Living this life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Lord, it's so hard, living this life[Am]
A [C]constant struggle each
[D]and every day[Em]
Some wonder why, I'd rather [Am]die
Than to con[C]tinue [D]living this way
[Em]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Ugh, I don't wanna do this
no mo' (no [D]mo')[Em][Am]
But dis the only thang that I know
I [C]keep a pistol in my back,
and a [D]gauge on the flo' (flo')
The [Em]laws and the jackas wanna
kick in my do' (do')
I'm a d- boy, didn't graduate
But [Am]I, got a Ph.D from Pimp State
[C]And I, got a Master's Degree
[D]in movin' weight
And [Em]my, people dependin' on
me but they gon' be straight
Uh, I wanna go to service
But I [Am]ain't been in so long,
kinda make [C]me feel nervous (nervous)
'Cause they be lookin' [D]at [Am]me funny
[Em]Watchin' the plate when I tithe,
put in my money (money)
I don't wanna go back to that hell
Rather [Am]be dead than doin' life in a jail cell
[C]Die young, oh well [D](well) I had
a good [Em]life (life)
They rappin 'bout it but I'm
out here payin' the price

[Verse 3]
Lord, it's [Em]so hard, living this [Am]life
A constant [C]struggle [D]each
and every [Em]day
Some wonder why, I'd rather [D]die[Am]
Than to con[C]tinue [D]living this [Em]way

[Verse 4]
I wake [Em]up out of bed,
right after the crack of dawn and
I [Am]give myself a, stretch up,
a morning [C]yawn and
See I'm a pawn in this [D]neighborhood
chess game
[Em]Move one step at a time,
long as the Lord bless me (f'real)
I know the rest aim high,
I'm tryna aim [Am]it higher (higher)
Watchin' the lames aspire (aspire) to street success,
[C]man (man)
They tryna blame the fire [D](fire) but that's
like wettin' [Em]water (water)
You either burnt or washed out, so
get in order (order)
Everyday it's gettin' harder
to fuck with the flow
I'm [Am]tryna keep all of my motherfuckin'
ducks in a [C]row (row)
I gotta see a man [D]'bout a dog
and sell him a cat
[Em]If you don't know,
then you don't know, dat's dat
Shit, a dollar outta fifteen cents,
I got a dime
Tryin [Am]to hustle up my way to a million,
I gotta [C]grind (gotta grind)
Walkin' the line like [D]Cash,
I'm on my mash
Two [Em]hun dred yards behind
in a hundred yard dash

[Verse 5]
Lord, it's [Em]so hard, living this li[Am]fe
A constant [C]struggle [D]each
and every [Em]day
Some wonder why, I'd rather [Am]die
Than to con[C]tinue [D]living this [Em]way

[Verse 6]
Lord, I'm sittin' here [Em]on bended knee,
my hands locked, eyes shut
[Am]Askin' you to watch over me,
no matter [C]what
Even though I ain't too well behaved,
[D]I'm still a child of you
An[Em]d faith in my Holy Father is all
that keep me smilin' through
The bad times and worse times,
through it all
When [Am]my head is hangin' low,
you help me to stand [C]tall
The only way I'ma ball,
the only [D]way I'ma shine
Is if [Em]you lookin after me while I'm
out here on the grind

[Verse 7]
[Em]Ugh, I know you bless
the child that go get it
I'm the [Am]product of the ghetto,
the flame of [C]the city
So I talk the language of the [D]ave
[Em]Forgive my dirty mouth please,
I'm whippin' slabs
Fifties, quarters and
the whole [Am]thangs
Balance in my life on [C]the fo' beam
And I need codeine [D]just to say sane
I'm [Em]steady prayin' to you but I don't

[Verse 8]
know your real name
[Am]
Knahmtalkinbout?
But I'm under the im[C]pression that if your
heart is in the [D]right place
Your prayers gon' get [Em]heard anyway
So some say Jah Jah, some say Allah
[Am]Some say Jesus, some say,[C]
[D]Yes[Em]hua Ben'ta, knahmalkinbout?
Ayy, man I just look like this [C]man,
[Am]knah[C]mtalkinbout?
I ain't get this far be[D]ing no square,
[Em]man
You wanna hide somethin' from black folks,
they say you can put it [Am]in a book
I don't believe [C]that
'Cause I done [D]read fo' libraries
worth of [Em]books
I got some knowledge y'all need
to get up on, man
Behold a Pale [Am]Horse,
knahmtalkinbout?
[C]48 Laws of Power,
[D]knahmsayin? The Art of War[Em]
The Secret Societies of America,
[Am]knahmtalkinbout?
Everythang ain't what it look like,
[C]man
And don't judge every [D]book by it's cover,
[Em]ya dig?
Hold up
[Am][C][D][Em]