From the recordings Prison Art and Prison Art
Lyrics
My Life Story
This... Is My Life... and it’s So Hard... to Stop from Hustlin... All that Money... I’ve been Touchin... All them Honeys... I’ve been Thuggin... This... Is My Life... and it’s So Hard... to Stop from Hustlin... All them Cluckas... Keep on Cluckin... All them Jack Bois... Keep me Clutchin...
V.1
Don’t ever Knock a Man’s Hustle... if it’s Part of the Game... cuz Some Homeys gotta Hustle... to Ease the Pain...
And some Hustlers got a Goon in’em... Goin insane... Facin Pressure just to Keep it Chill... and Make things Change...
Kill the Game befo’ the Game Kills me... Playin for Keeps... Shoot the Pain away... The Game Thrills Me... Raised in the Streets...
Now I Hustle for My Family... to Make Ends Meet... yea Just Enuff to Keep from Starvin... Pay the Rent NeXt Week...
And Keep my Babies out of Hand Me Downs... Pity and Shame... Gain my ReSpect as a Good Daddy... Caddies and Chains...
And Keep My Woman Home and Satisfied... I Hustle and Strive... to be ReMembered as a Father... with Plenty of Pride...
Handle My ReSponsibilities... and when it’s Judgement Day... They’ll say I Hustled every Single day if that’s what it Takes...
I’m a Hustler... and that’s My Life Story...
This... Is My Life... and it’s So Hard... to Stop from Hustlin... All that Money... I’ve been Touchin... All them Honeys... I’ve been Thuggin... This... Is My Life... and it’s So Hard... to Stop from Hustlin... All them Cluckas... Keep on Cluckin... All them Jack Bois... Keep me Clutchin...
This Is My Life Story... (This Is My Life Story)... No Balls... No Glory... (No Balls... No Glory)... You ain’t did Nuttin for Me... (You ain’t Did Nuttin for Me)... I’m My Own Best Homey...
V.2
DeSigner Fashions... Made mama Wanna Question my Actions... Mystery beHind the Money... Mama’s No Longer Lackin...
Cuz I can... Dress you with the Finer... Thangs... Ease your Strain... Probably wouldn’t Accept it ma... if I told you that I’m sellin CoCaine...
Probably wouldn’t BeLieve me Ma... if I told you... that I’m Workin for the Main...
So ask me Not... I tell No Lies... I’m in it Too Deep... Wouldn’t wanna Brang you in and Make you part of my ConSpiracy...
Just let me Ease your Tension with the Change... I made in the Game... We been through Poverty...but thangs ain’t Never... Gonna be the Same...
Call me a Man at Twelve... Dodgin Jails.... Bullets... and Hell... just Pay My Bail wit Money... I got Stashed... Hidden in my Mail...
Sign your Signature... Release me from this Juvenile Cell... and Say a Prayer for My Brothers... Don’t want’em Chasin My Trails...
Cuz I’m Movin everythang from Kis to Heat if that’s what Sells...
I’m a Hustler... And that’s My Life Story...
This... Is My Life... and it’s So Hard... to Stop from Hustlin... All that Money... I’ve been Touchin... All them Honeys... I’ve been Thuggin... This... Is My Life... and it’s So Hard... to Stop from Hustlin... All them Cluckas... Keep on Cluckin... All them Jack Bois... Keep me Clutchin...
This Is My Life Story... (This Is My Life Story)... No Balls... No Glory... (No Balls... No Glory)... You ain’t did Nuttin for Me... (You ain’t Did Nuttin for Me)... I’m My Own Best Homey...
V.3
How can I go to School and Face the Class with Salvation Rags... Pay Attention in the Classroom when I’m doin Bad...
Junior High was for the Trend Setters... I gotta Shine... yea I been Known as a Ruthless Kid... since I was Nine...
Now the Real Hustlers... all the Gangsters... Dress to Impress... I mob with Real Homeys... Keep a Herringbone on My Chest...
I’m Rockin platinum Nuggets... Platinum Watches... I stay Fly... I got them Dub Sacks... and Weed Sacks... Keep everybody High...
I ain’t No Sucker for the Peer Pressure... Gangs or Lames... yea I’m a Hustler til I die... I carry Misery and Pain...
If I see Twenty... In the Penitentiary... these Dirty Cops and Snitches they had it in for Me...
But I’mma Keep Street... I’m In Too Deep... I Thugged Too Many Freaks... But all My Hustlers in Heaven... Keep an Eye out for Me...
I played to Make a Difference... Make a Change... In somebody’s Life... I paid the Price... it Makes No Difference if I paid with My Life...