I put a pen to the paper This time as visual as possible Guns blast at the hospital The walls are white-washed with tin rooftops To show love you lick two shots It's dangerous, man Journalists hire gunmen, there's violent women Kids trust no one ‘cause fire burnt them Refugees die in boats headed for peace Is anyone scared of death here? Not in the least I walk by the old lady selling coconuts under the tree Life is cheap here, but wisdom is free The beach boys hang on the side, leaning with pride Scam artists and gangsters fiendin’ to fight I walk with three kids that can't wait to meet God lately That's Bucktooth, Mohamed, and Crybaby What they do everyday just to eat, Lord have mercy Strapped with an AK and they blood thirsty
So what's hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm So what's hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm
We begin our day by the way of the gun Rocket-propelled grenades blow you away if you front We got no police, ambulance, or fire fighters We start riots by burning car tires They looting, and everybody start shooting Bullshit politicians talking ‘bout solutions, but it's all talk You can't go half a block with a road block You don't pay at the road block, you get your throat shot And each road block is set up by these gangsters And different gangsters go by different standards For example, the evening is a no-go Unless you wanna wear a bullet like a logo In the day you should never take the alleyway The only thing that validates you is the AK They chew on Jad, it's sorta like coco leafs And there ain't no police...
So what's hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm So what's hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm
I’ma spit these verses cause I feel annoyed And I'm not gonna quit ‘till I fill the void If I rhymed about home and got descriptive I'd make 50 Cent look like limp biskit It's true, and don't make me rhyme about you I'm from where the kids is addicted to glue Get ready, he got a good grip on the machete Make rappers say they do it for love like R-Kelly It's hard Harder than Harlem and Compton intertwined Harder than harboring Bin Laden and rewind To that earlier part when I was kinda like: “We begin our day by the way of the gun Rocket-propelled grenades blow you away if you front We got no police, ambulances, or fire fighters We start riots by burning car tires They looting, and everybody start shooting...”
So what's hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm So what's hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm
Are you hardcore? Hmm Are you hardcore, really? Are you hardcore? Hmm Are you hardcore, really?