Yeah, hah   Yo, ugh   Yeah      He went from a street kid doin' regular street things   Straight to a street king   Takin' over the city, block by block   Breakin' down bricks, servin' them rock by rock      He's everythin' a young gun wanna grow up to be   But if only these young guns could see   That murder, money and lust is slowly murderin' us   'Cuz the drug game ain't what it used to be      So look deeper when they paint you a picture   And try to sell you a dream   'Cuz a lot of these drug lords turn   To the feds or turn into fiends      The crack game ain't everythin' it's cracked up to be   Now that same cat that was a, neighborhood celebrity   Is coppin' rocks off the news kids on the block   At the same time tryna school them      But these hoodlums got heads   As hard as the rocks that he's doin'   Hustlin's like a drug, it's got withdrawal symptoms   And if you know this, you won't skip fame      But you will gain wisdom   And wisdom gains power   Don't let your life go sour over power      Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictin'   The more you hustle, the more you get addicted   The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction   If you used to push weight you relate   (It's the hustler's withdrawal)      Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictin'   The more you hustle, the more you get addicted   The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction   If you used to push weight you relate   (It's the hustler's withdrawal)      Not only did my father used to deal dope   He used to do the dope he used to deal, I'm jus' keepin' it real   Now my father doesn't have shit, I don't have shit, we don't have shit   'Cuz he didn't stack shit      With all the money he made   He didn't think for one second to put money away   That's 'cuz his mind was clouded with white thoughts   He's lucky that he didn't end up outlined in white chalk      The only thing I can say I gained from my father is   Knowledge of the street game   And I hope that y'all follow this   I can't say I haven't sold weed or cocaine      But I can say this   Money that comes quick, leaves quick   And y'all better believe this   'Cuz this I've lived and witnessed      Catch a couple of charges   Now, you're on the Lord's shit list   Now, you're forced to do business   Until this business does you of course      'Cuz you can die from doin' dope or dealin' dope, either or   You choose the road that you need to follow   And you choose the people   That you look up to as role models      Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictin'   The more you hustle, the more you get addicted   The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction   If you used to push weight you relate   (It's the hustler's withdrawal)      Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictin'   The more you hustle, the more you get addicted   The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction   If you used to push weight you relate   (It's the hustler's withdrawal)      I know about hustler's but I won't mention no names   'Cuz they still got cases pendin'   And some are even, appealin', life in the cage   At least they made it past the first phase, they passed a certain age      Hustlin's like AIDS at first you're infected with HIV and then it's full blown   Only difference is instead of havin' no immune system   You become immune to the system of havin' dough, by dealin' blow   It's a fast life and even if you survive, your mind will die slow      Dirty money attracts, dirty things   And if you plan to deal dope   I hope you're ready for the murder game   'Cuz that's what it brings      I'm not a preacher, I'm not tryin' to preach, no   I'm not a teacher, I'm not tryna teach but yet   Like a faucet, I'm tryin' to leak   Any foe, tell these young'ns and their kinfolk      And let em' know there's more to life than a G of coke   If you used to push weight then you relate   'Cuz you already had a taste of   Hustler's withdrawal      Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictin'   The more you hustle, the more you get addicted   The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction   If you used to push weight you relate   (It's the hustler's withdrawal)      Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictin'   The more you hustle, the more you get addicted   The longer you hustle, the deeper the addiction   If you used to push weight you relate   (It's the hustler's withdrawal)