[Intro]
Uh, see
Hard times
It only builds character
They say what doesn’t kill you makes you strong
Or what doesn’t kill you makes you wiser
We don’t take Ls over here, we take losses and turn them into lessons
Never stressin’, always countin' all these blessings

[Chorus]
Hard times don’t last, only tough people do
If you seen what I’ve seen, you’d probably do what I do
Paranoid, yeah, I move how I move
What’s a critic? Can’t judge me, you ain’t been in my shoes
Hard times don’t last, only tough people do
If you seen what I’ve seen, you’d probably do what I do
Paranoid, yeah, I move how I move
What’s a critic? Can’t judge me, you ain’t been in my shoes

[Verse 1]
I’m on my own journey, writin' my own story
When it’s my time to go, hope he knows that I’m a winner
And I had to skip breakfast just to get to dinner
It gets cold in the winter, I’d be fightin' Ann these whispers alone
What these n***as do for a Snicker, trust me, I know
What these tricks do for a bag, they really get low
Don’t say you’re down ‘cause time really shows
And you talk behind my back, but you callin' me bro
I’m still a young n***a, why am I feelin' so old?
For the love of the dough, ‘fore I bust from these hoes
Friends turn to foes, ice turns to snow

[Chorus]
Hard times don’t last, only tough people do
If you seen what I’ve seen, you’d probably do what I do
Paranoid, yeah, I move how I move
What’s a critic? Can’t judge me, you ain’t been in my shoes
Hard times don’t last, only tough people do
If you seen what I’ve seen, you’d probably do what I do
Paranoid, yeah, I move how I move
What’s a critic? Can’t judge me, you ain’t been in my shoes

[Verse 2]
God forgive me for my sins, I’m just tryna be real
Did a tour with the boy, why I’m still in the filth?
And I’m self-made, couldn’t sign me no deal
Few my bros doin’ time, that ain’t taken no deals
And when I tell you how I feel, I’m just keepin' it truth
Size ten-point-five when you walk in my shoes
Probably catch me slippin’, dodo lost half of the crew
But ain’t shit changed, I still do what I do
Tryna get my five in, say, my dreams I secure
Ask God protect me ‘cause they watchin’ my moves
I got nothin’ to prove, but everything to lose
They gotta hear the truth so they can wear in my shoes

[Chorus]
Hard times don’t last, only tough people do
If you seen what I’ve seen, you’d probably do what I do
Paranoid, yeah, I move how I move
What’s a critic? Can’t judge me, you ain’t been in my shoes
Hard times don’t last, only tough people do
If you seen what I’ve seen, you’d probably do what I do
Paranoid, yeah, I move how I move
What’s a critic? Can’t judge me, you ain’t been in my shoes

[Outro]
Hard times
Hard times, hard times, hard times
Hard times, hard times, hard times
Hard times
Hard times
Hard times, hard times, hard times
You’d probably do wha I do
And you’d probably move how I move
And you’ll probably, you’ll probably, you’ll probably
You’ll probably, you’ll probably don’t understand