You looked inside my fantasies And made each one come true Something no one else had ever found a way to do I've kept the memories one by one Since you took me in I know I'll never love this way ag...

Backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers Till I talked to your daddy, he say He said "you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin Then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways" I met ...

Lord it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do we take it from here? Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars It's been the same way for years We need a change Somebody told me, when I came to...

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I tell you baby, this is no way to live ...I can't follow when t...book, got a leak in the pipe ...Food on the table, but the landlord's knocked ...I want more than the shit on my back ...I've worked too hard just to repeat the past ...I go crazy keeping it...How I live my life ...I learnt my lesson ...I should live my life ...Do live my way now ...The roof is leaking, stack of p...No way to wake up, all the dreams in my head ...ring, got no man on the line ...could be better but I still feel fine ...How I live my life ...I learnt my lesson ...I should live my life ...Do live my way now ...I go crazy keeping it...How I live my life ...I learnt my lesson ...I should live my life ...Do live my way now

This desire ...I come home high, and...I can't take it ...She at home with the kids, this is no way to live ...What can I say? ...I know it's surreal, but I'm a hard-headed sti...Do things my way ...It's like I'm dying ...Flying, the price that I pay for the game that I play ...I'm up in the clouds, and I'm spiraling down ...Nothing breaks the fall ...It's like I'm dying ...Sounds of the sufferers pray ...I come home high, and...I can't take it ...She at home with the kids; this is no way to live ...What can I say? ...I know it's surreal, but I'm a hard-headed sti...I'm out there, flying...This game is fantastic, desire ...Killers, this life, this life ...Lovers, this life, this life ...Hustlers, this life, this life ...Thieves, this life, this life ...Gamblers, this life, this life ...Full, the beautiful, the stars, the distance, the close, the stars ...The heavens, this life ...The floor, this life, this life ...The high, this life ...The beneath, this life, this life ...Come on, this how it goes on ...Ghetto people in the world today, get up...The whole thing was a s...But, son, I don't see no brothe...All I see is thugger hood ...Get rich and fuck the hood ...All they want is some good smoke from the hood ...Lookin' for the shorty good stroke from the hood ...at's how they touch the hood ...But when I touch the hood, I'll make it brighter...Because I'm brighter, black ...And I'm so black I'm bright, shine through the blackest night ...Shine when I'm live, shine via s...Shout in the hood, 'we get the picture.' ...ery time you out in the hood, you got photo...Understand this is real life ...This how it goes on, this how it goes on ...It keep going on, this how it goes on ...What would I say to him? ...Where could I start? ...How could I explain to him? ...I know the minor world would p...When he said, 'Save the babies,' was we lis...That we the first, the son of Earth ...The moon and stars, the great beyond ...This how it goes on, and...This how it goes on ...Hold the beat! Stop the beat! Drop the beat! [Repeat: x3] ...Hold the beat! Stop the beat! Got the beat! ...This how it goes on ...This how it goes on, kee...This how it goes on

Feels like I'm dyin' inside but ...Forget the trials and tribulat...nnin' trust me baby I make it right...The trillion cuts, the Audi and Porsche tr...I do these things for...feel special 'cause I don't spend...ertain other broads I rip...st leave lil' mama, this P lil' mama...I ain't them, I'm me lil' mama...baby, you crazy and I'm hooked...your smile light up the room...ess one man's trash is the next man's jewel...This is no way to live...But it's just the way it is...That I never could trust a...But I got to let it go...And stop livin' in the past...me of a women that, I can have without the stress...Hell, I just dipped her num...When I hit you one conversation, I knew that she had t...Who the hell would do that,...Can't come back in the crib without a sear...Baby girl, I ain't here to hurt ...The accuser got me curious, I asked who it was...He like the 'Sold-a-soul' man, who the fuck you 'cause? I'm out...This is no way to live...But it's just the way it is...That I never could trust a...But I got to let it go...And stop livin' in the past...Every time I hurt you it's becau...Has done to me and I know it's not reall...No I just can't trust you 'cause I just got outta some...And I'm running, boy you know that I'm running scared...And I don't think that I really deserve...'cause I been so hurt in the past I'm still carryin' ba...This is no way to live...But it's just the way it is...That I never could trust a...But I got to let it go...And stop livin' in the past...We can ball to the fullest baby...Get the first Bentley spurs

