[DMX]
Uhh.. this is life (this is life)
This is what I know (this what I know)
So to me (so to me) this is life (this is life)

Chorus: DMX (repeat 2X)

One more road to cross
One more risk to take
Gotta live my life
like there s one more move to make

[DMX]
I m up at like 6 AMto check this nigga
He work the nightshiftand I gots to check them igures
Knock on his doorpeoples talkin bout"He ain t there"
but the house is packedshit I know he here somewhere
See money get highI don t knock what a nigga do to get by
Just make sure you gettin by don t FUCK with you gettin mine
Ain t the first time he ran offshoulda split his shit then
Hate to think of what he s did and if I catch him slippin
won t be an ass-whippinI can tell you that
I keep it real with this cathe go and sell two packs
and run off (damn) tell mehe was locked downup North
and you out a week later? That s bullshit!
I bust offI need this dough
Fuck you think I m here for my health?
I need this wealthbecause I feed myself
You play with my lifewhen you play with my money
Playin around but this ll be the last time you think somethin s funny


Chorus

[DMX]
YoI ve been casin the liquor storefor a month now
with me and two other niggazis about to run up in there and shut it down
I got four people on the insideone stay in the back
Two stock boysone at the register but he count the stacks
Aight bitchput on the ski maskmake sure that when we ask
for the dough they know that we takin all three bags
Now see that? You gotta hear em shoot that nigga
Matter of factyou hit the backI ll put two in that nigga
Hardhead motherfuckers always get it
I told him what would happen if he moved the nigga moved so I did it
Did you get it? I asked my man as he was comin from the back
Nigga opened his mouth said nothin and fell out flat
This cat come out spittinhittin my manshis mans
Couldn t control what was in his hands
I m hitdamn! I bust backand got the fuck up out of there
Didn t get a dimebut at least I got up out of there

Chorus

[DMX]
Aiyyo I see ittry to avoid itbut it comes
That s how it s goin in the slums over crumbs
Somethin little becomes somethin major
Niggaz gettin blown up like a pager
Ear to ear with the razorpour out my soul
Took control of hurtwhy must Earl Simmonsswim in dirt?
I m gon make it worktwenty-eight and tryin to getbaptized
Priest cannot touch me cause he said I gave him bad vibes
Rydewhen I Diestraight downbut I m plottin
We all gots to go but who wants to be forgotten?
I ma leave a markand it won t be the mark of the devil
Throw dirt and may your hands burn when you touch the shovel
The level of animosity is stoppin me from thrivin
FUCK what them niggaz is talkin aboutI m survivin
Alive and goin through itbut I made my bed
So now it s in these flames that Ilay my head

Chorus 2X

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