Hustler's Withdrawal

[Verse 1] He went from a street kid doin regular street things Straight to a street king Takin over the city, block by block Breaking down bricks, servin them rock by rock He's everything a young gun wanna grow up to be But if only these young guns could see That murder, money, and lust is slowly murderin' us Cuz the drug game ain't what it used to be So look deeper when they paint you a picture And try to sell you a dream Cuz a lot of these drug lords turn to the feds, or turn into fiends The crack game ain't everything it's cracked up to be Now that same cat that was a, neighborhood celebrity Is coppin rocks off the news kids on the block At the same time tryna school them But these hoodlums got heads as hard as the rocks that he's doin' Hustlin's like a drug, it's got withdrawal symptoms And if you know this, you won't skip fame But you will gain wisdom, and wisdom gains power Don't let your life go sour over power [Chorus] (x2) Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictive The more you hustle, the more you get addicted The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction If you used to push weight you relate (it's the hustler's withdrawal) [Verse 2] Not only did my father used to deal dope He used to do the dope he used to deal, I'm juss' keepin it real Now my father doesn't have shit I don't have shit We don't have shit Cuz he didn't stack shit With all the money he made, he didn't think for one second to put money away That's cuz his mind was clouded with white thoughts He's lucky that he didn't end up outlined in white chalk The only thing I can say I gained from my father is Knowledge of the street game And I hope that y'all follow this I can't say I haven't sold weed or cocaine But I can say this Money that comes quick, leaves quick And y'all better believe this Cuz this I've lived and witnessed Catch a couple of charges Now you're on the Lord's shit list Now you're forced to do business Until this business does you of course You can die doin' dope, or dealin dope, either or You choose the road that you need to follow And you choose the people that you look up to as role models [Chorus] (x2) Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictive The more you hustle, the more you get addicted The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction If you used to push weight you relate (it's the hustler's withdrawal) [Verse 3] I know about hustler's But I won't mention no names Cuz they still got cases pending And some are even, appealing, life in the cage At least they made it past the first phase, they passed a certain age Hustlin's like AIDS At first your infected with HIV, and then it's full blown Only difference is, instead of havin' no immune system You become immune to the system of havin dough, by dealin blow It's a fast life and even if you survive, your mind will die slow Dirty money attracts, dirty things And if you plan to deal dope I hope you're ready for the murder game Cuz that's what it brings I'm not a preacher, I'm not tryin' to preach, no I'm not a teacher, I'm not tryna teach, but yet Like a faucet, I'm tryin' to leak Any foe, tell these young'ns and their kinfolk And let em' know there's more to life than a G of coke If you used to push weight then you relate Cuz you already had a taste of, hustler's withdrawal [Chorus] (x2) Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictive The more you hustle, the more you get addicted The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction If you used to push weight you relate (it's the hustler's withdrawal)