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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jeezy
Vocals
Tony Rey
All Instruments
Boosie Badazz
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jay Jenkins
Songwriter
Willie J. Byrd
Songwriter
Torence Hatch
Songwriter
Tony Rey
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Will A Fool
Producer
Tony Rey
Recording Engineer
Keith Dawson
Assistant Recording Engineer
Nick Bassani
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Time for the fallen soldiers
Can't have war without casualties you know?
For everybody goin' through the struggle you know?
Real shit every day, everyday shit is real
I know how you feel, yeah
[Verse 2]
I've been out here grindin' so long
But still, I had to find my way on my own
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know
So I can make it anywhere that I go
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like, beez like
[Verse 3]
Straight from the hood, gotta get money fetish
Pocket full of green, ****, like a head of lettuce
Put the work in the bag make a yeyo sandwich
Then we go spread it through the hood like manwich
One thing about it we goin' get this bread
When you knew shit were real
When they found a rat dead
Right around corner was young **** hustled at
Right by the stop sign that's where they was bussin' at
[Verse 4]
When you come here with nothin'
Gotta learn how to provide
Carlo had a Beaver before he was old enough to drive
Losin' ten, twenty every night gamblin' ain't not
**** got killed takin' up for his cousins
When you knew shit was real?
Drop outfit in the feds
Still eight years and a **** shot him dead
On the humbug left him slumped in his car
Everybody got a day, don't matter who you are
[Verse 5]
I've been out here grindin' so long
But still I had to find my way on my own
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know
So I can make it anywhere that I go
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like, beez like
[Verse 6]
Stove water, heat cold water
Knew I'd touch a bird when I got my first quarter
Sell water to a well ****
Cold nights, cold hearts, tough love
That's what it be like in jail, ****
Mama crying at my visit 'cause she care for me
Daughter just had her period, I ain't there for her
Know how to have a girl you know just goin' hold you back
But the pussy so good you keep goin' back
[Verse 7]
Hurt when you main man turned rat
Make the whole la familia turn hot like that
Any city, any block, any boulevard
I survive, no lie, I'm a ghetto boy
I could tell you 'bout the dos and don'ts
Could make it anywhere I go, so lose I won't
I can tell ya 'bout the hard times when ya really need it
Been grindin' so long, still had to call Jeezy
[Verse 8]
I've been out here grindin' so long
But still I had to find my way on my own
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know
So I can make it anywhere that I go
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like, beez like
[Verse 9]
Straight from the bottom, tryin' make it to the top
What the gov'ment don't give you
Gotta get it from the block
Feel like a bad boy cause this shit don't stop
Street so dirty, need a motherfucking mop, uh oh
Lil homie, stay focused handle ya business
Don't talk to them **** around you, might be a witness
Don't tell the dishwasher what you did with your dishes
Don't tell these snitching **** what you did with your riches
[Verse 10]
**** is hoping they see Christmas
But if we just happen to dough we hope you miss us
So raised all seven them kids didn't miss a meal
She work her fingers right to the bone didn't miss a bill
**** six for the nine, let's make a deal
See one thing 'bout countin' this money it make ya feel
See I used to get 'em right from the source, got 'em direct
The same****that had a connect, he in the set
[Verse 11]
I've been out here grindin' so long
But still I had to find my way on my own
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know
So I can make it anywhere that I go
I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like, beez like
Written by: Jay Jenkins, Torrence Hatch, Willie J. Byrd