Hard Knocks

You claim youre still bitter
but I got the raw end of the deal
[VERSE 1: Hardhead]
I heard the expression a dog is a mans best friend
But I grew up thinkin it was a woman
But I had to learn the hard way
Never thought Id see the day Id be sleepin on the subway
But thats the path she chose
The next day I arose still kickin the same clothes
I had to make a decision
Even though I lost her my friends still gave me recognition
Bein recognized by the guys
Wasnt a surprise, you see, cause theyre my homies
And with them I get nuff respect (nuff respect)
When I was down they were there
When I didnt have, they were more than happy to share
Inside I feel the pains trapped
I dont feel she dissed me but I feel I got a bum rap
The guys knew what I was thinkin of
The only thing to cure an old love was a new love
A ghetto love
[VERSE 2: Hardhead]
Its 3 oclock, Im hungry and Im cold
I wanna call her but shes even changed area codes
Was it that bad, what I did?
To hell with it, I go to my mans crib
Oh, his name is Bezo
The type of power only friendship could bestow
I ring his bell and hes alarmed
And Im greeted in with open arms
The next day, a different routine
Im caught drinkin on a public scene
Im callin my homies to come get me
Cause I know down they never let me
Free as a bird, once again Im chillin
My homies aint rich, but to me theyre top-billin
Over, over again theyve proven
Not even a jail cell can separate a real friend
It seems that our love as a crew gets better and better
We stick as a posse like a stamp to a letter
Whats theirs is mines, whats mines is theirs
Cause in this ghetto love game we play fair
Im unspoiled by success
Even though Gods blessed theyre still not impressed
The way they once treated me they still treat me
Its nothin different now cause Im makin a little money
Like when we hang, rumbles still continue
Puttin heads out is still on our menu
Well go to war in a heartbeat
And I never went to war and they ran out and left me
Were all about one for all and all for one
And if its more than one you better have more than one gun
The only sleep that outlasts love is death
And well hang until one of us takes the last breath
How close can a clan of man be?
That one partners pain is his posses mysery?
We say they come a dime a dozen
But Ive been turned on by my own so-called cousins
Is the blood we shed really thicker than water?
If it is, then maybe you oughta
Witness
A ghetto love
Ima always have my homies
They gon see me in the cold, or hunger
or just out there driftin, whatever
All my homies around the way in the South Bronx
Jason, Shawn, my man Jim-Jim, the whole posse
Those who I miss, you know who you are
[Name], Bezo, Lucky
The official crew, yall know
The same crew that always goes through
the rain and the shine
Peace
[ Ghetto Love Lyrics ]