bone thugs-n-harmony
this life
You don't want to live this life No, this life, it's not nice You don't want to live this life No, this life, it's not nice   Nigga stop! (What?) Hold on, before you jump and just listen Take a second to stradle the fence Let me tell you about what you been missin' Ain't a damn thang (damn thang) are you thinkin' the grass is greener? Like a nigga just lost his first love, singin' "Have you seen her?" Tossin' high beams, chasin' pipe dreams Lookin' for shit that really ain't there I mean it is what you make it my nigga, you better just stay on your square Down here, killers and thieves, pimps and pushers is on the prowl If they find you out of your element, they'll pick you out of the crowd Thang to do is face the music, take a stand for yo' position Nigga get up, better stand up, man up in yo' position Never have no mercy for them niggaz that's not applyin' theyself And shit ain't perfect so you gotta make it work for yo'self You catch them coward niggaz runnin', duckin', lookin' for help But the realist niggaz in the game, play the cards they was dealt Me, myself, I got some issues; I ain't dealin' with yours Everybody got they own drama, rich or they poor   They gave me the 25 with the L, I'm in my jail cell It feel like a movie, I'm gettin' so woozy from the stale smell Bailin', breathin' Hell's air My first day here I had to get down with a nigga  That thought I was some kinda faggot, I had to show him no hoes stay here Havin' to die, it is my main fear Why did I have to kill that man? I should've never let my anger build Now my state of awareness keeps me wishin' I was thinkin' Should have reason I didn't really mean to stop the boy from breathin' I was awake last night, real late last night Cause I heard some nigga screamin', gettin' raped last night I did the crime, but I wasn't thinkin' about me doin' the time These 6-by-9's, is about to make me lose my mind Trapped in these closed walls ain't had no conversation  With my family on the outside cause they won't except my phone calls After a couple of years of sheddin' tears, my heart is stone hard Believe I'm ready for war and on guard  I've been shot, grew up without my pops In the hood round block seen niggaz shot Got rid of them thangs, tryin' to chase them knots Cause I had to have it, knew niggaz that's lookin' for where my stash at Watchin' my back, puttin' up ready for niggaz that wanna check that And I can't keep it kind, if you puttin' in work  And your dreams is just like mine Wake up in cold sweats, regrets about what I thought was lies I can see me not doin' that But I did it, we live it, the hood shows you no slack And believe it, there's no, no-no, comin' back Make money, think you're on that Just ridin' through the hood, you might have to push your wig back Get the money man, the root of all evil They say "Take it home man," but damn I gotta watch my people You'll be high, cause one us lay there, not just him But damn, everybody he ran with They all gettin' money man, money man Right here (right here) damn, see how life is