Released: August 3, 2018

Songwriter: Mustard YG

Producer: Mustard

[Chorus]
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a...

[Verse 1]
Fuck the DA, fuck the P.O
Fuck the president, fuck the Po-po
They follow me, wanna keep me close
Try to, hold me back, let me go
I sip the drank, I sip the drank
Pick up the phone and call Michel'le
She hold me down, I gotta make the play
If that play don't get made, we're not okay
Look in my eyes and tell me what you see
A whole lotta lives depended on me
But I hold it down, I hold it down
I check in when I'm not in town
Put on a smile girl, put on a smile
It's a lot on my shoulders, I gotta balance it out
Put on a smile girl, put on a smile
I take care of you and that child

[Chorus]
It's harder for a real nigga (Hey)
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a...

[Verse 2]
Gotta go to the courthouse
Judge ain't giving a fuck, oww
My fingerprints is they evidence
What the fuck I'ma do now?
So hold me tight, hold me close
My lifestyle got me doin' the most
Fuck that, let's make a toast
The Lord keep us alive, he never take our soul
I'm prayin' up, I'm prayin' up
This a must that I can't sleep, I stay up
Pops told me to change up, but if I change up, they gonna say I changed up
When everybody depend on you
You got nobody to run to
You got nobody to come through, when they finally come through, you feel like fuck you

[Chorus]
It's harder for a real nigga (hey)
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a real nigga
It's ten times harder for a...

[Outro]
Lord (Lord), please (Please give)
Give us the life (Gimme life), we need (Life we need)
Please (Please Lord)

YG

Keenon Daequan Ray (Motherfuckin') Jackson, professionally known as “YG,” short for “Young Gangster,” is a rapper and songwriter born and raised in Compton, California. He usually works with the equally famous producer, DJ Mustard; both from the same Blood (Gang) sect – the Tree Top Pirus. He met Nipsey Hu$$le often in his gang days, and eventually hung out and began to rap with him.

YG is currently signed to Def Jam Recordings, as well as CTE World after befriending Jeezy. Both record labels, as well as Pu$haz Inc (formed by YG, Ty Dolla $ign, and DJ Mustard) released My Krazy Life, in 2014. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum in April 2017.

In 2016, YG released his sophomore album, Still Brazy, which peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200. The album discusses his paranoia after being shot in 2015, his fame and success, and his political opinions. The album spawned three singles, “Twist My Fingaz”, “Why You Always Hatin?”, and the controversial, but popular and impacting “FDT (Fuck Donald Trump)”. In 2018, YG released his third studio album, Stay Dangerous, supported by the singles “Suu Whoop”, and “Big Bank”, the latter being YG’s highest charting solo single on the Billboard 100, peaking at #16.