Living This Life (Explicit)-UGK

[ti:Living This Life] [ar:UGK] [al:UGK (Underground Kingz)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Living This Life (Explicit) - UGK [00:01.26]Lord it's so hard living this life [00:05.78] [00:07.64]A constant struggle each and every day [00:11.95] [00:13.43]Some wonder why I'd rather die [00:19.66]Than to continue living this wayyy [00:24.54] [00:26.70]Ughhhh I don't wanna do this no mo' (no mo') [00:30.06] [00:30.59]But dis the only thang that I know [00:32.36]I keep a pistol in my back and a gauge on the flo' (flo') [00:36.03]The laws and the d-boys wanna kick in my do' (do') [00:38.87] [00:39.45]I'm a d-boy didn't graduate [00:41.45]But I got Ph D from Pimp State [00:44.81]And I got a Master's Degree in movin weight [00:47.79]And my people dependin on me but they gon' be straight [00:51.40]UHH - I wanna go to service [00:53.94]But I ain't been in so long kinda make me feel nervous (nervous) [00:57.36] [00:58.34]Cause they be lookin at me funny [01:00.28]Watchin the plate when I tithe put in my money (money) [01:03.75]I don't wanna go back to that hell [01:06.15]Rather be dead than doin life in a jail cell [01:09.42]Die young oh well (well) I had a good life (life) [01:12.71]They rappin 'bout it but I'm out here payin the price [01:14.66]Lord it's so hard living this life [01:18.83] [01:20.52]A constant struggle each and every day [01:24.69] [01:26.36]Some wonder why I'd rather die [01:30.90] [01:32.55]Than to continue living this wayyy [01:36.96] [01:39.69]I wake up out of bed right after the crack of dawn and [01:42.87]I give myself a - stretch up a morning yawn and [01:45.67]See I'm a pawn in this neighborhood chess game [01:48.86]Move one step at a time long as the Lord bless me (f'real) [01:51.74] [01:52.26]I know the rest aim high I'm tryin to aim it higher (higher) [01:55.16]Watchin the lames aspire (aspire) to street success mayne (mayne) [01:58.56]They tryin to blame the fire (fire) [02:00.10]But that's like wettin water (water) [02:01.78]You either burnt or washed out so get in order (order) [02:04.69]Everyday it's gettin harder to f**k with the flow [02:07.03]I'm tryin to keep all of my motherf**kin ducks in a row (row) [02:10.53]I gotta see a man 'bout a dog and sell him a cat [02:13.54]If you don't know then you don't know dat's dat [02:15.70]Sh*t a dollar outta fifteen cents I got a dime [02:18.87]Tryin to hustle up my way to a million [02:21.04]I gotta grind (gotta grind) [02:22.70]Walkin the line like cash I'm on my mash [02:25.00]Two hundred yards behind in a hundred yard dash [02:27.68]Lord it's so hard living this life [02:31.68] [02:33.37]A constant struggle each and every day [02:37.58] [02:39.29]Some wonder why I'd rather die [02:43.83] [02:45.53]Than to continue living this wayyy [02:49.90] [02:51.66]Lord I'm sittin here on bended knee [02:53.82]My hands locked eyes shut [02:55.90]Askin you to watch over me no matter what [02:58.33]Even though I ain't too well behaved [03:00.27]I'm still a child of you [03:01.97]And faith in my Holy Father is all that keep me smilin through [03:04.73]The bad times and worse times through it all [03:07.56]When my head is hangin low you help me to stand tall [03:10.64]The only way I'm a ball the only way I'm a shine [03:13.50]Is if you lookin after me while I'm out here on the grind [03:16.48]UNGGHH I know you bless the child that go get it [03:19.87]I'm the product of the ghetto the flame of the city [03:22.95] [03:23.81]So I talk the language of the ave [03:25.75] [03:26.37]Forgive my dirty mouth please I'm whippin slabs [03:28.65] [03:30.14]Fifties quarters and the whole thangs [03:33.03]Balance on my life on the fo' beam [03:35.43]And I need codeine just to say sane [03:38.02]I'm steady prayin to you but [03:39.28]I don't know your real name [03:40.82] [03:42.92]Knahmtalkinbout [03:43.28] [03:46.47]But I'm under the impression that [03:47.58]If your heart is in the right place [03:49.54]Your prayers gon' get heard anyway [03:50.99] [03:53.05]So some say Jah Jah some say Allah [03:56.46] [03:57.10]Some say Jesus some say Yeshua Ben'ta knahmalkinbout [04:05.09] [04:06.78]Ay man I just look like this man knahmtalkinbout [04:08.65] [04:12.29]I ain't get this far bein no square man [04:14.16] [04:17.42]You wanna hide some'n from black folks [04:18.69]They say you can put it in a book [04:20.43] [04:22.56]I don't believe that [04:23.57] [04:25.10]Cause I done read fo' libraries worth of books [04:27.06] [04:28.67]I got some knowledge y'all need to get up on mayne [04:30.85] [04:32.17]But hold a pair of hearts knahmtalkinbout [04:35.36]The Forty-Eight Laws of Power [04:36.54] [04:38.19]Knahmsayin the art of war [04:39.37] [04:40.43]The secret societies of America knahmtalkinbout [04:43.66] [04:46.76]Everything ain't what it look like man [04:48.60]And don't judge every book by it's cover ya dig [04:54.56] [04:56.50]Hold up