Lyrics: Stylah – Hard Way

Published: April 30, 2012 | Last Updated: March 25, 2017

I first clocked Stylah back when he ran with the Poisonous Poets – a legendary UK clique featuring names you’ll probably have heard of. If you’ve never heard of Poisonous Poets pop over to YouTube and school yourself.…

INTRO: STYLAH

Blame the system, don't blame the people!
Can't blame the people man!
Dun know!

CHORUS: STYLAH

Yo compadre, doing it the Hard Way,
Living with your madre,
Trying to get the rent to your yard play,
Bailiffs'll come and take your car away,
It's the Hard Way!
Yo family, fend for your family,
Stick it to the man if you can G,
Stack what you can B,
Rainy days it comes handy,
It's the Hard Way, Hard Way.

VERSE 1: STLYAH

Living in a one-room flat,
When your Mum's on crack,
And your Dad's on that
Gambling 'cos he can't handle the fact,
That your family's trapped in the grounds of the cancer attack.
Shit! What's your plan of attack?
??
When the Man's on your back, mans on your back,
The Man's on your back, mans on your back,
On his way from work,
Found him a bag,
With jewellery worth a few grand in the back,
Not to mention the cards and a handful of cash,
He went police station and handed it back,
How random was that?
Even the Fed. was surprised,
He said" You should have kept it alive"
"You look like you haven't slept in a while"
"And could do with a few more points in your life"
Poor man said, "I might be a gambler,
But I'm no thief and I don't beg either"
Just then a rich girl walked in and said:
"Have you found a bag and of course it's designer?"
Fed gave her the bag back like there,
And said, "You might wanna thank that guy there"
She turns around, looks up him and down,
Gives him a fucked-up frown,
No reward, no remorse,
But see the poor guy he already knew,
Then she says, "My name's Lady Luck"
"And Lady Luck's never gonna smile on you"

CHORUS STYLAH

Yo compadre, doing it the Hard Way,
Living with your madre,
Trying to get the rent to your yard play,
Bailiffs'll come and take your car away,
It's the Hard Way!
Yo family, fend for your family,
Stick it to the man if you can G,
Stack what you can B,
Rainy days it comes handy,
It's the Hard Way, Hard Way.

STYLAH

What's the point of the government?
What's the point of the government?
What's the point of the government?
They gotta make sure that the working man can pay bills.
Recession, inflation,
This is a so-called "Free World" nation.
What's the point of a government that don't work?
9 to 5 on the grind, and they go work,
What's the point of a government that don't work?
Come home in your jeans and your old shirt,
DAVE COURTNEY: "You better be fucking listening an' all
Looking in your wife's eyes and they're so hurt,
Whatever happened to the life that you owe her?
You wanna wine them and dine them with chauffeurs,
But you're skivin' a five from her old purse,
Gotta decide what items to go first.
The jewellery, the TV,
The poor man's way too humble,
The rich man's way too greedy,
That's how the rich stay rich
And the poor man come like Ray Charles following Stevie
What's the point of a government that don't work?
When you're living the breadline with no purse,
Got me feeling to get mine,
I'm ??
Now I'm binning up a line with the ? dirt,
And ??
And you know it's us,
And you know we're thugs,
From we're showing up,
From we're showing up,
Lines blowing up, money ain't immature, papers growing up.

CHORUS

VERSE 3: STYLAH

Yo compadre, doing it the Hard Way,
Living with your madre,
Trying to get the rent to your yard play,
Bailiffs'll come and take your car away,
It's the Hard Way!
Yo family, fend for your family,
Stick it to the man if you can G,
Stack what you can B,
Rainy days it comes handy,
It's the Hard Way, Hard Way.
Yo compadre, doing it the Hard Way,
Living with your madre,
Trying to get the rent to your yard play,
Bailiffs'll come and take your car away,
It's the Hard Way!
Yo family, fend for your family,
Stick it to the man if you can G,
Stack what you can B,
Rainy days it comes handy,
It's the Hard Way, Hard Way.

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