[00:00.000][Intro: Styles P]
[00:04.030]My life
[00:05.712]Pharoahe Monch, Ayatollah
[00:09.221]Howie McDuffie, Holiday Styles
[00:12.916]Double R, Rawkus Records
[00:16.059]Pharoahe, talk to 'em
[00:17.980]Let 'em try to understand
[00:20.061]Let 'em try, let 'em try now
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[00:23.116][Chorus: Pharoahe Monch]
[00:24.146]My life is all I have
[00:26.554]My rhymes, my pen, my pad
[00:29.198]And I done made it through the struggle, don't judge me
[00:31.900]What you say now–won't budge me
[00:35.113]'Cause where I come from, so often
[00:37.811]People you grew up with are layin' in a coffin
[00:40.496]But I done made it through the pain and strife
[00:42.958]It's my time now, my world, my life – my life!
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[00:46.707][Verse 1: Styles P]
[00:47.439]Is based on lightin' blunts, loadin' guns
[00:49.628]Tellin' my lawyers to get the case gone
[00:51.862]I need the bills that the Presidents got they face on
[00:54.228]So I could switch my residence
[00:55.640]Get a truck and a Lex
[00:57.537]**** a check, I no longer have to wait for 'em
[01:00.112]I made a couple ends, lost a couple friends
[01:02.795]I light a blunt, 'cause never will the struggle end
[01:05.463]So you could judge a nigga, but you ain't got it
[01:08.274]You ain't in the role, so you really can't budge a nigga
[01:11.325]You oughta love a nigga
[01:12.799]For the fact that it's my world and my life, but still I'm a rugged nigga
[01:16.573]They say, "You buggin', nigga" – **** it, I'm a thuggin' nigga
[01:19.638]You talkin' bullshit? Then kick it with another nigga
[01:22.420]I got a bigger bed and I need a cover, nigga
[01:25.266]And I ain't got friends, I got enemies
[01:27.780]So if they with me, then that means they my brother, nigga
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[01:30.894][Chorus: Pharoahe Monch]
[01:31.342]My life is all I have
[01:33.663]My rhymes, my pen, my pad
[01:36.112]And I done made it through the struggle, don't judge me
[01:39.069]What you say now–won't budge me
[01:41.764]'Cause where I come from, so often
[01:44.680]People you grew up with are layin' in a coffin
[01:47.496]But I done made it through the pain and strife
[01:49.831]It's my time now, my world, my life – my life!
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[01:53.440][Verse 2: Styles P]
[01:53.759]Is a blunt to the head, a prayer for the dead
[01:55.669]Run around hustlin', scared of the Feds
[01:58.263]They said, "Death is eternal sleep"
[02:00.035]But the only thing is, you ain't really sure if you prepared for the bed
[02:03.446]So often we get murked in the head
[02:05.712]Instead of big money, they got big mama hurtin' instead
[02:08.919]My life is makin' the verse
[02:11.113]But the handcuffs, the bullpens, the jail cells is makin' it worse
[02:14.828]Tell Mommy I don't go to the church
[02:16.835]Tell ahk I don't go to mosque
[02:19.046]I blow blunts, hold guns, and I'ma be right there when the soldiers'll march
[02:23.063]I play my part, and my heart seem colder than March
[02:25.914]But on the flipside of things, it's still warmer than June
[02:28.662]I have talks with the Lord, and he'll be callin' me soon, what?
[02:32.080]And my life is all I have
[02:34.330]My family, my niggas, my flow, my grabs, what?
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[02:37.655][Chorus: Pharoahe Monch]
[02:38.105]My life is all I have
[02:40.433]My rhymes, my pen, my pad
[02:43.079]And I done made it through the struggle, don't judge me
[02:46.013]What you say now–won't budge me
[02:48.813]'Cause where I come from, so often
[02:51.616]People you grew up with are layin' in a coffin
[02:54.379]But I done made it through the pain and strife
[02:57.097]It's my time now, my world, my life – my life!
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[03:04.350][Outro: Pharoahe Monch]
[03:05.159]My life