The Life

[Rapper Big Pooh:]

Uh, y'know, I'm looking back right

I'm looking over my life and shit

I used to do some crazy shit man

I used to do some wild shit yo

I used to think crazy and shit y'know?

Hah, yeah

Aiyyo, I've been even-kilt all of my life

From a very young age learnt wrong from right

Never weighed in my decision when I took that bike

Chain popped, got caught, couldn't make that flight

I done shaved too many steps, got tripped by sight

Spent one too many minutes with the cops that night

I preferred a cold cell to the hell my mama raised

I did it for the thrill cause not every crime pays

Ten years old, I was going through a phase

My uncle said chill 'fore you wind up in the cage

I smirked, cause a little finger printing ain't hurt

A few weeks passed, I was back in them streets

A devious child, I appeared so sweet

A straight-A student every parent wanna meet

But looking back now, all I do is smile

Little boy became a man, see I landed on my feet

My life

[Chorus: Mushinah]

Life is moving by so fast

And we can never guess what's next

And I understand it at last

At laaaaaaast

[Rapper Big Pooh:]

By the age of fourteen I straightened a little bit

It's high school time and I'm off the new shit

We moved out of town and I found me a new clique

A few chill niggas I can be cool with

Went to school with the intentions of being on the end

Found myself out smoking weed, drinking gin

Wild Irish Rose, Mad Dog 20/20

Scheming up ways I can come into some money

The age of sixteen started playing with the words

Round the same time Ronnie playing with the birds

He offered me a job, I ain't really had a nerve

Selling narcotics from me wanting the curve

Dove into music, gambled away money

Through my man Mike, met this new little honey

Funny, all I can do now is smile

Tryna become a man but I'm still largest child

My life

[Chorus: Mushinah]

[Rapper Big Pooh:]

So now I'm eighteen, me and my mom beefing

Talking bout arguing over shit for no reason

Part-time job with a part-time scam

Sliding through school but passing I am

No life plans, I just wanna be grown

Out my mama house, living life on my own

Coming to the crib when she leaving out for work

Sleeping through the day, waking up getting burnt

I know I knew better but I still told lies

Mama still loved her little boy, no ties

"Son you need to straighten up before your demise"

Saw the truth in them words when I stared in her eyes

That was no surprise when she looking at her child

Fully-grown man, no more out acting wild

All I do is smile looking back at my past

A young'n no more, it's my life at last

My life

[Chorus: Mushinah]

[Mushinah: x2]

It's my liiiife, my liiiife

My liiiife, my liiiiiiiife