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Artist: Alicia Keys
Canonical path: /alicia-keys/the-life
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The Life
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The Life
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Everyday I realize that this might be the last day of my life
Walking down the street I find that
I'm coming closer and closer to losing my mind
'Cause when it rains, it pours
Isn't life worth more?
I don't even know what I'm hustlin' for
You've gotta do what you gotta do just to make it through
All the hard times that's going to face you
This is the life, striving to survive
This is the life, striving to survive
Living will always be a struggle looking for someone true to loveyou
Looking back a scene horrors, this madness makes me want tohide
Slowly, internally, I'm dying
Pillow case is wet from all my crying
There is nothing more to be here for
Take me away, I can't live that life no more
This is the life, striving to survive
This is the life, striving to survive
This is the life, striving to survive
This is the life, Striving to survive
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This is the life, striving to survive
This is the life, striving to survive
This is the life
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Alicia Keys performs "The Life", and this lyric page sits inside the Alicia Keys catalog on LyroVerse.
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