Yo class how u doing? dude, I'm back in the fax

I'm taking time off acting I gotta relax

I need a new beat



Yo freshtro I got a few treats

U been up in the city long?



Nah only two weeks



Cool well, sorry 'bout the weather

It's been raining all week I hope it gets a little better



Either way class listen, I got a I'll vision

Bout a song I'm working on you think you got the right rythm?



Man c'mon, you know I got some shit that'll break your neck

I used up what I want but you can take what's left



Don't give me bullshit dog, you know (I blazed a set?)

You know you got something saved for west



I got a I'll concept hip hop

How to pay a real line?

1987 I be reppin all this hype? session

And I still be gettin stressin

You know it's hard to be hip hop



And ain't nobody stayin real

Don't pay bills when you showcase skill

Ain't nobody living off of doing windmills,

I'm painting train rails, that's real

It's hard to be hip hop



You know it's hard to be hip hop 



I got no glassy? grills, so my raps ain't real

Cause I don't pack steal then my tracks appeal



And to the mass appeal watch how fast they fail

Yeah I'm hip hop son until my cats get sealed

It's hard in a culture when the fans are fickled

Understand my issue, your old man will diss you



One minute your whack and then your jams official



And then they switch again,



Two bottles of cancer hit you



First they loved L L,



Then they hated him



And then they loved him again,



Then they degraded him



So lately, basically, I don't know if I can play though

When survival of the fittest, let me see what kind of shape I'm in



Yo stro when I was younger like 19

I could spend all day writing rhyme schemes

Spittin, freestylin, cypherin the streets

But now I got responsibilities



Yo it's hard to be hip hop 



No this is not an illusion 



Cats are killing me luke

Thinking lifes like a video shoot

They ain't spittin the truth



Tru, I got a similar view

But I guess that's the damage the industry do

I'm 28 unemployed, a grown ass man

Still trying to rap with no fall back plan



Go all out fan you got nothing to lose

Cause only to yourself you got something to prove



Yeah we gotta be hip hop it's all that we know

Blaze up the shelto stro



Yo on with the show

Get the drum track going



Ok enough small talk

But whatever you drop, keep it hard



It's gotta be hip hop

You know it's hard to be hip hop 



Gotta be hip hop