Artist: Truck f/ Bless Album: Hurt, Hunger, Pain Song: Hurt, Hunger & Pain Typed by: Cno Evil [Truck] You see this life that I live, man, this shit is all the same All this hurt and hunger, brings out all my pain I thought life'll get better, but things never change This here's a true story, the first chapter of the book I never thought I'd be abandoned, and grow up to be a crook Watching my moms and pops go at it, the death of my grandmother, a real life tragic It's hard coming up when your parents are known drug addicts Stuck in this world, with a fucking bad habit Enough if enough, I can't take no more The last words from my moms, she just going to the store Three weeks later, PCW's at my door Now I'm caught up in foster care, with no where to go No food, no clothes, man, nothing to show So much stress, really made it hard to sleep at night I learned to scrap and get down, from all the group home fights I never dealt with emotions, so we got tight Plus his struggle was mine, and her sorta was to So he became my best friend, she became my boo The life of a foster child, and what I had to go through To survive all alone, on these mean ass streets I'm a man now, standing on my own two feet I don't trust no one, I refuse to sleep I'm in this game for one thing, man, playing for keeps [Chorus 2X: Bless] Up on these streets, on Staten Island, it's a struggle The game is so Ruthless, I know that it's All part of my hurt, hunger & pain [Truck] You wanna know my hurt and hunger, you wanna feel my pain You wanna know why this Bastard shit flows through my veins You wanna hear how I sold crack, to put myself in the game Yeah I'm in it for the money, man, fuck all the fame The hype and glitter about whose better and bigger Just cut me a check so I can go back to the hood with my niggas Cuz we never had nothing and we probably never will It's cool I keep spitting, until I get that deal Keep telling you how it is, how the fuck I feel Talk about situations, always keeping it real This one' isfor the crews, gangs and sets I'm the next thing coming, man, quiet as kept Out of all 5 boroughs, Staten Island was slept Ruthless is on they job, I got faith, we gon' make it now Videos, tours, interviews, I'm gonna take it now All the funny looks and rumors, I see them hating now These streets is a struggle, every day I got to hustle If you ain't about your business, then they ain't gonna love ya It's a new generation, every hood got skills Every rapper in the game got a story to tell Every nigga wit a dream got a product to sell But why you fucking with the streets if they can't post bail I don't trust no one, I refuse to sleep I'm in this game for one thing, man, playing for keeps [Chorus 2X] [Hook 2X: Bless] Yo, no matter where you are, and no matter what you do You better be on they P's and Q's, you ain't invincible So do what you gotta do, and hustle to make it through Cuz yo the only person that's responsible for you [Chorus 2X]