Life We Live (feat. Namond Lumpkin & Edgar Fletcher)

I was broke, pocket full of lint, now I'm on the bricks
Gettin' paid like no other dawg, now I'm stackin' chips
On the road like a trucker mane, had to take some trips
Doin' shows for my brothers, but strapped with extra clips
Just in case any sucker would wanna run his lips
A female, I don't trust her, 'cause women like to trip
I stay all by my ghetty green, hell with some time
Did some crimes that was petty, seems still gettin' mine

All this hatred I'm hearin' though, you I ain't fearin'
Better try to be growin' old mane with your children
Escalade what a nigga steerin', last days nearin'
Tryin' to get it right with God, only One who I'm fearin'
Hopin' I'ma make it, keep it real
Never knew I'll figure chances for a nigga to get paid
So I take it, livin' like a player should, wishin' that you could
Knowin' it's all to the good, still down with the hood

This life we live (life as we see it)
See, it's, oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
This life we live (life as we see it)
See, it's, oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)

Last year, my cousin took a fall, a sad song
Seem like we were just on the phone, now he gone
People used to try to judge him, sayin' he was wrong
But you can't try to judge a man, you do you wrong
Smokin' out on a daily base, I'm in the clouds
Drinkin' liquor, fallin' on my face
Wonderin' how I survive all this foolishness up in the street
Ridin' dirty, I ain't new to this, I'm packin' heat

But the street's very hazardous to a nigga's health
Watch your step, you ain't Lazarus, you'll meet your death
I'm the man from the north, north side of the town
With the will to support me and keep 'em found
Stayin' down, got your gold grillz, draw in the air
Barbecue on the grill somethin' cool for a player
When I ride through the streets, hos are plentiful
'Cause the life that we live, so beautiful

This life we live (life as we see it)
See, it's, oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
This life we live (life as we see it)
See, it's, oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)

Gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad
Love what you got and remember what you had
Messin' with the ones who helped me in the times
When I was flat broke, didn't even have a dime
My family, they was there, my niggas, they was there
The rest of y'all left me for dead, didn't care
I used to have dreams, livin' large in this thing
And by the grace of God, I'm still alive in this thing

I strive in this game to get all that I can
Never said I'm the man, respect me as a man
To you ones think I owe you somethin', now that's a joke
Think you're bad? Come and get you somethin', how low's the dough?
Either treal, either fake, you can love, you can hate
Either go and get your own or you can sit and wait
On the next man to come up, you can peep this
You can do what I do, handle your business

This life we live (life as we see it)
See, it's, oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
This life we live (life as we see it)
See, it's, oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (oh, it's so beautiful)