DJ Khaled Ft T-Pain & Kanye West – Go Hard Lyrics

On “Go Hard,” the second single from Khaled’s third studio album, We Global, the Miami native recruits T-Pain and Kanye West, following their 2007 collaboration “Good Life,” for an uplifting and motivational ode to achieving success.

The song, which features a prominent sample of Madonna’s 1984 track “Angel,” is produced by production duo The Runners, who have produced a slew of songs for Khaled, including his 2012 hit “Take It to the Head”.

The song was a commercial success, peaking at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Notably, “Go Hard” was remixed by Khaled’s “I Wanna Be With You” collaborator Nicki Minaj for her third mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, released in 2009.

Go Hard Lyrics by DJ Khaled Ft T-Pain & Kanye West

[Intro: Kanye West, DJ Khaled & T-Pain]
Ayy, we go by The Runners
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
DJ Khaled, We The Best (Go hard!)
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
I’m goin’ in, I’m goin’ in
I do it for the hood, cause the hood told me I should (Go hard!)
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
If you rep your hood, and you goin’ hard
If they hatin’ on you, don’t stress
Tell them niggas that we the best (Go, go, go hard!)
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
Fuck nigga, you can’t stop this!
Fuck the rest, we run this game, Kanye West, Khaled and Pain
[Chorus: T-Pain]
Hey, if you could, you would get rid of me
What you gon’ do when a nigga gotta go hard?
But I won’t let you get to me (To me)
You should already figure I’ma go hard
If you was as real as me
You would never let another nigga step in yo’ yard
Makin’ money ain’t shit to me
This is in my veins and it gets to my heart
So I am (Hard) I will (Hard) I gots to go (Go hard)
You got another way to live, I gots to go hard (Go hard)
I am gettin’ it in until the end
I gotta go (Go) go (Go) go (Go) go (Go hard)

[Verse 1: Kanye West]
I go the hardest, flow so retard
I’m disgusted with myself, I mean, ugh, where do I start?
First I spin around and vomit, then I shit up on it
Fuck the beat up so bad, won’t nobody get up on it
I flow sick, nigga how sick? Seasick
Got your hand out, don’t look at me bitch
You lookin’ at who made me rich
You lookin’ at who made me rich
I had some wins, some losses
Just a life of a God damn boss’s
With the top off, lookin’ for a girl
With a ass as fat as Tracee Ross’s
This is dope as it get, dope as a motherfuckin’ acid trip
Fly as fifty-seven passengers, this finna be another classic, bitch
Everybody know I got it, if you want it then get at it
But I ain’t gon’ have it, no, I ain’t gon’ have it

[Chorus: T-Pain]
Hey, if you could, you would get rid of me
What you gon’ do when a nigga gotta go hard?
But I won’t let you get to me (To me)
You should already figure I’ma go hard
If you was as real as me
You would never let another nigga step in yo’ yard
Makin’ money ain’t shit to me
This is in my veins and it gets to my heart
So I am (Hard) I will (Hard) I gots to go (Go hard)
You got another way to live, I gots to go hard (Go hard)
I am gettin’ it in until the end
I gotta go (Go) go (Go) go (Go) go (Go hard)

[Verse 2: Kanye West]
I ain’t ever been scurred
Never been the type to bite my words
When I came up, y’all gave me shit
Now I’m finna make y’all eat them turds
Always said what the fuck I felt
Go head, spit that murder I wrote
Man I don’t care ’bout what you felt
Fuck you nigga, I know I’m dope
Felt like I’m comin’ to get my all
Felt like I had to play the fly on the wall
Felt like niggas was stuntin’ on me
Funny how I’m flyer than them all
Now I’m at the top, ain’t nowhere to go now
Instead of me, she gon’ go down
Maybe I would have slowed down
If I knew what I know now
I’m stupid, yeah I know I’m dumb
This could fuckin get old, well it’s good I’m young
Before my heart get cold as the hood I’m from
Tell me what it take to be number one
I guess it’s gon’ be what it’s gon’ be
But here’s one thing y’all got to hear
I’ma tell you like George Bush told me
Fuck y’all niggas, I’m out of here
[Chorus: T-Pain]
Hey, if you could, you would get rid of me
What you gon’ do when a nigga gotta go hard?
But I won’t let you get to me (To me)
You should already figure I’ma go hard
If you was as real as me
You would never let another nigga step in yo’ yard
Makin’ money ain’t shit to me
This is in my veins and it gets to my heart
So I am (Hard) I will (Hard) I gots to go (Go hard)
You got another way to live, I gots to go hard (Go hard)
I am gettin’ it in until the end
I gotta go (Go) go (Go) go (Go) go (Go hard)

[Interlude: Kanye West & DJ Khaled]
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
I’m going in, I’m going in
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
I go hard for the hood, I go hard for the streets
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
I go hard for the ghetto, Kanye West, T-Pain, DJ Khaled
I think it’s time for me to go hard as the hood I’m from, ayy
We The Best, we won’t stop, we can’t stop, We Global

[Chorus: T-Pain]
Hey, if you could, you would get rid of me
What you gon’ do when a nigga gotta go hard?
But I won’t let you get to me (To me)
You should already figure I’ma go hard
If you was as real as me
You would never let another nigga step in yo’ yard
Makin’ money ain’t shit to me
This is in my veins and it gets to my heart
So I am (Hard) I will (Hard) I gots to go (Go hard)
You got another way to live, I gots to go hard (Go hard)
I am gettin’ it in until the end
I gotta go (Go) go (Go) go (Go) go (Go hard)