Big L - Times Is Hard On The Boulevard Lyrics

It’s a must I commit crimes cos I gotta get mines it’s hard times and all I see is dollar signs🤭

One of he’s best songs

So many lyrics died with this dude.

Fuck a job

💯😐

Rappers used to rap about how hard life was as a gangster but 20 years later now they raping about how much fun it is when they’ve never experienced life as a real gangster in a day of their lives

GOAT, he sounds like he's rappping like lord finesse here eh?

"Blast the ducks with a shotty, the trigger i squeeze with ease, i got
paid 50 g's pr body. In a year i killed 88, so i made about.. Um.. Fuck it!
I was crazy straight!"

Feb 15th 2019 still listening

Listened the shit outta big l when i was young and i still know these lyrics by heart 10 years later. What a legend

Fav L joint no question.

Every time I've ever gotten out of jail either on bail dropped the case game served whatever. This is the first fucking thing I do is put this joint on. Love from Miami 2018

[Big L: Verse 1]
I used to be a rich nigga, selling much crack
To make a long story short, I fell off like a hub cap
My operation got shut off
I can't slide a slut off
I gotta beat my dick to get a nut off
Cause when a convo is struck up
Bitches act stuck up, my luck sucks, everything is fucked up
To get cash I gotta beg
Cause every time I reach in my pocket all I feel is my damn leg
Its about time that I feel cash, gotta get it right now, gotta get it real fast
Cause all I got left is 2 mack tens, a army jacket, a ski mask, a hoodie, and some black Tims
I'm about to get extra ill, so I went to my crib, got booted up and got dressed to kill
The first place that I hit was the corner store
I pulled out and told everybody to get on the floor
I took the cash and I jetted
One kid tried to set it, I bet he regret it cause because he got wetted
Robberies I did well, when you look in the dictionary under villain you'll see a photo of Big L
Fuck a job, punks is gettin robbed and scarred
Cause times is hard on the boulevard

[Big L: Verse 2]
Yo I was robbing people on a regular basis in many different places and all types of races
I robbed gangstas, I robbed ducks, I didn't care who I stuck as long as I got a buck what the fuck
When niggas see me they take flight
I'll even rob Jehovah if I catch him right on a late night
Keep a vest G don't try to test me
A red neck police chief tried to arrest me
Ayo that wasn't a smart cop
Because I put 2 in his chest and his motherfucking heart stopped
Its a must I commit crimes
Cause I gotta get mine, its hard times, and all I see are dollar signs
Why should I work for another sucker
When I can do robberies and make G's like a motherfucker
Fuck a job, punks is getting robbed and scarred
Cause times is hard on the boulevard

[Big L: Verse 3]
Yo I was goin out, just like a crusader would
I robbed everything that moved in the neighborhood
Yo I was even robbing chicks
I did mad sticks, I needed more dough so I started taking hits
Blastin ducks with the shotty
The trigger I squeeze with ease I got paid 50 g's per body
In a year I killed 88
So I made about... umm... fuck it I was crazy straight
Fuck a job, punks is getting robbed and starved
Cuz times is hard on the boulevard

Fuck keep it real ✌🏻 rest in peace big l i know what poverty feels like and this shit got me fuckin VIBing i cant even hold my shit together cuz of how real this is. 😞RIP to one of the realist

classic should been on the album

Illist 2 gaz 4m Dah whole NYC P on GOD

I took the cash and I jetted
One kid tried to set it
I bet he regret it
Because he got wetted

Of big L ain't in your top 5 list then gtfo

just realized thats rakim voice on the hook

This from my other account not my Jason Matthew's one and spotted a familiar face lmao, didnt know you dig Ls music as much as I do. Get ready to peep the big L biopic..

Dev rakim n him met n was kikin it for a bit

I feel extremely sorry for the people who can't appreciate this old school stuff, it's like YOU'RE missing out on the world's best flavours...

R.I.P Lamont Coleman

When niggaz see me they break free/ Ill even rob your mother if I catch her slipping on State Street.

The best mc BIG L

who did this?
$50000X88 = $4400000

it's hard knowing every big l song and I can't get no more new song by him that's hard

Tate Mushroom fucked up, but the bastard that killed him also got smoked so at least he's avenged

yooooooooooooo

Remember when the description was in the top right? Ah sshiiitt.

Level 99 Booty Hunter shiiit son I remember

Dang the things I'd do to get my hands on the promo lifestylez cassette with this, school dayz and Devils son on it

probably in my top 5 most sought after casettes. would pay about 200 for one haha.

underrated rapper

Understatement

when I reach in my pocket and all I felt was my damn leg

N some crack crumbs lol

dig in my pocket & all I felt was my damn leg!

