This Is My Life

[Intro: Grafh] Uh You've gotta be real inside to feel this shit You gotta have heart to feel this shit Royce [Chorus: Grafh] Uh, this is blood, sweat, and tears I ain't slept in years, oh boy This is my life, my life, my life Nigga this is my life, my life, my life I done gave 'em my life If it's fake, it ain't me Can't let a dollar change me Nigga, this is my life, my life, my life Nigga, this is my life, my life, my life [Verse 1: Grafh] Uhh, ayy I left a young black man to rap and make it to go farther He was told when you black and make it, you go harder He was young, fascinated with calm armor His mama struggled, shе had to raise him with no father He ratchеt waitin', clappin', aimin' with no author A black cloud, had to pay 'em in coparter With basket cases, alligators, and loan sharkers He trappin', makin' that crack and bakin' soda formula His casket is waitin', his death is callin' He actin' impatient, attached to the basement He had to be raised with no role models Hennessy straight, the whole bottle 'til the dome swallow There's no lotto, we live for the day so there's no tomorrow Well, no tomorrow You snitch you die, you know the motto I'm protectin' my own, I'ma reload the hollow No sorrows, no male role model to look up to No kind of older brother, his father was his mother He wil'in', you a sucka, I'm grindin' 'cause I'm a hustler Lion; look like I put a silencer on a muffler We raised from the bottom, you gotta suffer The voice of the streets, my mouth full with the saliva from the gutter I'm ridin' on the rubber 'til the wheels fall off And when they fall off, I'm ridin' 'til I'm slidin' on a muffler [Chorus: Grafh] Uh, this is blood, sweat, and tears I ain't slept in years, oh boy This is my life, my life, my life Nigga this is my life, my life, my life I done gave 'em my life If it's fake, it ain't me Can't let a dollar change me Nigga, this is my life, my life, my life Nigga, this is my life, my life, my life [Verse 2: Royce Da 5'9"] Got a stone heart that pumps lava Roll up on you, drunker than a skunk, shoot you up Roll away and tell the hood you got hit by a drunk driver Now shut your ass up and ease up You talkin' 'bout me too much, I talk artillery too much If I showed you what I had, I bet I'd make your ass a believer D, uh, E-T-R-O-I T, what? Beef ya, peace what? These nuts, eat a dick Now plead for your life or I'ma have to plead the fifth I'll have you leanin' back like the Terror Squad or Three 6 Surely, I'm sick with it like 40, I'll be legit: You got it locked? We the pliers, you fire? We the whip That sick guillotine rap, that urge to smoke me is fixed I spit nicotine patch, stick To the track like a kick and I pick On you so much 'cause you act like a bitch Blue Steel flowin', then squeals is goin' through you If real recognize real, I'm lookin' foreign to you We brought them goons out and we brought them cars out Tires squealin', rubber flyin' like we brought balloons out Yup, y'all niggas shop at Walmart We hit the mall and we cop like Paul Blart Y'all niggas runnin' for him, gunnin' like a false start Your bitch love me, she buggier than a golf cart [Chorus: Grafh] Uh, this is blood, sweat, and tears I ain't slept in years, oh boy This is my life, my life, my life Nigga this is my life, my life, my life I done gave 'em my life If it's fake, it ain't me Can't let a dollar change me Nigga, this is my life, my life, my life Nigga, this is my life, my life, my life Just let it be