Had To Be A Hustler-LIL 1/2 Dead

[ti:Had To Be A Hustler] [ar:Lil 1/2 Dead] [al:The Dead Has Arisen] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Had To Be A Hustler - LIL 1/2 Dead [00:20.35]Growing up in my hood it was really on like that [00:23.93]I had to put it down to had to do me a jab [00:26.68]To give me a sack so I can come up [00:29.15]On the block serving rocks from sun down to sun up [00:31.58]I was really puttin' it down like that [00:34.23]And dressed in all black straight down for the jack [00:36.18] [00:36.95]I was a youngster packing a 4 5 [00:39.52]Bailing on the looney a** east side right [00:42.55]I had my chore so I played the part of a gangsta [00:45.67]Never ever coulda be a pranksta [00:47.57]Pushing niggas in their face puttin' punk b**ches in their place [00:50.46] [00:51.13]Now feel the bass [00:52.07] [00:52.72]Give you a taste of this gangsta sh*t [00:54.91]I got the cavvy tracks and my rhyms are on hit [00:57.02] [00:57.62]And like some w**d it will rush ya [00:59.19] [01:00.20]Cause hanging on my block you had to be a hustler [01:02.80] [01:03.49]You had to be a hustler [01:04.69] [01:05.40]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [01:08.08] [01:08.63]You had to be a hustler [01:09.73] [01:10.53]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [01:13.67]You had to be a hustler [01:14.82] [01:15.64]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [01:18.10] [01:19.14]You had to be a hustler [01:20.29] [01:21.10]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [01:23.97]Now the year is 1989 [01:25.16] [01:25.80]I'm on the cavvy spot and I'm doing fine [01:27.83] [01:29.23]I got riches I got b**ches [01:31.09]I got a candy green 4 with 16 switches [01:33.49] [01:34.43]On some triple gold was [01:36.12]Every single day straight swerving sippin' on a cold one [01:39.52]On my way to the weedspot [01:40.93] [01:41.54]I got my glock in the stash pot cause the cops are kinda hot [01:44.93]And now I gets me a sack [01:46.74]And now I'm heading back to the street where the f**king money at [01:50.06]It's the block where I slang [01:51.78]And all the g niggas hang and the young niggas bang [01:54.33] [01:55.52]Puttin' it down every single night [01:56.72] [01:57.35]Getting there drunk showin' off tryin' to fight [01:59.53] [02:00.71]One another but we still had love [02:02.42]And rest in peace to my niggas up above [02:04.08] [02:04.73]Because uh [02:05.17] [02:06.02]You had to be a hustler [02:07.21] [02:07.86]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [02:10.42] [02:10.94]You had to be a hustler [02:12.27] [02:12.96]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [02:16.12]You had to be a hustler [02:17.24] [02:18.17]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [02:20.63] [02:21.61]You had to be a hustler [02:23.43]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [02:25.81] [02:47.47]It's a cold thing when you got no game [02:49.56]See every smoker on the block know my name [02:51.55] [02:52.30]I was a youngster with boulders for your shoulders [02:54.11] [02:54.77]And still slanging cavvy down my shoulder [02:56.12] [02:57.22]And I got some niggas down with me [02:59.85]See every single day we sell a pound you see [03:01.71] [03:03.03]Or that bomb a** doja mack [03:04.39] [03:04.91]So come on my block and get a fat sack [03:06.73] [03:08.19]We got the sh*t that'll f**k you up [03:10.08]So don't take it to the head or you might get stung [03:12.43] [03:13.23]So grab a partner and spark the bomb [03:14.73] [03:15.28]Cause it'll have you like tweaking from dusk to dawn [03:17.46] [03:18.34]I tell the truth and I never lie [03:19.91] [03:20.52]Cause I promise I smoke chronic till the day I die [03:22.62] [03:23.92]And a new face on the block we couldn't trust ya [03:26.47]Cause you might be a busta [03:27.73] [03:29.34]You had to be a hustler [03:30.54] [03:31.22]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [03:33.66] [03:34.45]You had to be a hustler [03:35.50] [03:36.41]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [03:38.81] [03:39.45]You had to be a hustler [03:40.60] [03:41.44]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [03:44.15] [03:44.92]You had to be a hustler [03:46.01] [03:46.84]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [03:49.18] [03:50.10]You had to be a hustler [03:51.34] [03:52.09]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [03:54.75] [03:55.31]You had to be a hustler [03:56.45] [03:57.24]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [03:59.75] [04:00.55]You had to be a hustler [04:01.71] [04:02.49]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [04:04.96] [04:05.75]You had to be a hustler [04:06.81] [04:07.68]Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya