Yikes! Here are THE LYRICS to "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp"!

[Radio_Lady]

Best Oscar Winning Song of 2005, folks! ("Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn!")

+ (Djay)
You know it's hard out here for a pimp (you ain't knowin)
When he tryin to get this money for the rent (you ain't knowin)
For the Cadillacs and gas money spent (you ain't knowin)
<1> Because a whole lot of bitches talkin shit (you ain't knowin)
<2> Will have a whole lot of bitches talkin shit (you ain't knowin)


In my eyes I done seen some crazy thangs in the streets
Gotta couple hoes workin on the changes for me
But I gotta keep my game tight like Kobe on game night
Like takin from a ho don't know no better, I know that ain't right
Done seen people killed, done seen people deal
Done seen people live in poverty with no meals
It's fucked up where I live, but that's just how it is
It might be new to you, but it's been like this for years
It's blood sweat and tears when it come down to this shit
I'm tryin to get rich 'fore I leave up out this bitch
I'm tryin to have thangs but it's hard fo' a pimp
But I'm prayin and I'm hopin to God I don't slip, yeah




Man it seems like I'm duckin dodgin bullets everyday
Niggaz hatin on me cause I got, hoes on the tray
But I gotta stay paid, gotta stay above water
Couldn't keep up with my hoes, that's when shit got harder
North Memphis where I'm from, I'm 7th Street bound
Where niggaz all the time end up lost and never found
Man these girls think we prove thangs, leave a big head
They come hopin every night, they don't end up bein dead
Wait I got a snow bunny, and a black girl too
You pay the right price and they'll both do you
That's the way the game goes, gotta keep it strictly pimpin
Gotta have my hustle tight, makin change off these women, yeah

[imperialismispasse]

1. Context

It works great in the context of the movie. I agree with what someone else said in another thread, the moment where the one girl hears her own voice in her headphones is a wonderful moment.

It did what a Best Song in a movie is supposed to do, it enhanced the movie and worked great in context.

[eeyore]

2. The whole movie is about the creation of that song

Having read your posts, RadioLady, I think you would actually really like the movie. It's about a pimp trying to use the limited options available to him to better his life. He's using the tools available to him (subpar equipment, the generosity of strangers, and the voices of his hookers) to try to make another way for himself, and the others around him in the process.

It's sad, gritty, and pretty damn funny in some places. But most of all it's just a really good look at being being a poor black man in Memphis, and how hard it can be to rise out of the situation he was basically born into. I really do think that it's a good look at the kind of people who were left to drown during Katrina, the kind of people that we as a society choose to not admit are still fighting to just stay alive.