Life I Know lyrics

f/ Noreaga



[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)]



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