My Life

[Intro]

(Nigga, uh)

Yeah, huh (Nigga, uh)

Why don't y'all take a look into my life?

See what I see

(Nigga, uh, nigga, nigga, nigga, uh)

[Verse 1]

At the age of fourteen, introduced to coupes

Learnin' how to seduce niggas, takin' they loot

Quickly got involved with this money lifestyle – the finer things

All kinda things – power, money, cars, and diamond rings

In 9th grade, flauntin' the Gucci boots with the G's on it

A high price for this 'high price' life

While I'm on tour, is my man cheatin' just for spite?

And if you only knew I hold my minks at nights with cheap

Or no other hands can hold me right

My girls ain't the same, guess it's 'cause the fame

Bitches smile in my face and throw dirt on my name

Mad 'cause I made it, now friends intimidated

Hate it that I'm in the same game as them

With mo' fame than them, they know who they are

This life is no joke, got us havin' to broke

You was my sister, we used to dream together

How we could make it real big, do our thing together

Huh, 'Thelma & Louise' together, remember them days?

Them niggas we played?

Now we don't even speak, went our separate ways – separate lives

Lost friendship for pride – playin' the game

About to forfeit high price life, I can't afford it

[Chorus]

My life, do ya feel what I feel?

My life, a black girl's ordeal

My life. do ya see what I see?

Have you been where I've been?

Can you go where I go?

My life, do y'all know what it feels like?

Do y'all know what it be like?

Do ya see what I see?

Have you been where I've been?

Can you go where I go?

[Verse 2]

Daddy's girl, in his wildest dreams

Said he think that lil' Ing will be illest in this rap thing

Age 4, in my mother's shoes, swore I could sing

And even as a little girl, I was doin' my thing

Uh, confused, I ain't asked to be born

Nigga so dumb, shoulda used a condom

Ask Mommy every day, "When daddy gon' come?"

But he never showed up

I would pimp for them, became demented

Then, men? Resented them

Just the scent of 'em, made me hurl

'Specially the baller ones tryin' to buy me with pearls

All I needed was love, all I wanted was love

Lack of love had me fallin' for thugs

The niggas who ain't care, just like Daddy

If he ain't care, why should they?

For this 'high price' life, it's the price I pay

[Chorus]

My life, do ya feel what I feel?

My life, a black girl's ordeal

My life. do ya see what I see?

Have you been where I've been?

Can you go where I go?

My life, do y'all know what it feels like?

Do y'all know what it be like?

Do ya see what I see?

Have you been where I've been?

Can you go where I go?

[Verse 3]

All my girls 'cross the world that feel what I feel

Hearts bruised, then been way I been, keep it movin'

Let him do his thing, I'm the one he's lovin'

I'm here to show ya'll, havin' a kid ain't meanin' nuthin'

That ain't keepin' him, 'specially if he in love with another chick

Then you stuck with the "babymother" shit

Don't be lovin' niggas more than yaself

Let 'em roam, a dog always finds his way home

Shit, ya'll don't wanna take my place, catchin' cases

Spit in faces I never seen, falsely accused

While some say it's rude

But if I was a dude, they'd all be amused

But I'm a woman, so I'm a bitch, simple as that

Double-standards, call him a Mack, call me a ho

Say I'm in it for the dough, but tell me – what the fuck he in it for?

Wanted it all, now it's all mine – loneliness, sorrow, confusion and pain

Nightmares, headlines: "Rapper found slain"

If it wasn't for my moms, I'd drown in this pain

Now y'all see what it's like, y'all don't wanna be me

'Cause it ain't always what it seem on TV

Shit, but this is my 9-to-5, y'all

Sometimes I wanna slit my wrist and end my life, ya'll

[Chorus]

My life, do ya feel what I feel?

My life, a black girl's ordeal

My life. do ya see what I see?

Have you been where I've been?

Can you go where I go?

My life, do y'all know what it feels like?

Do y'all know what it be like?

Do ya see what I see?

Have you been where I've been?

Can you go where I go?