what's hardcore?

Singer:k'naan

i put a pen to the paper

this time as visual as possible

guns blast at the hospital

the walls are white washed with tin rooftops

to show love you lick two shots

it's dangerous man

journalists hire gunmen there's violent women

kids trust no one cause fire burnt them

refugees die in boats

headed for peace

is anyone scared of death here' not in the least

i walk by the old lady selling coconuts under the tree

life is cheap here but wisdom is free

the beach boys hang on the side

leaning with pride

scam artists and gangsters fiendin to fight

i walk with three kids that can't wait to meet god

lately

that's bucktooth

mohamed and crybaby

what they do everyday just to eat lord have mercy

strapped with an ak and they blood thirsty. so what's hardcore? really

are you hardcore? hmm. so what's hardcore? really

are you hardcore? hmm. we begin our day by the way of the gun

rocket propelled grenades blow you away if you front

we got no police ambulance or fire fighters

we start riots by burning car tires

they looting

and everybody start shooting

bullshit politicians talking bout solutions

but it's all talk

you can't go half a block with a road block

you don't pay at the road block you get your throat shot

and each road block is set up by these gangsters

and different gangsters go by different standards

for example

the evening is a no go

unless you wanna wear a bullet like a logo

in the day you should never take the alleyway

the only thing that validates you is the ak

they chew on jad it's sorta like coco leafs

and there ain't no police. so what's hardcore? really

are you hardcore? hmm. so what's hardcore? really

are you hardcore? hmm. i'm a spit these verses cause i feel annoyed

and i'm not gonna quit till i fill the void

if i rhyme about home and got descriptive

i'd make fifty cent look like limp biskit

it's true

and don't make me rhyme about you

i'm from where the kids is addicted to glue

get ready

he got a good grip on the machete

make rappers say they do it for love like r-kelly

it's hard

harder than harlem and compton intertwined

harder than harboring bin laden and rewind

to that earlier part when i was kinda like"