I'm Mexican and I bump the fuck out of big L ! and people always think I'm black cause of my picture on here but little do they know it's big L (:

+MrHighAzzHell do you get any weird faces from other people while bumping Big L everytime im bumping it in public everybody has a confused face its funny as'f

+Shadow Oner haha we do get those faces ! Especially when he's snapping hella hard with what he's saying & they are looking at us like who's that . We've put so many people on L

MrHighAzzHell i dont why this had me dying lol

MrHighAzzHell cant wait to get my car going be bumping BiG L in that bitch taking my drivers ed rn

OldSkoolHipHop247 Word up

this song is great!!

my favourite rapper forever, no doubt

ayyo that wasn't a smart cop. Because i put two in his chest and his mother fucking heart stopped.

I read this comment right as that lyric played

Brilliant

DJ Premier on the scratches?

For the 20th Anniversary edition why didn't they add these tracks as a bonus? And where is there an updated download link for the compilation in the video description?

Times Iz hard on the Boulevard without Big L.

Roberto Munroe facts unfortunately

Roberto Munroe I just want him to come back! just wake up and he comes back from the dead

Omg facts

Get that shit tatted on my chest since i was born in the Boulevard

139 & Lenox is the Danger Zone!

lord finesse the sp-1200 project

Do you have new updated download links

this is hardcore rap straight outta the sewer, lil'wayne and clowns like that ain't no rap, it's garbage, fuck 'em.

This is one of the best hardcore hip hop raps of all time. Period.

Sean Gent hail hail mate hes another breed

"blast the ducks with a shotty, the trigger i squeeze with ease, i got paid 50 g's pr body. In a year i killed 88, so i made about.... Fuck it! I was crazy straight!"

TIME IS HARD ON MY DONUTBARD

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

If anyone claims to be a 'big fan' of hip hop but listens to drake or lil wayne, please don't hesitate to send them a link to this to show them what real hip hop is 👍🏻

@Adriel Padilla word up.

I've met people who listened to L but asked me who was Lord Finesse

People today cant into this art

Back when drake and lil Wayne were the “worse rappers” now raps just shit

I'll never get why they pulled those songs from the album, they're among his BEST.

He should’ve signed for Def Jam or Bad Boy not Columbia....

How many songs were pulled off the album, anyone know?

L didnt think these were good enough for the album apparently

L had his own label you clowns :D

@Kasper Bolding He was signed to Columbia before he made Flamboyant, dumb fuck.

No they're not

shame hes dead man wish you was still kicking it by far best rapper of all time is lyrics are mad straight (in a year i killed 88 so i made mmmm fucked it i was crazy straight)

why can't i find this on iTunes? fml shits awesome
dude is bad
rip L

Wish this song had no ending RIP BIG L

honestly big L is one of the most lyrically underrated rappers to ever live. he is a fuckin god

he is a devil

He ain't the devil, his the devils son.

when you  look in the dictionary under villain youl see a photo of Big L.

Why should i work for another sucka when i can do robberies and make G's like a mufa fucka?


2 of the dopest lines ever 

Kush Nuggie King hell yeeeee

Mango Pine especially when you realize Big L was really about his

Everything that he talks about in this video is still going on in 2014...lol. Big L was really ahead of his time

Yea and things will never change. How does it feels to be one of the many retaarded kids to copy/paste same shit over and over again ? :) Does it makes you feel any special/different ? now seriosly hang yourself

Margodx

C.O.N.S.H.U.S. - DISEASE (1997)

Big L is too raw

no shit

Tooo ahead of his time!!

king>.>>

I can't slide a slut off I gotta beat my dick to get a nut off 

He talks a lot about hood life, verses ain't about him but about hood, but he himself lived quite "trife life" as well

"Ayo that wasnt a smart cop, Cuz i put 2 in his chest and his mothafuckin heart stopped" Ouchhh! 

ericakamrkrump shiiiiit

It was so long ago I forget the exact amount but cops called it a fuckin driveby well who ever shot him had impeccable aim because he got shot 9 times in the head neck and chest and no his brother was in prison when big l got. Murdered

Rhymes are still current to 2014. Everything that he's rapping about is still happening to this DAY, I kid you not.

this helps me eat pop tarts

Aha i GUARANTEE ur just some bitch that likes big l and gets his jollies off saying he knew famous people

IF U DISLIKE THIS SONG OR ANY OF BIG Ls SONGS AND FREESTYLES YOU'RE A FAGGOT BIG L IS THE BEST RAPPER/POET/FREESTYLEST EVER FUCK BOGGIE AND FUCK TUPAC THE ONLY RAPPER CLOSE IS LORD FINESSE BUT AS FAR AS DEAD RAPPERS BIG L IS UNTOUCHABLE

BiG420ToMaTo420BuDs why we hating on these rappers each had there part to rap history biggie was dope pac was dope and big l was dope

The truth.