murder, elements of the streets ...You either play the role or get your go...See I can get the pussy and money is a must ...The suckers try to win, let the games begin ...ks, Kenny Wayne and the mac-10's ...to die any god damn way ...No time for the bullshit, let the bullets disperse ...Hospital to the morgue to the motherfuckin', hear...Deep in the game, since I was eleven ...The streets are hell, so what the fuck is heaven? ...I'm one of the biggest baby and re...omin' straight from the Oaktown ...ine, it's mandatory I hurt ya ...Money from the crack ("death.. death is a cycle") ...Murder is a hobby.. murder-murder is a hobby, ...Murder-murder is a hobby that I had since way back ...I live the life of a criminal ...Fool step wrong, live loose, get blown aw...The ave is the only home I knew ...So to get what I got, I did what I had to ...Kill, deal, rob, I didn't give a fuck ...You had what I needed? You was shi...A chopper is mandatory, to lose is another story ...You just mad, cause I got yo' bitch ...now she's ridin' on the Dangerous dick ...And I can tell by your fa...ause now your bitch is on Pooh-Man's team ...It don't stop with this young-ass trick ..., gettin' talked by the other crowd ...and don't know what the fuck about ...I get criticized, rid...t they go wild when I yell out bitch ...So I can take a little c...And tell the critics they can ki...I ain't trippin', my money is made, ...I kick back and I straight get paid ...Rated X is life, mother fuck P...Death is a factor on the Oakland street ...r bitch, money from the crack ...Murder is a hobby that I had since way back ...A hit ain't shit, I learned it in class...This is the way I live, fuck pain and

rder -- elements of the streets...You either play the role or get your go...See I can get the pussy and money is a must...The suckers try to win, let the games begin...ks, Kenny Wayne and the mac-10's...to die any god damn way...No time for the bullshit, let the bullets disperse...Hospital to the morgue to the motherfuckin hearse...Deep in the game, since I was eleven...The streets are hell, so what the fuck is heaven?...I'm one of the biggest baby and re...comin straight from the Oaktown...ine, it's manditory I hurt ya...Money from the crack ("death.. death is a cycle")...Murder is a hobby... murder-murder is a hobby.....Murder-murder is a hobby that I had since way back...I live the life of a criminal ...Fool step wrong, live loose, get blown aw...The ave is the only home I knew...So to get what I got, I did what I had to...Kill, deal, rob -- I didn't give a fuck...You had what I needed? You was shi...A chopper is mandatory, to lose is another story...You just mad, cause I got yo' bitch... now she's ridin on the Dangerous dick...And I can tell by your fa...ause now your bitch is on Pooh-Man's team...It don't stop with this young-ass trick...t, gettin talked by the other crowd...and don't know what the fuck about...I get criticized, rid...t they go wild when I yell out bitch...So I can take a little c...And tell the critics they can ki...I ain't trippin, my money is made........ I kick back and I straight get paid...Rated X is life, motherfuck PG...Death is a factor on the Oakland street...r bitch, money from the crack...Murder is a hobby that I had since way back...A hit ain't shit, I learned it in class...This is the way I live, fuck pain and

Rain pourin' from the sky blind people pa...This is his time at last (this is his time) his life is fading fast ...His faith is fled away (his faith is gone) he tries but ...This is the way we live (this is the way) we take and ne... gonna die there in the rain ...Shall we gather at the rain (shall we gather at the river)

The word suicide is irresponsible...Love is a lonely room...Love is a lonely room...When out on the edge...I should know better ...Love is a lonely room...Love is a lonely room...This is no way to live...And this is no way to die...Who in the hell's life is this I'm living anyway...Love is a lonely room...Love is a lonely room...Love is a lonely room

Your heart is my need ...And I love what it means ...As your fate is my prize ...ld on 'till forever is gone ...This is the way that we live ...This is the world where our dre...Fight for the love that we give ...The love that we make is all in the way that we live ...The way that we live ...In my dreams I can fly ...ld on 'till forever is gone ...This is the way that we live ...This is the world where our dre...Fight for the love that we give ...The love that we make is all in the way that we live ...The way that we live, the way that we live ...The truth is as simple as the air that we breathe...So many souls with the need for human affi...You and I choose to believe w...This is the way that we live ...This is the world where our dre...Fight for the love that we give ...The paths that we take it's all in the way that we live ...This is the way that we live ...This is the world where our dre...Fight for the love that we give ...This is the way that we live

This is the way you left me, ...I'm not pretending, ...This is the way that we love, ...Then live the rest of our life, ...Wake up in the morning, ...I guess I wish you well, ...This is the hardest story, ...That I have ever told, ...I feel as if I?m wast...And I waste every day ...This is the way you left me, ...I'm not pretending, ...This is the way that we love, ...Then live the rest of our life, ...Too black in the morning, ...If I pretend that nothin...I can get to my sleep I can dream now and j...This is the hardest story, ...That I have ever told, ...I feel as if I?m wast...And I waste every day, ...Oh I feel as if I'm wasting, ...And I waste every day ...This is the way you left me, ...I'm not pretending, ...This is the way that we love, ...Then live the rest of our life, ...This is the way you left me, ...I'm not pretending, ...This is the way that we love, ...Then live the rest of our life, ...This is the way you left me, ...I'm not pretending, ...This is the way that we love, ...Then live the rest of our life, ...This is the way you left me, ...I'm not pretending, ...This is the way that we love, ...Then live the rest of our life,

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