Hard Times (Feat. Black Thought)

So many hard times Cold cold eyes upon me they stare People all around me and they're all in fear They don't seem to want me but they won't admit I must be some kind of creature up here having fits From my party house I'm afraid to come outside Although I'm filled with love I'm afraid they'll hurt my pride So I play the part I feel they want of me And I pull the shades so I won't see them seeing me Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Yeah yeah yeah In my party house I feel like meeting others Familiar faces creed and race a brother But to my surprise I find a man corrupt Although he be my brother he wants to hold me up Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Check it out seventeen years and counting I'm tryna climb up the rough side of the mountain Friends warned me I'ma have to do it without them No problem really it was never about them So my house I never come out from cause every day a drought then a shadow of doubt come I'm down to do whatever if it betters my outcome The city's like the Audubon Ballroom waiting on Malcolm Cause people wanna see my blood flow like fountains I got nowhere to go and still feel like bouncing I'm looking for the closest window I can rap from or for the highest speaker box that I can shout from And I'm hoping to feel like something is real But it's no hope when you are but a spoke in a wheel A brick in a wall tryna find an opening still Having hard times tryna climb over the hill Yeah so many hard times yeah yeah Sleeping on motel floors yeah yeah Knocking on my brother's door Eating Spam Oreos Drinking Thunderbird baby yeah in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found Having hard times in this crazy town Having hard times there's no love to be found So many hard times yeah yeah Sleeping on motel floors yeah yeah Knocking on my brother's door Eating Spam and Oreos Drinking Thunderbird baby oh yeah I don't wanna do it no more No no no no no I don't wanna go back there no more No ohhhhhh I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna