INTRO
Recollection...
In my 25 years...
Through the losses
I found myself.
My struggle is nothing special...
But Knowing how far I've come from it,
Would I change a thing?
This is the hardship...
This is where it started...

VERSE 1
Born to finish last,
But Kept fightin' for first n;
The girls in his class
Were no longer virgins;
Raised by a single mom
So he Thought he knew for certain;
What was wanted from his girlfriends,
And so the person;
He tried to be…reversed when,
All These girls preferred them;
Vermins, determined, to Fuck
then discard those girls when;
His heart had bursted,
He pushed his pen submerged in;
Tears from years of hurtin'
learnin' to express his sermons;
Brother became a gangsta
Mother became a burden;
Behind closed doors,
his bro's whore's disturbed him;
Seen Clearer than binoculars
debacherous perversion;
Mom's locked in her room
in her drug filled Excursion;
As That Chapter ended
Began his master plan;
Dreamt of bein' signed,
Into Aftermath; after that
Possess! what all the
Greatest rappers had;
Get in to, His new
California bachelor pad;
With a nice beach view
A door man who greets you;
It's all a dream to, Him
til he can breach through!

HOOK (Kimmi Wolf)
The Hardship!
(Baby don't you cry...
Don't give up on life...)

VERSE 2
Early December,
he remembers the cold blooded;
Execution, his brother suffered
One of his own done it;
Cries atop the coffin
Lost n his soul's flooded;
With a vengeance n penance
None of the responsible punished
…Survivor's guilt
How his cypher's built;
Damn he's rhymin' ill
He's his own writer's guild;
But News Writers filled
White America's psychology;
Callin' his race
the economy's anomaly;
His new home state
He stayed wit clenched fists;
…girls he'd french kiss
Scratched off his friends list;
Gauge of trust on empty
No one worthy bing friends with;
'Cept a young producer Who refused ta leave him friendless;
…Years pass
Still ain't meetin' friends;
Hates comin' home…
He's Barely meetin' ends;
He's lost it all
He-needs papers n pens;
Vortexed In his
CD player again;
All His Adrenaline
N fury Coincide;
He's drillin' in!
To his open mind, goes inside!

HOOK 2 (Kimmi Wolf)
The Hardship!
(Lay your weary head...
Your journey's coming to an end...)

VERSE 3
While y'all sweat the petty
I'm fretting my next source of income;
Wisdom's food for thought
food I bought of course there is none;
Courts n prisons
Hammer down daily trying to nail me;
One minor slip up, I get cuffed,
Rip up, letters ya better mail me;
…The system failed me…
But I don't mind the Shawshank;
shark tank Just sharp shanks
Sharpened to impale me;
This ain't no sob story
Cause nobody sobs for me;
I'm the underdog
Slum dog who lost glory;
I got Tory
I got Stay$oul;
Even when Our payroll
stays cold n pain tolls;
Forfeitin's forbidden,
To quit n Change roles;
Even though I came close
I'm on the same road;
Lookin back keeps me
Movin' forward won't hesitate in;
Preparations disproving
This Unpleasant nation's;
discrimination, while securing
My Descendants' placement;
Hip Hop's my protein,
Addicted like coke fiends;
This whole thing, isn't-me-loathing
boasting, or sugar coating, only exposing.

OUTRO
The Hardship!
Now you know...