Nothin For Nothin feat. CL-Cradle Orchestra

[ti:Nothin For Nothin feat. CL] [ar:Cradle Orchestra (クレイドル・オーケストラ)] [al:Velvet Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nothin For Nothin feat. CL - Cradle Orchestra (クレイドル・オーケストラ) [00:12.83]Yeah these cats still don't get it know what I'm saying [00:15.19] [00:18.69]Tell 'em like this [00:19.49] [00:20.93]Lights out it's over can't push this boulder [00:23.73]Jaded and faded is this concrete soldier [00:26.41]Rhymes getting deeper now as I get older [00:28.90]And fate is the weight bearing down on my shoulders [00:31.80]Everyday I ponder life and time [00:33.62] [00:34.19]Amazed how fast the movie passes by [00:36.49]It was like yesterday when I was on my block [00:39.10]With my boys on the corner trying to beatbox [00:41.89]It was like last week when I got my new bike [00:44.32]Jumping hills on my dead end until we lost sunlight [00:47.29]See I knew I'd be special in life [00:49.26]Cause I'm a father to sons husband to a wife [00:52.05]But my passion still be the beats and mics [00:54.45]See I'm in college on the weekend the studio at night [00:57.36]Writing on breaks jotting down my mistakes [00:59.94]Successes and all else that takes place [01:02.62]This world gives you nothing for nothing [01:04.40] [01:05.18]Gotta stand tall stand for something [01:07.81]When it comes down it goes around [01:09.81] [01:10.91]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [01:13.18]But I stay right no shame self-made [01:15.64] [01:16.15]Going on my page [01:18.18]Reminisce on days past [01:19.62] [01:20.59]Holding on but it just won't last [01:23.38]This world gives you nothing for nothing [01:24.94] [01:25.74]Gotta stand tall stand for something [01:28.50]When it comes down it goes around [01:30.82] [01:31.81]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [01:33.85]But I stay right no shame self-made [01:36.64]Going on my page [01:38.79]Reminisce on days past days past [01:41.10]Holding on but it just won't last [01:43.68]Yo not much dough but this cat still flows [01:46.19]Been down and out and spent some time in the last row [01:49.34]Persistence it be my middle name [01:51.52]No shame in my game in the pursuit of fame [01:54.00]You take shorts [01:55.01]You end up short [01:56.30]So recognise ain't no lies when you look into my eyes [01:59.26]Dressed proper well-schooled like a doctor [02:01.95]Golden-aged hip hopper nine-to-five show stopper [02:04.84]Grown-a** man doing what he can [02:07.07]Dreams shattered by years working for the man [02:09.68]Been knocked down but always got up [02:11.95]Been myself but still got labelled like a product [02:14.43] [02:15.06]Most stay down until you hit a cliff [02:17.07] [02:17.61]Some rich people still think life's a b**ch [02:20.17]Get busy dying or work on how you live [02:22.54]See life through my kids stay doing it ya dig [02:25.15]This world gives you nothing for nothing [02:26.79] [02:27.54]Gotta stand tall stand for something [02:30.29]When it comes down it goes around [02:32.34] [02:33.52]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [02:35.70]But I stay right no shame self-made [02:37.96] [02:38.79]Going on my page [02:40.76]Reminisce on days past days past [02:43.10]Holding on but it just won't last [02:45.33] [02:46.01]This world gives you nothing for nothing [02:47.66] [02:48.34]Gotta stand tall stand for something [02:50.92]When it comes down it goes around [02:53.05] [02:53.69]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [02:56.36]But I stay right no shame self-made [02:58.72] [02:59.32]Going on my page [03:01.24]Reminisce on days past days past [03:03.87]Holding on but it just won't last [03:06.40]It's like I sit back and I wait for it to happen [03:09.08]And when I look over it seems like everybody's laughing [03:11.68]Remember high school [03:12.77]When people asked where you see yourself in five years [03:15.31]Your type of career [03:16.60]A doctor a lawyer maybe a cop [03:18.95]A CEO if you're the type to try to make it to the top [03:21.90]Work for the state and not go to college [03:24.43]And try to get by on this real world knowledge [03:27.20]Join the army to pay for school [03:29.24]But see anything that you avoid just ain't cool [03:31.93]Now it's CL baby and everything is gravy [03:34.83]Been around for a minute now you can't phase me [03:37.74]Life is love so love your life [03:39.45] [03:39.99]Once a lifetime doesn't happen twice [03:42.42]Live today because today we live [03:44.48] [03:45.06]Live to love and love how you live [03:47.66]This world gives you nothing for nothing [03:49.37] [03:50.04]Gotta stand tall stand for something [03:52.87]When it comes down it goes around [03:55.28] [03:56.19]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [03:58.23]But I stay right no shame self-made [04:00.49] [04:01.37]Going on my page [04:03.30]Reminisce on days past days past [04:05.70]Holding on but it just won't last [04:08.35]This world gives you nothing for nothing [04:10.02] [04:10.91]Gotta stand tall stand for something [04:13.56]When it comes down it goes around [04:15.73] [04:16.72]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [04:18.37] [04:19.07]But I stay right no shame self-made [04:21.36] [04:22.00]Going on my page [04:23.78]Reminisce on days past days past [04:26.36]Holding on but it just won't last [04:28.56] [04:29.56]Yo man this world gives you nothing for nothing [04:32.11] [04:33.09]No fronting [04:33.63] [04:35.54]Go out and get yours know what I'm saying