[00:01.63]Life I Know - India Arie
[00:25.27]I have kept this secret
[00:27.07]From myself for far too long
[00:29.90]
[00:30.85]The truth is I'm confused
[00:33.59]about where I belong
[00:36.68]I'm not a mother or a wife
[00:39.23]And I'm living such a complicated life
[00:43.36]And this is the life I know
[00:46.41]
[00:51.72]My life is full
[00:53.60]in some of the most important ways
[00:57.22]the entity in the core
[01:00.22]at the end of everyday
[01:03.42]I lock the door turn out the lights
[01:05.42]
[01:06.00]And I climb in bed
[01:07.49]And it's all alright
[01:10.23]cuz this is the life I know
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[01:18.22]I cut the grass
[01:20.09]take out the trash
[01:21.59]and fill the gas
[01:24.13]In this house
[01:26.06]I am the mom and the dad
[01:29.68]What tomorrow brings
[01:31.06]I do not know
[01:32.43]yes I know it's unconventional
[01:36.98]But It's the life I know
[01:40.73]
[01:45.78]We all have a secret pain
[01:48.65]
[01:51.65]We all have a tender place
[01:54.95]
[01:57.33]We were born to learn more
[02:00.34]and no I'm not meant to live alone
[02:03.20]and this is the life I know
[02:06.70]
[02:09.19]Yes this is the life I know
[02:12.93]
[02:14.81]All my friends
[02:16.30]are having families of their own
[02:20.42]I'm still waiting for
[02:23.10]the perfect one to come
[02:26.35]almost four decades in
[02:28.92]if I'm blessed then I've got five more to go
[02:32.99]And this is the Life I know
[02:35.74]
[02:53.13]Sometime it hurts like hell
[02:55.71]but I walk away with a song
[02:57.83]and a story to tell
[02:59.59]and this is the life I know
[03:03.52]
[03:05.58]Yes this is the life I know
[03:08.89]
[03:11.45]And this is the Life I know