| Verse One
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| My Pops told me that I was alone in this world
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| When there’s trouble it’s bound to be a solitary struggle
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| When you’re rich you won’t see notin' but extended arms
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| When you broke you can’t do nothing but extend your charm
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| But it doesn’t take much to improve your situation
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| When you got no money but you exercise patience
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| The fact is everywhere you turn there’s many taxes
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| That’s why we gotta' put in any practise
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| To catch this good life we all seeking
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| I learned how not to listen when a fool’s speaking, I won’t profit
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| So I only listen to a wise mans words
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| And it takes a lot to really quench a wise mans thirst
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| For life, that’s why I never settle for what is
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| Or settle for what was, how can we really live?
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| If we work hard, see an opportunity and take it
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| Six bils' the population but we all can’t make it but that’s life
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| When you find someone and then you fall in love
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| And then they break your heart (that's life)
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| When you’re underpaid and you’re late for work
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| And plus your car won’t start (that's life)
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| When your baby’s born and the birth was smooth
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| And it’s healthy (that's life)
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| When you went from broke and then you made a move
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| And now you’re wealthy (that's)
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| Verse Two
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| I made crazy money when I was just in my teens
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| Signed a contract for writing rhymes and making beats
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| Put in five years work and then another five
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| Waiting patiently for everything I dreamed for to arrive
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| And as I got older I became more aware
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| That a little comes here and a little comes there
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| And some things are not for me I learned to accept it
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| Failure tried to be my friend, I learned to reject him
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| But even though I did good and raised up my business
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| I got stopped by the police who said I looked suspicious
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| Got pulled to the side had to empty out my pockets
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| They asked of ID so I reached into my wallet
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| Then showed them my visa with my name and my business
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| They attitude changed and they took mad interest
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| They realized I had no time for crime in my life
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| But an all black Hoodie was a stereotype but that’s life
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| When you’ve planned for a whole year to take a trip
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| And now it’s here you’re sick (that's life)
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| When you bought new clothes in the store last week
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| And they just don’t fit (that's life)
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| When you call a friend and apologize
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| Now you tight again (that's life)
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| When you lost all faith but you pray to God
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| And now there’s light again (that's)
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| That’s life, that’s life, that’s life, that’s life, that’s life
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| Verse Three
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| One of my real good friends put his girl in a coma
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| I think it was the ignorance and drugs taking over
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| Another good friend turned his back on me quickly
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| After such a long time and for less than a fifty
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| I have another friend and to him I stay close
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| He works real hard I respect him the most
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| Has my back when I need it, I got his when he need mine
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| He going fast forward while the others just rewind
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| See I understand the true value of a man
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| Doing what you cannot instead of doing what you can
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| Diligence, integrity, tolerance and sacrifice
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| Speak the hard truth no pretence and always acting nice
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| There’s a few that I can trust with my life
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| Who won’t serve they own cause but will do what is right
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| And God created every man to be this way
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| But many got contaminated, principles changed but that’s life
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| When you go to the bank just to get some cash
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| And it swallows your card (that's life)
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| Plus the bank is closed and your cash is low
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| Now you thinking hard (that's life)
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| When you passed a test and your grade was A
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| And you glistening (that's life)
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| When you start to speak everybody stops
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| And they listening (that's life, yeah)
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| (that's life x5) |