Times Ain't Fair

[ VERSE 1: Phesto ] Everybody come on, get some get-up-and-go Get rid of the no-can-do attitude And expand and brace Obstacles you face Ain't no time to waste Rhymin pays Never was it worth doin crime, it stays On your record when you try to get employment I avoid it - like bein exploited Couldn't leave my peoples disappointed I know they want it So I'mma flaunt it You better get upon it Cause life's a flash It'll be here and gone just that fast You better bust that ass Nothing's inconcievable Anything is possible, never let them deceive you [ VERSE 2: Tajai ] Life's full of dilemas, I contend to that I be lookin out my window wonderin, "What will I catch?" Will it be... A good job? Huh? Two to the head? Maybe HI, say I can join the ranks of the livin dead But hey, Tajai gotta press on I'm late for class as I think of the choices my life rest on I can buss my gat, cook some crack Master calculus, build houses and make a stack Either way Depending on the dues I pay No, you can't too but stick with it You won't get it If you lay or stall And don't be in it for the long haul You know they wrong, y'all But we gots to get it on, y'all [ Hook 2x ] [ Snupe ] Times ain't fair [ Phesto ] But that's the way I play [ Snupe ] No one can compare [ Phesto ] And that's the way I stay [ Opio ] This is how we do it every singular day [ Snupe ] So what you tryina say? [ A-Plus ] Well, let me show you the right way [ VERSE 3: Opio ] If you're with me then you're all about makin money So throw your hands in the air cause ain't shit for free And nigga, Oakland California is the place to be It gets hectic see, I disconnect to free My mind and write rhymes So I don't get caught up Or get shot up Plus the fuzz think I got the product I don't cut lines up, I don't have to But if you look like a playa, they harass you I make cash doin shows from state to state But still task wanna run the license plate I don't trip cause it's all in vain Your daughter knows my name Ask the broad the game [ VERSE 4: A-Plus ] People applaud the fam-ous, never lame Just rhyme 'til your brain bust You're wack and that's a shame Cause I set examples, say in nine-trey It's not Little Joe I gots to rhyme a little mo' So I'm finna go and scoop a forty-o I'm under 21, but them Iraqis know me, so To the show we go Blaze up a stoge on the bridge, 8-0 A club with foes and fake hoes I want high class bitches With the ass that switches When I get 'em, they be due soon as the Ad is finished Make me feel like I'm livin on the wrong planet Strong as granite It's Souls with the song that's demanded [ Hook 2x ] [ VERSE 5 ] [ Tajai ] See, only the paid get to max and frolic They got them wallets So what's your holler? Strive to be a scholar Attract the knowledge gained Whatever college, self-same Attract a dollar's change Don't get you far in this age [ Opio ] Turn the page and let the rage spill out the felt tip Make the ladies melt, strip to the bone, I'm slick Souls of Mischief comin sicker than the rest, confess We press on, Hieroglyphics to the break, break of dawn [ A-Plus ] Now all ya fakes that's on the microphone, go home I'm from the land, man, niggas make you roam with chrome I stay at home, I like to bone, I'm grown I got a flow that's known, in the O I hold my own [ Phesto ] Yeah, baby come and have a seat with Phes Together we can defeat the stress And chill, if you got that sex appeal I'll caress you till The mornin, on and on and [ Hook 2x ] [ Snupe ] And it's like that You know what I'm sayin Souls of Mischief in the house With the Extra Prolific punch We gon' give it ya like that So I'mma bounce up outta here, uknowmsayin I'll be back in 20 minutes Or more Ha