This Has Been My World-Ludacris

[00:12.54][Intro: Ludacris] [00:12.99]Over a decade later [00:15.03]Let's toast to the good life [00:17.82]We still living the hood life [00:19.92]Welcome to my world Ludaversal [00:21.15][Verse 1: Ludacris] [00:21.66]Listen [00:22.20]I think I got the best job in the world [00:25.44]Cuz I ain't gotta take the piss test [00:27.45]Michael sending me Jordans every 1st of the month [00:29.85]Said his kids love me, ain't paid for a pair of kicks since [00:32.94]Why is it that when 'em *****s gettin' rich [00:35.25]The whole world just wanna get you some free *******t? (Hahah) [00:38.91]Ain't that 'bout a ******* [00:39.75]Especially when they told me I'll never do *******t, or be *******t [00:43.56]I made it and never took you for granted [00:45.33]Took off and I never landed, supply whatever demanded and no one's ever handed it to me [00:49.83]I kicked it off with me and my special team and shot the [?] to me [00:54.60]Touchdown on my old turf, money and ******* sucking me in my microphone vest [00:59.31]And know I'm not surprised that my old [?] taking *****s to school, go do your homework [01:04.41][Hook: Ludacris] [01:04.95]Yeah, and I been going around in circles [01:07.41]Like everyday is a rehearsal [01:10.11]Is my life your entertainment? [01:12.60]This has been my world, Ludaversal [01:14.37]This has been my world, Ludaversal [01:15.21]This has been my world, Ludaversal [01:16.59]My life your entertainment [01:23.13]This has been my world, Ludaversal [01:24.48][Verse 2: Ludacris] [01:25.32]Almost everyday I'm waking up in another city [01:27.99]Another country, a different climate and a time zone [01:30.78]Jet lag but I'm out of the bed fast for bad foreign ******* that I'm eager to lay my eyes on [01:35.55]So I opened up the blinds to the sky on [01:38.67]Wish that I could talk to God on my iPhone [01:41.46]I thank Him for all of his generosity [01:43.71]And for satisfying most of my curiosity [01:46.47]Fans asking me what it's like to be me [01:49.11]I always tell 'em it's more good than bad [01:51.63]They say I want what you got [01:52.86]I tell 'em you'll never have *******t if you don't appreciate what you have [01:56.25]So I have learned to appreciate all the simple things [01:59.82]Like some good head and a fine wine [02:02.13]We all going through life searching for answers [02:04.80]And I been all around the world trynna find mine [02:11.22][Hook] [02:17.07][Verse 3: Ludacris] [02:28.98]Seems like everyday is a holiday [02:31.17]Celebratory popping bottles and model days [02:33.84]Stereotypical rap *******t personified [02:36.33]From 8 albums committin' lyrical homicide [02:39.06]These airports like international mazes [02:41.43]Now my passport needs additional pages [02:44.43]Then I'm staring out at another horizon [02:46.98]Staying fly even in the no fly zone [02:49.95]Bodies on board but my mind's gone [02:52.47]Ain't no better feeling than when I fly home [02:55.17]Staring out the window of the plane in the rains even the clouds need a shoulder to cry on [03:00.39]I'm crying cuz I'm living out my dreams [03:02.76]But this life is not easy as it seems [03:05.76]It's sorta similar to a crack game [03:07.83]Ain't no slowing down when you living in the fast lane [03:14.07][Hook: Ludacris] [03:14.70][Big Rube] [03:16.83]Life is a gift [03:39.03]And we have a responsibility to live it [03:41.94]From the first breath to the last [03:44.13]Our future is built on the foundation of our past [03:47.70]Experience is a professor, and its test's at a highest pressure [03:52.14]While we can't afford to crack [03:54.00]We must bear not to break [03:56.31]Like a reed in the wind we go with the flow [03:59.25]While still reaching for the light [04:01.77]Avoid useless conflict while never running from the fight [04:06.03]The struggle that forever brought me to just beneath the surface [04:09.69]I'm dedicating to the service of self and to my people [04:13.23]And to never feeding the beast of unnecessary evil [04:16.92]We say the motion of [?] [04:19.50]Take the action to display our character [04:22.02]From the first second that we start to feast until the day that we break this barrier [04:26.64]So disparaging is a civilized savage only strive to become average [04:33.39]I'm not happier as a maverick [04:35.61]A cowboy that uses his cabbage to get more green than most millions done seen [04:40.74]The good kind and never the bad ******* [04:43.41]The best that life has to give are the blessings of this life that we live [04:47.82]And everyday I'm [?] not lose my way I've had to learn [04:52.83]Just remember in any existence it's not the destination but the journey [04:59.01]Live your life [05:21.00]Just Blaze! [05:21.48][Musical Outro]