I have a great belief that the fundamentals of our economy are very strong,
very strong.
Know it don't look pretty, but you know
Time is
Raining
Time is
Coming
Time is
Draining
Time is
Uh, yeah, uh
Yo, you need room to make
Something accumulate
But time ain't on his side
So, homie, it's soon to break
He can't dip in his stash
Child support kicking his ass
Ready to grip the 4th, 5th, and the
Mass
This connect inconsistent
The work's always different, sometimes it's ready rock,
sometimes it's kitchen
Nothin' can convince him that
the world ain't against him
And he thought it was all a
dream till he finched him
The other times that he got away
they would've lynched him
He ain't been able to get
right every since then
No good advice for him,
nothin' goin' right for him
Even though at the end of the tunnel
there's light for him
Times hard, times cold
We need some money to control
Things rough, things tough
Lord, know it don't look
pretty but it's tough
Time is rain, time is cold, time is drain
Time is, time is, time is, time is
I got land there,
I'm good with an acre
What's in the bank,
I'm good with the shakers
Harder than the hood in
Jamaica
When your own brother are in you
Therefore the struggle continues
Get it in and draw blood at the venue
Damn, you was just supplying fiends
Now the ends ain't even justifying
the means
Experimenting with drugs,
now I'm trying to lean
Wouldn't say you falling off,
but you right in between
The streets got the best of you
Your whole gangsta's a replica
And you gotta take that to
the death with you
Need no reminders
Shit, I wonder where your mind is
Cause it ain't like you don't
know what the time is
That's hard, that's cool
We need some money to control
Things rough, big stuff,
Lord
Know it look pretty, but it don't
Time is red, time is cold
Time is red, time is cold
Definitely need a plan,
it's almost 50 a gram
Either that or you better get you a scam
For the gas prices and
foreclosures all over
When it's gon' stop, only the
Lord knows this
Seems like nobody want us,
when the hard times come upon us
Run with us or run from us,
death is a slow process
Hard to digest, you already know,
no struggle, no progress
Sys tem are suffering,
they ought to try hustling
But they still struggling,
the money's not coming in
Time is getting dread again,
got to do some juggling
Want some money in the yard
hot, time's hard, time's cold,
He used them once and
money to control.
Things rough, things tough,
Lord,
Though it look pretty, but it don't.
time is straight,
Time is cold,
The time is hard,
The time is, the time is straight.
The road ahead will be long,
Our climb will be steep.
We may not get there in one year
or even in one term, but
America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you,
Barrington Levy & Jadakiss 
