2Pac – It Ain't Easy Lyrics

It Ain't Easy

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"It Ain't Easy." - 2Pac

Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 07:58 am

Album: Me Against the World

Track No: 10

Keepin' it real
I take a shot of Hennessy, now I'm strong enough to face the madness
Nickel bag full of sess, weed laced with hash
Phone calls from the my **** on the other side
Two childhood friends just died, I couldn't cry
A damn shame, when will we ever change?
And what remains from a twelve gauge to the brain
Arguments with my boo, it's true
I spend more time with my **** than I do with you
But everywhere it's the same thing, that's the game
I'll be damned if a thing changed, fuck the fame
I'll be hustling to make a million, Lord knows
Ain't no love for us ghetto children, so we cold
Rag top slowing down, time to stop for gas
Beep my horn for a hoochie with a proper ass
It ain't easy, that's my motto
Drinking Tanqueray straight out the bottle
Everybody wanna know if I'm insane
My baby mama got a mind full of silly games
And all the drama got me stressing like I'm hopeless, I can't cope
Me and the homies smokin' roaches 'cause we broke
Late night hanging out till the sunrise, getting high
Watching the cops roll by
It ain't easy
That's right
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
I can't sleep, **** plotting on me, kill me while I'm dreaming
Wake up sweaty and screaming 'cause I can hear them suckers scheming
Probably paranoid, problem is, them punks be fantasizing
A brother bite the bullet, open fire and I died
I wonder why? That's just the way it is, even now
Looking out for these killer kids, 'cause they wild
Bill Clinton, can you recognize a **** representing
Doing twenty to life in San Quentin
Getting calls from my **** Mike Tyson, ain't nothing nice
Yo Pac, do something righteous with your life
And even though you innocent, you still a ****, so they figure
Rather have you behind bars than triggers
But I'ma hold ya down, holla thug life, licking shots
Till I see my **** free on the block
But no, it ain't easy
Till I see my **** free on the block, oh
It ain't easy
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary?
Lately been reminiscing
'Bout Peppermint Schnapps in junior high hit the block
Keep an eye on the cops while D-Boys slang rocks
Just project kid without a conscience, I'm having dreams
Of hearing screams at my concerts, me all my childhood peers
Through the years trying to stack a little green
I was only seventeen, when I started serving fiends
And I wish there was another way to stack a dollar
Sold my Impala 'cause these hard times make me wanna holla
Will I live to see tomorrow, am I falling off?
I hit the weed and then proceed to say, fuck all of y'all
Ain't nobody down with me, I'm thugging, I can't go home
'Cause muhfuckers think I'm bugging
So now I'm in this high powered cell at the county jail
Punk judge got a grudge, can't post no bail
What do I do in these county blues?
Getting battered and bruised by the you know who
And these fakes get to shaking when they face me
Snakes ain't got enough nuts to replace me
Sitting in this living hell, listening to **** yell
They're tryna torture him to tell, I'm getting mail
But ain't nobody saying much, the same old nuts
Is making bucks while these sluts is getting fucked
They violated my probation
And it seems I'll be going on a long vacation
Meanwhile, it ain't easy
No, it ain't easy
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?
It ain't easy, being me
Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?

Writer(s): Tony Pizarro & 2Pac.

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