Tales from the Hard Side

{As we look at the situation today
 I think the main concern that I have is
 The attitudes that are created among
 Many of our younger people, in which
 They tend to gratify and to make heroes
 Out of those who engage in criminal activities}
 Tales from the hard side
 Hard side
 Your cards were dealt when you drove through the night
 As a man in dark clothes came into your sight
 The barrel tapped the glass, you reached the window lock
 Get the fuck out the car and leave it in the crosswalk
 He climbed into your seat and dropped a vial of crack
 Pissin' down your leg, you're a victim of carjack
 Feel the cold steel as I pull the hammer back
 Bang, you're fuckin' dead 'cause it's like that
 Society pushed him down and out
 Soul provider, what's it all about
 Another bad hand the cards have been dealt
 Kid of fourteen, high aspirations held
 To get ahead and run shit with his powerful will
 Told by his role model, you're old enough to kill
 See my ride, my bitches and my loot
 If ya wanna survive be prepared to shoot
 Stay hard like me, you're bound to do well
 A waste of precious life, twenty five and an L
 Society pushed him down and out
 Soul provider, what's it all about
 Religion, faith, can we do without?
 Social pressure, we're too strung out
 Tales from the hard side
 Hard side
 Tales from the hard side
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 Tales from the hard side
 Hard side
 Tales from the hard side
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 Tales from the hard side
 Hard side
 Motherfucker
 I'll put a bullet in your head for the color of your skin
 This is my neighborhood, who the fuck let you in?
 I'll stick with mine, stay with your own kind
 The virus of hate infects the ignorant mind
 Society pushed him down and out
 Soul provider, what's it all about
 Religion, faith, can we do without?
 Social pressure, we're too strung out