[chorus: Livio & Noreaga]
Understand that I am a man
And even when it`s time to go (Nigga, what, what!)
Understand that I live this life
Cause it`s the only life I know (Nigga, what, what!)
Live the life, will I die tonight?
That`s all I`d like to know (Nigga, what, what!)
I know it isn`t right, but I live this life
Cause it`s the only life I know (Nigga, what, what!)
[verse one: Livio]
I want you to understand why I got this work in my hand
Why I sometimes flip out and resort to hurtin` a man
Why these city streets turn me to a thug machine?
Why my niggas addicted to sellin` drugs to fiends?
Why do I love the cream? Why am I a ghetto king?
Why be down wit petty hustlin` if I ain`t bout to get a thing?
Why every block I live on full of methamphetamines?
Why I see niggas die over watchin` a set of rings?
Why is Livio dirty and won`t let God get him clean?
And why am I thinkin` like this if I`m only seventeen?
Why did I see a dead end livin` life on the street?
And why`d I get behind the mic and put my life on the beat?
Livio, I know ya starvin`, I want you to eat
You`d have to die and go to Heaven to see who I want you to meet
Why me? Why can`t I put trust in other people?
Why didn`t I go out instead of my brother, Rico?
Why ya evil? While you thinkin` hate, I`m thinkin` love
Life is really meaningless when death is all ya thinkin` of
And that`s what.. you can spread drugs or spread love
When I shed blood, I`m a be just another dead thug
Why is death chasin` me and I`m tryin` to hide?
Why my body feel live although I`m dyin` inside?
Why I got money and feel broke? Who else advances the pay?
Yeah, I can hear death callin`, but I won`t answer today
And wherever God stay is where I`d like to go
But understand I live this life `cause it`s the life I know
[chorus]
[verse two: Noreaga]
Eh yo, Livio, I hid the blow in the stereo
Guns from overseas, coke from right here
Niggas think I`m missin`, but look, I`m right here
Got a nawmeanuheard, naw mean you heard?
I keep the jump off, cuz they not mean, you heard?
Shit, mocking bird, I`ll mock ya bird
And if ya niggas got weed, then I`ll mock ya herb
You can check the records, shit, not a nigga thugs me
Wish `Pac was here, nigga would`ve loved me
Just like Christ, I say fuck the ice
Bitches hate me, but lovin` my whips wit blue lights
Had a gun battle, had to hit the horse cattle
Forget Sleepless, have you dead in Seattle
Ain`t shit changed, nigga, but my underwear
Niggas think I like jail, lived under there
Shit, slip in ya house, gutter ya spouse
Plus I like her, the bitch let me cum in her mouth
I`m the same on all albums, thuggin` it out! It go..
[chorus]
[verse three: Livio]
I hit the scene thuggin`, evil fiends mean-muggin`
We from the same place, but that shit don`t mean nothin`
Hope it means somethin`, especially when them things bustin`
I`m young Livio, boy, I`m seventeen, hustlin`
I just block out everything, I done forgot the disruption
I just keep it goin` on, and I ain`t stoppin` for nothin`
Skip all the worthless discussion, ya people hurtin` and sufferin`
You mothafuckas be actin` like you allergic to hustlin`
I gets specific wit you, what you expect `em to do?
What`s the real reason ya livin`, dog, what`s gettin` you through?
It`s time to get smart, no time to stay dumb
Them niggas who stay dumb is who I stay away from
`Cause they just wanna get me high, not be earnin` a thing
They don`t wanna let me fly, they keep burnin` my wings
That`s why I am what they isn`t and I`m touchin` the sky
And you can`t tell me different, I ain`t trustin` ya lies
And I keep on sellin` truth, you keep buyin` the lies
And just `cause I say I`m ready to go don`t mean I`m tryin` to die
[chorus: (2X)]
*fades out*
