Hustler’s Withdrawal - Pitbull

He went from a street kid doin regular street things

Straight to a street king

Takin over the city, block by block

Breaking down bricks, servin them rock by rock

He's everything 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 everything 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

[Chorus] (x2)

Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictive

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 juss' 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

You can die 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

[Chorus] (x2)

Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictive

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 pending

And some are even, appealing, life in the cage

At least they made it past the first phase, they passed a certain age

Hustlin's like AIDS

At first your 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

[Chorus] (x2)

Hustlin's like a drug, it's addictive

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)