Keepin' it real

I take a shot of Hennessey now I'm strong enough to face the madness
Nickel bag full of sess weed laced with hash
Phone calls from my niggas on the, other side
Two childhood friends just died, I couldn't cry
A damn shame, when will we ever change?
And what remains from a twelve gauge to the brain?
Arguments with my boo is true
I spend mo' time with my niggas than I do with you
But everywhere it's the same thin', that's the game
I'll be damned if a thin' changed, fuck the fame
I'll be hustlin' to make a million, Lord knows
Ain't no love for us ghetto children, so we cold
Rag top slowin' down, time to stop for gas
Beep my horn for a hoochie with a proper ass, uh
It ain't easy, that's my motto
Drinkin' Tanqueray straight out the bottle
Everybody wanna know if I'm insane
My baby mama gotta mind full of silly games
And all the drama got me stressin' like I'm hopeless, I can't cope
Me and the homies smokin' roaches, 'cause we broke
Late night hangin' out 'til the sunrise gettin' high
Watchin' the cops roll by
It ain't easy
That's right

It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?

I can't sleep, niggas plottin' on to kill me while I'm dreamin'
Wake up sweaty and screamin', cause I can hear them suckers schemin'
Probably paranoid, problem is, them punks be fantasizin'
A brother bite the bullet, open fire and I died
I wonder why, that's just the way it is, even now
Lookin' out for these killer kids, 'cause they wild
Bill Clinton, can you recognize a nigga representin'?
Doin' twenty to life in San Quentin
Gettin' calls from my nigga Mike Tyson, ain't nothin' nice
Yo 'Pac, do somethin' righteous with ya life
And even though you innocent, you still a nigga, so they figure
Rather have you behind bars than triggers
But I'm hold ya down and holla Thug Life, lickin' shots
'Til I see my niggas free on the block
But no it ain't easy
'Til I see my niggas free, on the block, oh
It ain't easy

It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary?

Lately been reminiscin'
'Bout Peppermint Schnapps in Junior High hit the block
Keep an eye on the cops while D-Boys slang rocks
It's the project kid without a conscience, I'm havin' dreams
Of hearin' screams at my concerts, me all my childhood peers
Through the years tryna stack a little green
I was only seventeen, when I started servin' fiends
And I wish there was another way to stack a dollar
So my apoli', cause these hard times make me wanna holler
Will I live to see tomorrow, am I fallin' off?
I hit the weed and then proceed to say fuck all of y'all
Ain't nobody down with me, I'm thuggin', I can't go home
'Cause muh-fuckers think I'm buggin', so now I'm in
This high powered cell at the county jail
Punk judge got a grudge, can't post no bail, what
Do I do in these county blues?
Gettin' battered and bruised by the you know who
And these fakes get to shakin' when they face me
Snakes ain't got enough nuts to replace me
Sittin' in this, livin' hell, listenin' to niggas yell
Tryin' to torture 'em to tell, I'm gettin' mail
But ain't nobody sayin' much, the same old nuts
Is makin' bucks while these sluts is gettin' fucked
They violated my probation, and it seems
I'll be goin' on a long vacation, meanwhile
It ain't easy
No, it ain't easy

It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, bein' me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?

Copyright: Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): Tony Pizarro, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Tupac Shakur