Roc The Life - Live from Spotify NYC

By way of London, Americana
The persona, it's a prima donna
I kick the motherfucker to the cizzurb
Yeah, we're crazy, we're berserk
I'm off the chain, you gotta love it
I can't express enough, how bad I want it
Maybe one day, I'll be there
Beyond the stars, like a zillionaire

Now put them diamonds in the air
You can hate this all you want
But we gon' this everywhere
Don't pay them, no never mind
You're just a waste of time
Baby, watch it from the sideline

While we roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
While I roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
While I rock the life

You see the lights, see the money
Super glamorous
Fresh off the runway
Wanna be infamous, notorious
As directed according to us
Whiskey nights, yes, getting it in
Blowing money fast, get it again
Maybe one day I'll live there
Beyond the stars, like a zillionaire

Now put them diamonds in the air
You can hate this all you want
But we gon' this everywhere
Don't pay them, no never mind
You're just a waste of time
Baby, watch it from the sideline

While we roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
While I roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
Oh, oh
While I roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
Oh, li-ife

Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh, we gon' make this day last forever
Oh-oh, I'ma make this a night to remember
No surrender, no

Write my name on the stars
So you can see it
Wherever you are
Please believe it
I'ma take it all
Ain't gonna stop
Until I, yeah

Write my name on the stars
So you can see it
Wherever you are
Please believe it
I'ma take it all
Ain't gonna stop
Until I

While I roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
While I roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li-li-li-la-li-life
Oh, li-life
While I roc the life li-li-li-la-la-li-li-li, oh, li-life
While I, while I, while I
The life

Thank you

That's a great song
Thank you
Uhm, I think you're gonna play, "How We Do" now
Yes, that's the last, this is the song I wanna do next
And this, this, uh, quotes our friend behind us
I think, I mean, this is my boy
I take him everywhere with me
I wish

So what was the inspiration for this song, other than of course, the Notorious BIG
Well, I wanted a summer jam
I felt like there's always room for someone to have a new summer anthem
Summertime, it's always something new happens to people's lives in the summer
Oh my God, last summer was crazy
Or something, they got a new tattoo
Or something happened, anything
Then, I heard my first ever rap song
I ever heard was "Party and Bullshit", the Biggie song

And "Party and Bullshit" was the kind of song for me
That always put me in the party mood
And those two words really summed up a great party in my eyes
You party and you bullshit, that's why you're going to a party
And I know that there's so many die-hard BIG fans out there
That might be like, "How dare you take that song and ruin it" but I didn't
Because I didn't try rap like Biggie

I literally wanted to take the song and do the complete opposite
So that there was no comparison, whatsoever
So that's how it happened
And it just came out great
And it was a summer jam, and every time I listen to it, even now
I get that kinda feeling, where
I just wanna start a barbecue, have beer and just kinda chill out
So that was the motive for this song
Here is it, this is "How We Do"