Life's too short to spend the whole time lyin.... much too short to get rich or die tryin....

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general observation on the hip-hop scene and the music scene as a whole really...just about being true to yourself...

they're on several torn napkins....ill get to them shortly...

here we are...

I take a look around, sometimes aint like what I see
alot of rappers arent sure who they tryin to be
I aint tryin to be cut from the same cloth
lazy dudes spitting bars only cuz it pays off
me I take a different route, sometimes the wrong street
without the boom boom pah I spit to my heart beat
my destinies in my hands, I grab that sh** by the throat
jus wish I had the time to hang out wit the sh** that I wrote
but I aint never had the luxury
of givin myself to my passion, that sh** f*** wit me
its got me askin, "how much better could I be?"
if I could spend every second puttin letters to the beat
man it got me in an awkward position
graspin every opportunity not wantin to miss em
wonderin which is the path I should follow
but i care less about the cash it aint that that I follow
so what is it that if it aint the cash that im chasin
well its the chance to blast the whole rap game back to the basics
a chance to bring it back to rappin bout the crap that you facin
from country club cats to cats smokin crack in the basement
that feelin that you get inside when you hit it
but for me i get the same sh** on the mic when i spit it
ya for me i get the same sh** when i spit a sick ric
its like an x-ray clinic y'a see what makes the kid tick

interlude:

so check one two can you hear me now
just dance you aint gotta know how
noone can do what you can...... do
boobi doobi do do

chorus:

lifes too short to spend the whole time lyin
much too short to get rich or die tryin
too short to waste it bein something you not
so be you cuz as soon as you quit frontin you hot

verse 2:

its like i flip myself inside out
so you can find out all the sh** that im bout
thats what hip hop was meant to be
meant to be a forum of expression but eventually
thats been twisted by these gifted kids
you find they cd's in the bookstores where the fiction is
storytellings fine if you in the slick rick biz
but most of these kids dont even know who slick rick is
runnin they careers like they runnin businesses
cookie cutter hits written for the big wigs kids
i had a vision of some wisdom and the wisdom is
"it aint artistic spittin jus cuz spittin gettin you rich"
so for now my paycheque separate from the music im makin
the only way to guarantee that its the truth that im sayin
the way i look at it im still doin the sh** that i love
and stayin true cuz i got people watchin it from above

interlude:

so check one two can you hear me now
just dance you aint gotta know how
noone can do what you can...... do
boobi doobi do do

da da
da doobi doobi do do


mini verse:

sometimes this life it aint fair it only gives you a sample
you gotta keep marchin regardless man thats just an example
i aint tryin to be sappy aint no moral to the story
jus be the same person, through the horror and the glory

chorus:

lifes too short to spend the whole time lyin
much too short to get rich or die tryin
too short to waste it bein something you not
so be you cuz as soon as you quit frontin you hot

lifes too short to spend the whole time lyin
much too short to get rich or die tryin
too short to waste it bein something you not
so be you cuz as soon as you quit frontin you hot