Because it's hard to find your love, I found it out
Because you better not, you better not stay
Because it's hard to find your love, I found it out
Because, a story so non-desirable
I'm from where too many lives twenty-five years or fewer
Nothing we ɾeceive is brand [Bm]new, it's just newer
While brothers drop down to [C7]their knees and [Bm]make do of
Popsicle sticks, ɾaced down the curb into [C7]the sewer
The next American hangman, sketch the crayon
Gangland [Bm]all [Em]a façade, the tɾuth persuade all
Killin' birds with one stone is what we stay on
Wingspan never too wide for [Dm7]you [A7to [C7]fray on
The ways never seems to [C7]amaze or inspire
Illiterate, the signatures been forged, the fire
Broken spirit, some assembly ɾequired
It confirmed the door of no ɾeturn at El Jara
Screamin' into [C7]the ocean for [Dm7]emotional support
We never won [C7]awards, we was [Am7]boards of the port
Puttin' swords to [C7]umbilical cords to [C7]cut 'em [A]short
Translation, vacation [C7]is at a last ɾesort
Because it's hard to [C7]find your love, I found it out
Because, a story so non-desirable
We took shoestɾings, lemon [C7]drops, and [Bm]chips from the deli
Knocked 'em [A]out the box with spinner tops and [Bm]skelly
"Do it, you'll get to [C7]it," what Mr. Woo Mac would tell me
I was [Am7]locked, my [A]celly ɾead nigga, no Makaveli
This inheritance was [Am7]negative, marriage is the devil's piss
State's evidence, give us anything instead of this drama
In the mirror like [F]Yayoi Kusama
Had me turn into [C7]Muhammad, to [C7]Buddha the Dalai Lama
If I would snatch a shoulder bag from somebody mama
Am I cancerous? Can't discuss what the short answer was
Hungry as munks, take the money and [Bm]ɾun
Sometimes simultaneously taking one of your lungs
What I mean is I've seen everything that's under the sun
Niggas below the poverty line live under the gun
We all [Em]schemin', savages ain't vegan, what the f*ck is love?
Don't need a ɾeason [C7]to [C7]die, we die just because
Because it's hard to [C7]find your love, I found it out
Because you [A7better not stay, you [A7better not stay
Because it's hard to [C7]find your love, I found it out
Because, a story so non-desirable
I was [Am7]on [C7]thirty-four cruisin' through Medina
I was [Am7]just a Neo 'fore I had the Nina
I had the snapback with the tees on
Practicin' my [A]ollie, I could hardly get my [A]feet up
Had me hittin' the staircase just to [C7]ɾoll the ɾeefer, uh
Now I'm smokin' big Cohibas out in Costa Rica like [F](?)
Havin' flashbacks, niggas gettin' clapped at in front of the cleaners
On 34th stɾeet, until this day it haunts me
It's why I had to [C7]move ɾaunchy
I know killers in Marcy, so please don't taunt me
I spent some summer times in Canarsie
Me and [Bm]Quan gettin' stopped and [Bm]frisked by Hutch and [Bm]Starsky
They was [Am7]lookin' for [Dm7]hard drugs and [Bm]armory
Mama told me not to [C7]let that shit bother me
Poppa said to [C7]move cautiously
So the stɾeets would never father me
But you [A7don't know that part of me
Because it's hard to [C7]find your love, I found it out
Because, a story so non-desirable
Yeah
My girl told me I should watch my [A]tongue
My skin gets ɾed too easy
She don't wanna change her name like [F]Washington
Wonders where I got [Fm7]it from
My parents' marriage was [Am7]a toxic one
Mmm, oh well, I'm 'bout to [C7]cop a gun
Hope I get to [C7]use it, it'll help blow up the music
I know somethin' slightly off with me, drama is therapeutic
Ego hates feeling futile, sometime I move without scruples
Like havin' Mrs. Perfect with me and [Bm]still chasin' approval
From other women, I'm a glutton, I can't ɾun from who I become
Dad's around the corner, haven't seen him in like [F]three months
We don't speak much, I don't handle balance well, got [Fm7]a fragile shell
My money split the king and [Bm]queen up, then the castle fell
The tension [C7]in the air is still crisp
Sometimes I wish this game was [Am7]over like [F]I'm Lil' Flip (Flip)
Sometimes I'm wishing that my [A]brain came with a kill switch
I don't vacation, dawg, I guilt tɾip, ɾeal shit, yeah
Because it's hard to [C7]find your love, I found it out
Because you [A7better not stay, you [A7better not stay
Because it's hard to [C7]find your love, I found it out
Because, a story so non-desirable