It's Rough in Life was written during my 5 years phase of being unhoused in LA.
lyrics
1-It's Rough in Life,
It's Rough in Life,
It's Rough in Life time and time and time again,
It's Rough in any situations that your living in,
1.5-Los Angeles in my city hustle life-
Thank the Lord for this new day just hoping to live it right,
My advice is keep your health as first in sight,
Living socially stable knowing there's no need to get in fights-
4.5-Just stay locked in your hustle take the chance and roll the dice-
If you fall when you struggle wipe your butt off and do it twice,
Cause you'd rather sing the end results of happiness the song,
Than washed up on your city block with nothing going on,
1-It's Rough wanting dreams with no focus getting that-
Instead of time doing nothing while just talking that yippity yap,
We need to lift ourselves up, we need to do it fat-
There's no need to be greedy real humans should be giving back-
4.5-Plug your nose as we walk into a concrete jungle deep-
Skid Row Downtown LA watching human lives defeat,
From them small sized men getting beaten in they sleep,
Because these robberies happen daily, so sad they just repeat,
1-It's Rough in Life, the smell of defecate and piss-
And throw up for blocks long this scars up my daily sight-
Syringe needles on the street, kept me motivated stepping over-
These keeping my focus something to nothing I believe,
1-So if your the quiet type, taking notes, a new school unfolds-
Appreciation's real heavy like it was solid gold,
New lessons now do grow, and unfold into this life-
You see these just don't look so right, but indeed they feel so good to me-
***1-It's Rough in Life,
It's Rough in Life,
It's Rough in Life time and time and time again-
It's Rough in these situations that your living in***
1.5-Los Angeles in my city struggle life-
Wear new shoes on San Pedro and 6th and out unfolds a knife,
Your mistake, you was solo in this fight-
While this dude had some fools across the street he could excite-
4.5-So pop out your zapatos like you was grape in grip the vice-
It's a sad song you sing in parts of city that ain't nice-
But you'd rather sing this melody than sing death the song,
Then all's gone a life lost happen fast ain't nothing wrong,
1-Man I've been living this in a trap I wrote a rap-
It's real strong last long hoping people sing it back,
The hustle's getting scarier day to day living like that-
People checking out trash cans for food like they was human rats-
4.5-Spend some time in LA on one of the dirtiest of streets-
And met them knucklehead scuffles that show yes you will compete,
From behind a homeless woman looks so small and so petite,
Until she turns around you see her face so jagged, rough and deep,
1-It's Rough in Life, everybody is not raised up right-
Is it wrong to fight, in the moment some will get blind-
To light, goose bumps on skin the fright, gots her shivering so scared-
The sight, picking up her stuff at night, at least the rest from all those thieves-
Again, and now she gripes, the quiet type, most do not know-
She was small and shy at first, now she cuss you out when she explodes-
These lessons now do grow, and explode into this life-
You see, these just don't look so right, but indeed they feel so good to me-
***1-It's Rough in Life,
It's Rough in Life,
It's Rough in Life time and time and time again-
It's Rough in these situations that your living in × 2 *** .
credits
released July 23, 2022
Philip Singer/Anno Domini Beats
Born in Pasadena and raised in the Central Valley
of California, Philip Singer started rhyming as a young
child. Back in the day he was known as Phil Fresh, an M.C. gaining a following performing in local talent shows. METAPHYSICAL is now a non fiction storytelling M.C. on the lyric. Combining words with precisely produced beats, get your minds ready for METAPHYSICAL!
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