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Live and learn

Life's a lesson (life is a lesson)

And I'm the teacher

[CHORUS:]

First I'm gonna crawl, uh (crawl)

Then I'm gonna walk, uh huh (walk)

Then I'm gonna stand, uh huh (stand)

Then I'm gonna talk, uh (talk)

Then I gotta learn, what (learn)

In order to teach, (teach)

Then I gotta burn (burn)

In order to reach (reach), my niggas

Yo, I see what I see, day by day

Hopin that the Lord can, pave my way

Have I been forgotten, have I forsaken

Or maybe I'm just wrong with the moves that I've been makin

Hatin others cuz they hate me, over envy

Wanna send me, when we used to be friendly

Think I started off on top? With multi platinum albums?

Naw dog, I started off on the block

I just did shit to get shit

Niggas always knew I was down to hit shit

That's why I stay wit shit

Played with shit, but it wasn't a game

First time locked down, wasn't the same

A whole new world, nothin but close to steel

Niggas gettin split for real, miss a good deal

They aint call nobody, cuz don't nobody care

They got my back against the wall, fuck it I'm just here

[CHORUS 2X]

Dog it's like this, when the fog is type thick

A nigga might flip, and a nigga bite quick

But I stay focused on what's important

Supportin my family, fuckin with my dogs and reportin

According to the man upstairs, we all got our own problems

So why the fuck you worryin about theirs

It was a long time ago, look awake, cuz he'll leave you

I hear none, speak none, see none, evil

All I can do is teach you, what I know

How I flow, how I get down, where I go

Maybe what I been through, will send you

Somewhere, other then where, dreams all out the window

I love my people, all of my people

And God gon keep me callin my people

You gots to live life to the fullest

It aint always about the size of the gun, sometimes it's the bullet

[CHORUS 2X]

Every day we live and learn, take it step by step

And we create our own path, until there's no life left

I hold my death, off for as long as I can

Knowin my man, is plottin with the chrome in his hand

Supposed to be fam, but niggas get shady over money

My nigga, pull out the 380 over money

Crazy over money, can't do without it

I got other shit to deal with, I'm like forget about it

It's the one I don't know but must teach that comes first

Because he comes with the thirst of a nigga that tatted the worst

It's like a curse that's to be lifted, he was there but he gripped it

Got a call and he shifted, once he found out he was gifted

Gotta kick it from the heart, and I hope you got it

It was there from the start, I just hope you spot it

Cuz it's my blood on paper, my soul on paper

Words to live by will leave a hole in the paper

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