The Life
Lyrics
My life, Pharoahe Monch, Ayatollah, Howie McDuffy Holiday Styles, Double R, Rawkus Records Pharoahe talk to 'em, let 'em try to understand Let 'em try, let 'em try nowfull lyrics...
Features Of This Song
hardcore rap influenceeast coast rap roots
gospel influences
r&b influences
heavy backbeat
danceable beats
syncopated beats
swingin' beats
vocal samples
extensive use of vocal samples
street talkin' lyrics
a tight kick sound
acoustic drum samples
a slow moving bass line
the use of dirty-sounding organs
an electro-acoustic sonority
a dry recording sound
production by a respected producer
lyrics by a famous rap artist
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An' I ain't got friends, I got enemies Songwriters: Lamont Dorrell, S Glenn, Troy Donald Jamerson, David Styles You talkin' bullshit, then kick it with another nigga 'Cuz where I come from, so often What you say now, won't budge me My life, Pharoahe Monch, Ayatollah, Howie McDuffy I light a blunt 'cuz never will the struggle end My rhymes, my pen, my pad They got big Momma hurtin' instead Publishers: EMI APRIL MUSIC INC., EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC., JUSTIN COMBS PUBLISHING INC, PANIRO'S PUBLISHING, TRESCADECAPHOBIA MUSIC My life is all I have An' I done made it through the struggle, don't judge me My life is all I have If you prepared for the bed An' my life is all I have My life is based on lightin' blunts, loadin' guns So I can switch my residence, get a truck an' a Lex My life is all I have People you grew up with layin' in a coffin I made a couple ends, lost a couple friends They said death is eternal sleep Run around hustlin', scared of the Feds Fuck a check, I no longer have to wait for 'em It's my time now, my world, my life My life, my life Pharoahe talk to 'em, let 'em try to understand My family, my niggaz, my flow, my grabs, what? I got a bigger bed an' I need a cover, nigga But I done made it through the pain in strife My life is a blunt to the head, a prayer for the dead I need the bills that the presidents got they face on They say you buggin', nigga, fuck it, I'm a thuggin' nigga You ain't in the role People you grew up with layin' in a coffin But on the flip side of things, it's still warmer than June People you grew up with layin' in a coffin 'Cuz where I come from, so often It's my time now, my world, my life An' my life but still I'm a rugged nigga Let 'em try, let 'em try now But the only thing is you ain't really sure My rhymes, my pen, my pad An' I'ma be right there when the soldiers'll march I play the part an' my heart seem colder than March So you can judge a nigga, but you ain't got it My rhymes, my pen, my pad Tellin' my lawyers to get the case gone An' I done made it through the struggle, don't judge me So you really can't budge a nigga, you oughta love a nigga 'Cuz where I come from, so often An' I done made it through the struggle, don't judge me I have talks with the Lord an' he'll be callin' me soon, what? Holiday Styles, Double R, Rawkus Records My life is makin' the verse, but the handcuffs Tell Mommy I don't go to the church For the fact that it's my world But I done made it through the pain in strife What you say now, won't budge me What you say now, won't budge me So if they with me, then that means they my brother, niggaz So often we get merked in the head, instead of big money But I done made it through the pain in strife It's my time now, my world, my life Tell Oc' I don't go to mosque, I blow blunts, hold guns The bullpens, the jail cells is makin' it worse


