[00:13.65]I remember how it all began
[00:16.20]I used to sing dirty raps to my east side fans
[00:19.02]Back then i knew ya couldn't stop this rap
[00:22.05]No m.c. could rock like that
[00:24.66]Then the new style came, the bass got deeper
[00:27.45]Ya gave up the mike and bought you a beeper
[00:30.30]Do ya wanna rap or sell coke?
[00:32.97]Brothers like you ain't never been broke
[00:35.67]People wanna say it's just my time
[00:38.43]Brothers like me had to work for mine
[00:40.95]Eight years on the mike and i'm not jokin'
[00:43.83]Sir too short comin' straight from oakland
[00:46.56]California, home of the rock
[00:49.11]Eight woofers in the trunk, beatin' down the block
[00:51.75]Short dog, i'm that rappin' man
[00:54.72]I said it before and i 'll say it again
[00:57.12]Life is too short
[00:58.02]Too short
[00:58.44]Life is too short
[01:08.13]Life is to some people unbearable
[01:10.74]Committin' suicide and that's terrible
[01:13.50]Was it much too much or nothing' big?
[01:16.32]If ya live my life, you'd be fightin' to live
[01:18.96]Life is to me my main asset
[01:21.84]I be doin' all right and keep it just like that
[01:24.39]Chill out at the house and pump that bass
[01:27.48]I'm tryin' to get rich as i rock the place
[01:30.36]Everybody's got that same old dream
[01:32.76]To have big money and fancy things
[01:35.43]Drive a brand new benz, keep your banck right here
[01:38.07]Never hear me stutter once because i talk real clear
[01:40.83]It's on you, homeboy, watcha gonna do?
[01:43.62]You can take my advice and start workin', fool
[01:46.23]Or you can close your ears and run your mouth
[01:49.02]And one day, homeboy, ya soon find out
[01:51.72]Life is too short
[01:52.41]Too short
[01:52.59]Life is too short
[01:52.95]Life is too short, would you agree?
[02:16.20]While i'm livin' my life, don't mess with me
[02:18.93]It's been a long time, baby, since i first got down
[02:21.78]But i still keep makin' these funky sounds
[02:24.24]Cause i don't stop rappin', that's my theme
[02:27.48]I make a lot of money, do you know what i mean?
[02:29.88]Like this, complicated ya must stay up
[02:32.67]Ya asked a simple question boy, don't say "what?"
[02:35.25]Ya only live once and ya callin' it hell
[02:38.46]Policeman tryin' to take ya to jail
[02:40.89]You could give a man time but you don't know
[02:43.95]I a matter of time, i'll be runnin' the show
[02:46.23]Now another young buck wants to be on top
[02:49.29]Makin' big money, slangin' hop
[02:51.72]The task force tryin' ta peel your cap
[02:54.51]Turn around, homeboy, ya better watch your back
[02:57.15]Life is too short
[02:58.08]Too short
[02:58.26]Life is too short
[03:08.13]You can take back all the things you give
[03:10.92]But ya can't take back the days you live
[03:13.47]Life is to some peole who've been on earth
[03:16.26]Livin' every single day for what it's worth
[03:19.17]I live my life just how i please
[03:21.84]Satisfy one person i know, that's me
[03:24.36]Work hard for the things i achieve in life
[03:27.48]And never rap fake when i'm on the mike
[03:29.79]Cause if a dream is all you got, homeboy
[03:32.52]Ya gotta turn that dream into the real mccoy
[03:35.43]Not time to waste, just get on that case
[03:38.22]Ya can't be down 'cause ya need to taste
[03:40.86]A good life livin' like a king on a throne
[03:43.68]Gettin' everything ya want and tryin' to have all your own
[03:46.32]So life
[03:47.34]Don't be stupid though
[03:48.93]Cause when ya waste it, you'll know
[03:51.57]Life is
[03:51.72]Life is
[03:52.11]All right, that's it