From the original Nonversation tracks for the demo, recorded in May '10. Kas on the 1st Verse, Micah T on the hook & 2nd. Produced by Allrounda.
hip hop
Story behind the song
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Lyrics
[1st Verse]: [Katastrophe]
I've always been a subject-to my friends and foes
I never needed those-when it comes to an end ya know
and then you'll know-you shoulda kept me close to your heart
cause then a family grows apart
I keep in line-with a .45-to my mind
Cause when your family lies-sometimes you wanna die
I could put it an end - so you understand my life
or understand what it's like - noone on your side
Age 13 - I lost a piece - a part of my life
I lost my pops-and so I started to write
I started to vent-escape-so I used my pen
To feel what I felt then-so I moved a ten
How do I become a man-with no hands
Showing me the right path-so I had to take a chance
and I turned to the man that you wish you was
a fist a slugs - a matter of time 'fore I had enough
[Chorus]: [Micah T]: [2x]
Feel the rain drops falling around
Black clouds follow me 'round
Swallow me down
I'm hollowing out
Hollering out, it's Hard Times.
[2nd Verse]: [Micah T]
May (I) intervene.
Look in the eyes of a fiend-their lying and schemes
Lies inner being-a dream-a perfect person-who's perfectly worth it
Yeah that's perfectly worded.
I'm imperfectly perfect. I know this..
Unnoticed-I noticed-until I wrote this..and you can quote this:
My homie saying this praying is hopeless
I'm focused-ain't playing-like a broke disc
"Yo, I ain't bluffin cuz"
Oh, turn the oven up, I'ma make some dough quick
Flows it, clothes fit, shows, and his h*** sick
Nose drips-and he smokes spliffs
So..how could I blow this? I chose this sh** .
b*** es and riches will come..scream
Fiends fiend to get clean, is it truth? They pleeding the fifth
Weed in the spliff-the needle, the pricks
With large lines, for hard times, they needing their fix..
[Chorus]: [Micah T]: [2x]
Feel the rain drops falling around
Black clouds follow me 'round
Swallow me down
I'm hollowing out
Hollering out, it's Hard Times.