Leo Sporino Big L was god*

SolJA Boy devils son**

L is my favorite too but biggie and pac are on his level. He is no doubt the best MC to ever live but biggie has the greatest flow and pac has the best poetry especially in dear mama and changes

I wonder If Big L acutally lived what he talks about because he be saying some raspy shit that makes me question if he really was about that life. 

datz tru tho

@Chencho Rodriguez killed on a drug run with coke on him ... fakes don't die in situations like that.

He wasn't but the one time he did some big shit for his brother, it ended up getting him killed.

Big L was definately involved in sum shit he lived in harlem when it had the highest crime rate in the US. And he had 2 gangster old brothers so i thinks its virtually impossible for him to have not been involved in anything

all he sayin is true. life whut he is describing 93 or 95. is goin on in 2013. word

@Mista O Heath i think u missed the point, the stuff his saying isnt true, hes putting it as a fantasy with himself as the protagonist, notice hes raps are like daydreams, they dont represent reality but hes trying to show the frustration of poverty, i like big l cuz he emphesizes on the fiction and dosent make the fiction reality like other rappers

i agree

I agree to a degree Mark, but he was defonately a heavy criminal... I don't believe he would obviously expose his own crimes in his rhymes, but he was involved in everything you can mention regarding crime. -
The whole reason he was killed, was because he was spotted with a hitman, while he was pointing out the guy the hitter had to kill...... If he did that, I'm pretty sure he was capable of anything and that, only comes by practice.

If this song and the others that didn't make the cut aren't officially on the album, then what are they on?

He only bought out 1 album when he was alive. So why would you buy it more than once......

just watched his crate diggers, said this is one of his first beats, amazing

lord finesse kills everything

big l keeps it too real

new, i got it like 3-4 years ago

his CDs are still being sold at HMV under Columbia still

tahts seriously a "good" answer ..

@ItsJR516 what song is this from? I love finesse but i didnt know it was his beat? Lemme know

big L Street Struck :
Cause you can be rich with crazy loot, own a house and nine cars
What good is that, if you're dead, or behind bars?

Lord Finesse killed it with this beat

Right On man!!

So he can spread the legacy Of L and thats what he wanted

This man a prophet for real

LOL no kidding eh.

Fair enough, I assumed his entire discography would be owned by warner by now

this nigga just said hes gunna rob god.. lol
no wonder hes dead

giving money to finesse i geuss

Why wasn't this song the album !!!???

I wouldnt mind this being on the album, love it!

1 word, ´ INSANE´

I'm not talking about T.I's old gangster rap garbage stuff I'm talking about this song:
This was all the things I was going through mentally
This could be the reason I ignored the penitentiary
Now mention them New Orlean niggas coming in the city
Killing all summer long, ain't nobody paying attention

Those lyrics are pretty legit def nothing compared to Big L's How will I make it song though

Fuck that why buy it? Big L aint gonna see a dime

Would it have been so hard to just read the description. I hate when ppl do that.

studio pranksters.

get the fuck outta here with that shit.

why did they ever remove this from lifestylez?????

ti gangster? lmfao, get the fuck out, i'm a middle class guy and i'm more "gangster" than he is

Big L bit a small series of lines from Kool G Rap when he said "took the cash and jetted set it etc." that part

You can hear a lot of kool G in L, i think they are the only ones who ever pulled off that complex compound rhyming technique.

Lol. You called T.I a legit gangsta rapper.

Slowpoke.

Some of his lyrics and flow is similar to today's generation.. I'm not talkin about bubble gum guys like lil wayne or drake I'm talkin about Cassidy Papoose occasionally T.I those legit gangster rappers. when it comes to skill

when it comes to content you need to stop lying to urself and just admit that Big L did rap about allot of mainstream garbage in quite a few of his songs..
please be more logical with ur arguments..

ur one dumb fuckin idiot if u really think big l's lyrics and flow is like todays generation listen too.... his lyrics they flow in a lyrical harmony and rappers these days just talk not take the lyrics in a harmony flow cause it takes talent to rap not talk

pretty true, but his lyricism was on another level compared to now

Dude, that's exactly what Big L was LOL.. Very few songs has Big L made that had real content behind them.. I'm not saying L is a crappy rapper I'm just saying as an artist his lyricism was not very complex.. simply sharp witty and horror core