Life We Chose-Nas

[ti:Life We Chose] [ar:Nas] [al:Nastradamus] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Life We Chose - Nas [00:00.84]Lyrics by：Fred Wesley [00:01.69]Composed by：Fred Wesley [00:02.54]To my n***as huh [00:06.09]We all we got [00:08.57]Let's hold it down though y'know [00:11.78]However it's gon' go down [00:14.73]This what we gotta deal with y'know [00:17.48]Yo [00:18.87]It's the life we chose uhh [00:20.07]Where friends become foes [00:21.40]And the dough'll get you [00:22.27]Killed quicker than you know uhh [00:23.64]This is the life we chose [00:25.03]Bring fake snakes and hoes [00:26.25]And the only way out is death or going broke [00:28.78]This the life we chose ain't too many happy endings [00:31.47]That's why there ain't too many happy n***as in it [00:33.82]And I'll admit it this life is f**ked up but yo [00:36.61]But yo this life is the only life I know [00:38.94]I know [00:39.62]I know [00:40.27]I know [00:41.70]Gold bathtubs making love to my queen [00:44.05]Get my back rubbed Chardonnay rolling up green [00:46.63]Statues marble floors rare paintings on my wall [00:49.60]My lifestyle's like the Forbes Magazine [00:51.87]Closets full of rockets and sub-machines [00:54.17]Take this n***a out the projects and his thug team [00:56.49]Yo we cruise past street lights ill rides [00:59.28]Mr Chow both coasts with the most loud toast [01:01.75]Calicos roast y'all folks keep y'all dying [01:04.26]'Cause it's hard to f**k [01:05.12]Around when we dealing with science [01:06.80]My enemies got money so y'all should watch how I play it [01:09.45]They never know we enemies until they hear me say it [01:11.87]'Til they kid's on the phone saying please daddy pay it [01:14.42]'Til they brain's on the floor mixed on the pavement [01:16.82]High-class elegance you respect or you hiss [01:19.39]You go against you'd rather piss on an electrical fence [01:21.90]It's strategic how these n***as want you to think [01:24.33]You'd be surprised who'd be the one to put you to sleep [01:27.01]Why you stink yo these streets don't allow you to blink [01:29.36]You get showered by lead coming out with your mink [01:31.99]Bow ties and tuxedos bust eagles [01:34.60]Dump drugs and acid then they rush with the Rico [01:37.29]It's hard f**king with n***as you hope you can trust [01:39.60]You a fool if your main b***h is easy to f**k [01:42.12]And you've got money-is these hoes greedy or what [01:44.64]S**t is devious ex-friends wanting you stuck [01:47.27]It's the life we chose where friends become foes [01:49.88]And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know [01:52.11]This is the life we chose bring fake snakes and hoes [01:54.67]And the only way out is death or going broke [01:57.19]This the life we chose ain't too many happy endings [02:00.06]That's why there ain't too many happy n***as in it [02:02.31]And I'll admit it this life is f**ked up but yo [02:05.43]This life is the only life I know [02:07.19]I know [02:08.08]I know [02:08.74]I know [02:09.48]What's love when you [02:10.06]Don't give your man enough dough [02:11.21]He wanna stick you [02:12.48]What's love you got beef [02:13.53]Nobody rolling with you [02:14.90]What's love you locked up [02:16.23]And your family don't care [02:17.49]Is love a four-letter word [02:18.87]That deceives the ear [02:20.04]What's real when you know [02:21.06]Your man's girl is a ho [02:22.49]And you don't even let him know [02:23.83]'Cause you f**ked her befo' [02:25.12]What's real when you talk behind a man's back [02:27.54]Then you see him and give him dap [02:28.85]Now explain that [02:30.04]What's trust when they separate your case [02:32.17]When you at your court date [02:33.10]Your co-de' can't look in your face [02:35.25]What's trust when you keep [02:36.22]Your wife away from your man [02:37.74]And he never crossed you [02:39.02]But you claiming he's fam' [02:40.26]What's trust when you get bust [02:41.81]Your n***as don't retaliate [02:43.03]They blaze purple haze with 'em the next day [02:45.33]God forbid one of my n***as get hit I'ma go haywire [02:48.32]Won't hesitate I'ma spray fire [02:50.30]But everybody's different [02:51.58]You won't know how you react [02:52.59]'Til you in that position [02:53.98]And that's an actual fact [02:55.43]The hearts of men change [02:56.22]As time goes on who's wrong [02:57.95]You was hungry when you stuck Duke [02:59.63]He came back to buck you [03:00.86]Who's wrong [03:01.47]Foul all your life now you 90 [03:03.29]On your deathbed you regret being grimy [03:05.42]What's lust a bust nut [03:06.76]What's a thug [03:07.51]A ghetto child raised around drugs [03:09.33]'Til he's old enough to bust slugs [03:10.97]Then what's jail to rehabilitate [03:12.25]Or to make a n***a worse [03:13.71]When he come home to catch another case [03:15.63]Life's about decisions you choose it [03:17.39]You gotta live it [03:18.36]You did it heaven or hell or prison [03:20.19]Who knows when your clock'll stop ticking [03:22.15]Get your weight up [03:23.12]Save up before it's over neighbor I told ya [03:25.76]You getting older player [03:26.94]Look at those who gave up [03:28.29]It's the life we chose where friends become foes [03:30.95]And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know [03:33.22]This is the life we chose bring fake snakes and hoes [03:35.79]And the only way out is death or going broke [03:38.29]This the life we chose ain't too many happy endings [03:40.94]That's why there ain't too many happy n***as in it [03:43.48]And I'll admit it this life is f**ked up but yo [03:46.67]This life is the only life I know [03:48.42]I know [03:49.15]I know [03:49.79]I know