot girl is waiting on me Melt a little coke, now I got a little paper on me New skeng-ly, trust what these pussy's saying to me I'ma gangster, I just had to tell the governor Got an old gun that I put some new slugs in Got some little niggas that I put some big gun in 'em Talking like we're broke till we pull some big funds on him Wing flashbacks, keep my mind clean Skeng from the crime scene, crack house heroin and white grease I put in blood, sweat and tears, yeah Yeah, to grind hard Yeah, I've been hustlin' for years, yeah I put in mad work, I put in mad work on the streets, yeah What you know about, know about this life I live? I'm born and raised as a hustler Yeah I'm born and raised as a hustler Woh-oh I'm born and raised as a hustler Yeah I'm born and raised as a hustler Woh-oh Yeah