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Struggle Not To Hustle

from Diary On Tapes by 13irthmark

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(Hook)

Everyday nigga/ It’s a struggle not to hustle/ Gotta get it nigga/ It’s a struggle not to hustle//
For your seed nigga/ it’s a struggle not to hustle/ it’s/ it’s a struggle not to hustle//
Repeat 2

(Verse 1)

My mind racin’/ while focused on paper chasin’/ seems the more love that I give/ the more hate that I’m tastin’//
Can’t loose my concentration/ eyes stayin’ on the prize/ getting’ money/ keepin’ God as the apple of my eye//
Find it hard to cry/ though I’m torn inside/ wake up every mournin’/ feelin’ like I’m dead inside//
Is this hell/ or is it just my mind/ niggaz hustlin’/ and killin’ for the next high//
But who am I to point the finger/ won’t admit that I’m addicted to weed/ plottin’ to bounce from a quarter ounce/ up to key//
Excuse me for the way that I try to achieve/ resisted/ but shit/ thuggin’s in my family tree//
A hustler uh/ slash a pimp by blood/ havin’ a heart once/ had my emotions fucked up//
Won’t be played like no duck/ keep my mind on my bucks/ no matter how cool niggaz/ there is none to trust//

(Hook)

(Verse 2)

Gotta a dream/ but reality keep chasin’ me down/ bill collectors and these cops/ on me like blood hounds//
Baby mama trippin’/ but my daughter gotta be feed/ feel like the world on my shoulders/ breakin’ my neck//
Head up/ and no regretin’ my mistakes/ just dealin’ wit ‘em/ puttin’ my diary down on tapes//
Fightin’ temptation to make my money on these streets/ cooked rocks/ bring more than a stack/ at the end of the week//
Got love for mackin’ poetry behind these beats/ but it take money to make money/ right now I ain’t got money/ layin’ low from the block cuz these niggaz tried to snitch on me//
Whats up homie/ remember when we used be cool/ claimin’ you true/ but went against the first rule//
Real niggaz don’t snitch/ that be that hoe shit/ your case is your case/ don’t get me caught up in that mix//

(Hook)

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from Diary On Tapes, released February 8, 2018

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13irthmark Greensboro, North Carolina

Writing poetry and rhymes since 13 years of age; I, 13irthmark (Birthmark) found my passion with an ability to not only make someone groove, but also found a way to successfully communicate and relate to a vast range of subjects with wishes to help figure a way through everyday obstacles. ... more

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