The Life Feat. Muhsinah

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
 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
 Life is moving by so fast
 And we can never guess what's next
 And I understand it at last
 At laaaaaaast
 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
 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
 It's my liiiife, my liiiife
 My liiiife, my liiiiiiiife