If I Had You-The Birdlanders

[00:03.45]life.. by marshall mathers [00:06.69]what is life? [00:08.24]life is like a big obstacle [00:09.96]put in front of your optical to slow you down [00:12.09]and everytime you think you gotten past it [00:14.04]it's gonna come back around and tackle you to the damn ground [00:17.12]what are friends? [00:19.00]friends are people that you think are your friends [00:21.26]but they really your enemies, with secret indentities [00:23.75]and disguises, to hide they true colors [00:26.28]so just when you think you close enough to be brothers [00:28.49]they wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain't lookin [00:31.51]what is money? [00:32.96]money is what makes a man act funny [00:35.44]money is the root of all evil [00:37.32]money'll make them same friends come back around [00:39.98]swearing that they was always down [00:42.34]what is life? [00:43.97]i'm tired of life [00:45.23]i'm tired of backstabbing ass snakes with friendly grins [00:48.38]i'm tired of committing so many sins [00:51.13]tired of always giving in when this bottle of henny wins [00:53.94]tired of never having any ends [00:56.34]tired of having skinny friends hooked on crack and mini-thins [00:59.65]i'm tired of this dj playing your shit when he spins [01:02.83]tired of not having a deal [01:04.77]tired of having to deal with the bullshit without grabbing the steel [01:08.27]tired of drowning in my sorrow [01:09.79]tired of having to borrow a dollar for gas to start my monte carlo [01:13.95]i'm tired of motherf**kers spraying shit and dartin off [01:16.85]i'm tired of jobs startin off at five fifty an hour [01:20.35]then this boss wanders why i'm smartin off [01:22.29]i'm tired of being fired everytime i fart and cough [01:25.03]tired of having to work as a gas station clerk [01:27.74]for this jerk breathing down my neck driving me bezerk [01:30.64]i'm tired of using plastic silverware [01:32.36]tired of working in building square [01:34.91]tired of not being a millionaire [01:37.50] [01:37.95]but if i had a million dollars [01:38.99]i'd buy a damn brewery, and turn the planet into alcoholics [01:41.94]if i had a magic wand, i'd make the world suck my dick [01:45.83]without a condom on, while i'm on the john [01:48.13]if i had a million bucks [01:49.77]it wouldn't be enough, because i'd still be out [01:52.21]robbing armored trucks [01:53.81]if i had one wish [01:55.35]i would ask for a big enough ass for the whole world to kiss [01:58.86] [01:59.41]i'm tired of being white trash, broke and always poor [02:01.84]tired of taking pop bottles back to the party store [02:04.38]i'm tired of not having a phone [02:06.26]tired of not having a home to have one in if i did have it on [02:10.27]tired of not driving a bm [02:12.56]tired of not working at gm, tired of wanting to be him [02:15.98]tired of not sleeping without a tylenol pm [02:18.79]tired of not performing in a packed coliseum [02:21.60]tired of not being on tour [02:23.18]tired of f**king the same blonde whore after work [02:26.16]in the back of a contour [02:27.64]i'm tired of faking knots with a stack of ones [02:30.02]having a lack of funds and resorting back to guns [02:32.97]tired of being stared at [02:34.47]i'm tired of wearing the same damn nike air hat [02:37.91]tired of stepping in clubs wearing the same pair of lugz [02:40.67]tired of people saying they're tired of hearing me rap about drugs [02:44.24]tired of other rappers who ain't bringin half the skill as me [02:47.34]saying they wasn't feeling me on "nobody's as ill as me" [02:50.32]i'm tired of radio stations telling fibs [02:52.77]tired of j-l-b saying "where hip-hop lives" [02:55.51] [02:56.18]but if i had a million dollars [02:57.81]i'd buy a damn brewery, and turn the planet into alcoholics [03:01.71]if i had a magic wand, i'd make the world suck my dick [03:05.00]without a condom on, while i'm on the john [03:07.34]if i had a million bucks [03:08.94]it wouldn't be enough, because i'd still be out [03:11.37]robbing armored trucks [03:13.00]if i had one wish [03:14.81]i would ask for a big enough ass for the whole world to kiss [03:18.12] [03:19.46]you know what i'm saying? [03:21.36]i'm tired of all of this bullshit [03:23.85]telling me to be positive [03:25.63]how'm i 'sposed to be positive when i don't see shit positive? [03:28.73]know what i'm sayin? [03:30.55]i rap about shit around me, shit i see [03:32.71]know what i'm sayin? right now i'm tired of everything [03:34.99]tired of all this player hating that's going on in my own city [03:38.13]can't get no airplay, you know what i'm sayin? [03:41.08]but ey, it's cool though, you know what i'm sayin? [03:45.95]just fed up [03:48.70]that's my word