| Word up
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| Aiyyo Rome' (yo)
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| Yo life ain’t what it’s cracked up to be these days, y’knahmean?
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| Word! |
| Knahmsayin?
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| Life hard out this muh’fucker, y’knahmsayin?
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| So you gotta make the best of a bad situation, and hold your head
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| Knahmsayin? |
| You gotta progress through the struggle man
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| In this life. |
| (ohhh, this life)
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| «You better wake up»
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| In this life. |
| (talkin bout this life)
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| «R-R-Remember this»
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| In this life. |
| (whoah-ohhh)
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| «S-S-Survival of the fittest»
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| In this life.
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| «I go all out» — «Y'knahmsayin?»
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| From New York to Cali it remains the same
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| Bitch niggaz always wanna go against the grain
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| The strong will survive, the weak shall perish
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| Y’all need more courage, I keep y’all nourished
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| Get in line, I let you know right now
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| You need to slow right down or you get blown right now
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| From what I see it’s systematic how we push to addicts
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| Demographics make the street life hell or drastic
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| In the hood we see oppressive genocide
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| Cause if it’s on it’s on, you know at least 10 men’ll ride
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| But on the other side, corruption runs deep
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| I’m aware of the conspiricies, discussion is brief
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| They’re building more prisons, spendin less on schools
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| On the block Smith &Wess-ons and Teflons rule
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| It’s hard to escape it, certain laws are sacred
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| In this life my nigga, it’s mad hard to make it
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| In this life.
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| Money is key
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| And everybody you see ain’t what they claim to be
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| In this life.
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| I try to do right
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| I live a treacherous life, I know I ain’t right, mm
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| In this life.
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| You got to keep on
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| You got to be strong, you got to hold on
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| In this life, heh, I come in peace
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| But still yo, I come from the streets
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| This one’s for my sons and my lil' daughter
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| Peace to JMJ and my nigga Headquarters
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| A (GangStarr) with a gangster, on a mission
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| World (Premier), limited edition
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| My mind keeps driftin cause I haven’t had a spliff in
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| a long time, I’m doin fine, I feel teriffic
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| I bop up the street, C-walk to the beat
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| It’s cold outdoors, so I got to keep some heat
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| I never know when a cutthroat gon' try to test me
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| Disrespect me, things could get messy
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| Yes he, shoot a good game, like James
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| I mean Jesse, watch out nigga, heavens to Betsies
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| The big drum beater
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| With a car full of heaters and some fly senoritas
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| In some Stacy’s or some Chucks, cause I gotsta keep it G’d up
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| Run up on the Dogg man you bound to get beat up
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| In this life. |
| (ohhh, this life, I’m tryin to make it better)
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| «You better wake up»
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| In this life. |
| (I won’t have to struggle no mo', no I won’t)
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| «R-R-Remember this»
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| In this life. |
| (ohhh, this life, this life)
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| «S-S-Survival of the fittest»
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| In this life. |
| (tryin to make it better, yes I am)
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| Ooooohhh, talkin bout this life
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| WhoahhhOHHHHHHHHHH, this life, this life. |