Living This Life-UGK

[00:00.00]Living This Life -UGK [00:01.269]Lord it's so hard living this life [00:07.640]A constant struggle each and every day [00:13.432]Some wonder why I'd rather die [00:19.661]Than to continue living this wayyy [00:26.700]Ughhhh I don't wanna do this no mo'（no mo'） [00:30.598]But dis the only thang that I know [00:32.367]I keep a pistol in my back and a gauge on the flo'（flo'） [00:36.30]The laws and the d-boys wanna kick in my do'（do'） [00:39.459]I'm a d-boy didn't graduate [00:41.454]But I got Ph D from Pimp State [00:44.812]And I got a Master's Degree in movin weight [00:47.794]And my people dependin on me but they gon'be straight [00:51.403]UHH -I wanna go to service [00:53.945]But I ain't been in so long kinda make me feel nervous （nervous） [00:58.342]Cause they be lookin at me funny [01:00.284]Watchin the plate when I tithe put in my money （money） [01:03.758]I don't wanna go back to that hell [01:06.158]Rather be dead than doin life in a jail cell [01:09.423]Die young oh well （well）I had a good life （life） [01:12.717]They rappin 'bout it but I'm out here payin the price [01:14.669]Lord it's so hard living this life [01:20.527]A constant struggle each and every day [01:26.364]Some wonder why I'd rather die [01:32.559]Than to continue living this wayyy [01:39.694]I wake up out of bed right after the crack of dawn and [01:42.876]I give myself a -stretch up a morning yawn and [01:45.671]See I'm a pawn in this neighborhood chess game [01:48.869]Move one step at a time long as the Lord bless me （f'real） [01:52.261]I know the rest aim high I'm tryin to aim it higher （higher） [01:55.166]Watchin the lames aspire （aspire）to street success mayne （mayne） [01:58.561]They tryin to blame the fire （fire） [02:00.109]But that's like wettin water （water） [02:01.784]You either burnt or washed out so get in order （order） [02:04.692]Everyday it's gettin harder to f**k with the flow [02:07.30]I'm tryin to keep all of my motherf**kin ducks in a row （row） [02:10.533]I gotta see a man 'bout a dog and sell him a cat [02:13.540]If you don't know then you don't know dat's dat [02:15.705]Sh*t a dollar outta fifteen cents I got a dime [02:18.876]Tryin to hustle up my way to a million [02:21.43]I gotta grind （gotta grind） [02:22.705]Walkin the line like cash I'm on my mash [02:25.02]Two hundred yards behind in a hundred yard dash [02:27.682]Lord it's so hard living this life [02:33.377]A constant struggle each and every day [02:39.291]Some wonder why I'd rather die [02:45.535]Than to continue living this wayyy [02:51.664]Lord I'm sittin here on bended knee [02:53.829]My hands locked eyes shut [02:55.900]Askin you to watch over me no matter what [02:58.336]Even though I ain't too well behaved [03:00.270]I'm still a child of you [03:01.975]And faith in my Holy Father is all that keep me smilin through [03:04.735]The bad times and worse times through it all [03:07.564]When my head is hangin low you help me to stand tall [03:10.644]The only way I'm a ball the only way I'm a shine [03:13.505]Is if you lookin after me while I'm out here on the grind [03:16.487]UNGGHH I know you bless the child that go get it [03:19.879]I'm the product of the ghetto the flame of the city [03:23.815]So I talk the language of the ave [03:26.375]Forgive my dirty mouth please I'm whippin slabs [03:30.143]Fifties quarters and the whole thangs [03:33.39]Balance on my life on the fo'beam [03:35.430]And I need codeine just to say sane [03:38.23]I'm steady prayin to you but [03:39.287]I don't know your real name [03:42.925]Knahmtalkinbout [03:46.475]But I'm under the impression that [03:47.580]If your heart is in the right place [03:49.545]Your prayers gon'get heard anyway [03:53.58]So some say Jah Jah some say Allah [03:57.100]Some say Jesus some say Yeshua Ben'ta knahmalkinbout [04:06.789]Ay man I just look like this man knahmtalkinbout [04:12.298]I ain't get this far bein no square man [04:17.429]You wanna hide some'n from black folks [04:18.692]They say you can put it in a book [04:22.566]I don't believe that [04:25.109]Cause I done read fo'libraries worth of books [04:28.673]I got some knowledge y'all need to get up on mayne [04:32.179]But hold a pair of hearts knahmtalkinbout [04:35.360]The Forty-Eight Laws of Power [04:38.196]Knahmsayin the art of war [04:40.431]The secret societies of America knahmtalkinbout [04:46.766]Everything ain't what it look like man [04:48.604]And don't judge every book by it's cover ya dig [04:56.502]Hold up