Priority Records - Had to Be a Hustler lyrics

[Verse 1] Growing up in my hood it was really on like that I had to put it down to had to do me a jab To give me a sack, so I can come up On the block serving rocks from sun down to sun up I was, really puttin' it down like that And dressed in all black straight down for the jack I was a youngster, packing a 4-5 Bailing on the looney a** eastside (right) I had my chore, so I played the part of a gangsta Never ever coulda be a pranksta Pushing n***as in their face, puttin' punk b**hes in their place Now feel the ba** Give you a taste of this gangsta sh** I got the cavvy tracks and my rhyms are on hit And like some weed it will rush ya Cause hanging on my block, you had to be a hustler [Hook] You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [Verse 2] Now the year is 1989 I'm on the cavvy spot and I'm doing fine I got riches, I got b**hes I got a candy green 4 with 16 switches On some triple gold was Every single day straight swerving, sippin' on a cold one On my way to the weedspot I got my Glock in the stashpot cause the cops are kinda hot And now I gots me a sack And now I'm heading back to the street where the f**ing money at It's the block where I slang And all the G n***as hang and the young n***as bang Puttin' it down every single night Getting there drunk, showin' off, tryin' to fight One another but we still had love And rest in peace to my n***as up above Because uh [Hook] You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya [Verse 3] It's a cold thing when you got no game See every smoker on the block know my name I was a youngster with boulders for your shoulders And still slanging cavvy down my shoulder And I got some n***as down with me See every single day we sell a pound you see Or that bomb a** doja mack So come on my block and get a fat sack We got the sh** that'll f** you up So don't take it to the head or you might get stung So grab a partner and spark the bomb Cause it'll have you like tweaking from dusk to dawn I tell the truth and I never lie Cause I promise I smoke chronic till the day I die And a new face on the block, we couldn't trust ya Cause you might be a busta [Hook] You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya You had to be a hustler Cause if you was a buster you know we wouldn't trust ya