Life We Chose-Nas

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[00:00.00]Life We Chose - Nas
[00:00.84]Lyrics by：Fred Wesley
[00:01.69]Composed by：Fred Wesley
[00:02.54]To my n***as huh
[00:06.09]We all we got
[00:08.57]Let's hold it down though y'know
[00:11.78]However it's gon' go down
[00:14.73]This what we gotta deal with y'know
[00:17.48]Yo
[00:18.87]It's the life we chose uhh
[00:20.07]Where friends become foes
[00:21.40]And the dough'll get you
[00:22.27]Killed quicker than you know uhh
[00:23.64]This is the life we chose
[00:25.03]Bring fake snakes and hoes
[00:26.25]And the only way out is death or going broke
[00:28.78]This the life we chose ain't too many happy endings
[00:31.47]That's why there ain't too many happy n***as in it
[00:33.82]And I'll admit it this life is f**ked up but yo
[00:36.61]But yo this life is the only life I know
[00:38.94]I know
[00:39.62]I know
[00:40.27]I know
[00:41.70]Gold bathtubs making love to my queen
[00:44.05]Get my back rubbed Chardonnay rolling up green
[00:46.63]Statues marble floors rare paintings on my wall
[00:49.60]My lifestyle's like the Forbes Magazine
[00:51.87]Closets full of rockets and sub-machines
[00:54.17]Take this n***a out the projects and his thug team
[00:56.49]Yo we cruise past street lights ill rides
[00:59.28]Mr Chow both coasts with the most loud toast
[01:01.75]Calicos roast y'all folks keep y'all dying
[01:04.26]'Cause it's hard to f**k
[01:05.12]Around when we dealing with science
[01:06.80]My enemies got money so y'all should watch how I play it
[01:09.45]They never know we enemies until they hear me say it
[01:11.87]'Til they kid's on the phone saying please daddy pay it
[01:14.42]'Til they brain's on the floor mixed on the pavement
[01:16.82]High-class elegance you respect or you hiss
[01:19.39]You go against you'd rather piss on an electrical fence
[01:21.90]It's strategic how these n***as want you to think
[01:24.33]You'd be surprised who'd be the one to put you to sleep
[01:27.01]Why you stink yo these streets don't allow you to blink
[01:29.36]You get showered by lead coming out with your mink
[01:31.99]Bow ties and tuxedos bust eagles
[01:34.60]Dump *** and acid then they rush with the Rico
[01:37.29]It's hard f**king with n***as you hope you can trust
[01:39.60]You a fool if your main b***h is easy to f**k
[01:42.12]And you've got money-is these hoes greedy or what
[01:44.64]S**t is devious ex-friends wanting you stuck
[01:47.27]It's the life we chose where friends become foes
[01:49.88]And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know
[01:52.11]This is the life we chose bring fake snakes and hoes
[01:54.67]And the only way out is death or going broke
[01:57.19]This the life we chose ain't too many happy endings
[02:00.06]That's why there ain't too many happy n***as in it
[02:02.31]And I'll admit it this life is f**ked up but yo
[02:05.43]This life is the only life I know
[02:07.19]I know
[02:08.08]I know
[02:08.74]I know
[02:09.48]What's love when you
[02:10.06]Don't give your man enough dough
[02:11.21]He wanna stick you
[02:12.48]What's love you got beef
[02:13.53]Nobody rolling with you
[02:14.90]What's love you locked up
[02:16.23]And your family don't care
[02:17.49]Is love a four-letter word
[02:18.87]That deceives the ear
[02:20.04]What's real when you know
[02:21.06]Your man's girl is a ho
[02:22.49]And you don't even let him know
[02:23.83]'Cause you f**ked her befo'
[02:25.12]What's real when you talk behind a man's back
[02:27.54]Then you see him and give him dap
[02:28.85]Now explain that
[02:30.04]What's trust when they separate your case
[02:32.17]When you at your court date
[02:33.10]Your co-de' can't look in your face
[02:35.25]What's trust when you keep
[02:36.22]Your wife away from your man
[02:37.74]And he never crossed you
[02:39.02]But you claiming he's fam'
[02:40.26]What's trust when you get bust
[02:41.81]Your n***as don't retaliate
[02:43.03]They blaze purple haze with 'em the next day
[02:45.33]God forbid one of my n***as get hit I'ma go haywire
[02:48.32]Won't hesitate I'ma spray fire
[02:50.30]But everybody's different
[02:51.58]You won't know how you react
[02:52.59]'Til you in that position
[02:53.98]And that's an actual fact
[02:55.43]The hearts of men change
[02:56.22]As time goes on who's wrong
[02:57.95]You was hungry when you stuck Duke
[02:59.63]He came back to buck you
[03:00.86]Who's wrong
[03:01.47]Foul all your life now you 90
[03:03.29]On your deathbed you regret being grimy
[03:05.42]What's lust a bust nut
[03:06.76]What's a thug
[03:07.51]A ghetto child raised around ***
[03:09.33]'Til he's old enough to bust slugs
[03:10.97]Then what's jail to rehabilitate
[03:12.25]Or to make a n***a worse
[03:13.71]When he come home to catch another case
[03:15.63]Life's about decisions you choose it
[03:17.39]You gotta live it
[03:18.36]You did it heaven or hell or prison
[03:20.19]Who knows when your clock'll stop ticking
[03:22.15]Get your weight up
[03:23.12]Save up before it's over neighbor I told ya
[03:25.76]You getting older player
[03:26.94]Look at those who gave up
[03:28.29]It's the life we chose where friends become foes
[03:30.95]And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know
[03:33.22]This is the life we chose bring fake snakes and hoes
[03:35.79]And the only way out is death or going broke
[03:38.29]This the life we chose ain't too many happy endings
[03:40.94]That's why there ain't too many happy n***as in it
[03:43.48]And I'll admit it this life is f**ked up but yo
[03:46.67]This life is the only life I know
[03:48.42]I know
[03:49.15]I know
[03:49.79]I know