Tuff Times - feat. Bosko & Netta B

Oh, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah

No

Woo, hoo

It's tough times, mayne

Yeah

It's tough times (Times), pressure bust pipes (Pipes)

Stressin' cause ulcers, gotta eat white rice (Rice)

We try to do some clean but we end up doin' dirty (Dirty)

Us dudes nowadays don't plan on living past thirty (Past thirty)

Beef ain't never over, it's inherited to the children

It's scandalous on my soil and the sidewalks smell like urine

Saved and sanctified, she was a good little girl, yeah

Got hooked, backslid, now she's in the world (In the world)

In the world? Yup (Yeah), in world means sin (Sin)

Used to speak in tongues (Tongues), but now she speaks in gin (Gin)

Everywhere I scoot, I gotta keep my stapler with me (What you got?)

Automatic semi in my primer box Chevy (Chevy)

Tough times, my paper on the respirator

No job, no food in the refrigerator (Oh, oh, oh)

Tough times, news say it's gettin' worse

Gotta change, gotta put it reverse

Tough times, tough times (Yeah)

We gon' get through these tough times, yeah

I'm lookin' in my wallet (Wallet), I'm comin' up with nothin' (Nothin')

Today my daughter birthday (Birthday), but my pockets touchin' (Touchin')

She say she wants a jumper (Jumper), balloon, some cake and friends (Friends)

But I can't even do it (Do it), 'cause I ain't got no ends, no

I'm fresh up out the oowop, I'm a man, not a mouse

Gotta get a job before they let me out the halfway house

It's me against the system, tryna get reformed (Formed)

Systemized, sometimes I wish that I was never born, yeah

Every time I lose my faith and get to reachin' for my gun (Gun)

I pick up my Bible and read Chronicles or Psalms (Psalms)

I'm on my hands and knees askin' God to forgive me (To forgive me)

But Lord, why do I have to pray for my enemies? (For my enemies), uh

Tough times, my paper on the respirator (Tough times, yeah)

No job, no food in the refrigerator (No job, no)

Tough times, news say it's gettin' worse (Tough times, oh, why)

Gotta change, gotta put it reverse

Tough times, tough times (Tough times)

We gon' get through these tough times, yeah

(We gon' get through it, mayne)

Folks be two-faceded (Faceded), they'll stab you in your back (Back)

Get they best friend eraseded (Eraseded), have his dude jacked (Jacked) (Yeah)

Take you from your family (Family), plot on your demise ('mise)

Slick, sly and scandalously, element of surprise

My OG potna's older sister (Sister), she 'bout to go ballistic

She going through it 'cause she just found out her daughter is autistic

I told her not to worry (Worry), it's Jesus you believe in

Believe it or not, everything happens for a reason

Listen to my spoke (Spoke), I speak it from the heart

I ain't tardy, y'all, I'm woke (Woke), God gave me this art (Art)

To spit from the jaw (Jaw), and spill it from my gut (Gut) (Yeah)

Give it to you raw unedit and uncut (Yeah, yeah, yeah), uh

Tough times, my paper on the respirator (Tough times, tough times)

No job, no food in the refrigerator (Job, yeah)

Tough times, news say it's gettin' worse (It's gettin' worse)

Gotta change, gotta put it reverse (Put it in reverse now)

Tough times, tough times (Tough times)

We gon' get through these tough times, yeah

Tough times, my paper on the respirator (Tough times)

No job, no food in the refrigerator (No job)

Tough times, news say it's gettin' worse (Tough times, yeah)

Gotta change, gotta put it reverse (Gotta put it in reverse)

Tough times, tough times (Yeah)

We gon' get through these tough times

He that dwelleth from the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God

In Him will I trust

Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence

He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust

His truth shall be thy shield and buckler

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day