Verse 1 (Nostic)

It's kill or be killed,
Gorilla grill lions and cheetahs,
Jekyls and hyena's,
In my jungle we rumble in our Addidas,
Idea's of bein wealthy aint healthy if it's a Visa that feed ya like intervenus,
Credit cards depleted,
Impedin' on what we could be and tellin' us what we should be,
Sellin' us animosity crossed with our curiosity,
Stop it,
It aint the way yo,
To mold minds like Play-Doh,
For hire over higher learnin' Plato's,
Instead yo the ratio,
To get (a)head is hedged on fellatio,
Uh,
I aint about it,
So I don't hang around it,
Gotta stay sharp and focus,
Like alarmin' a blowfish,
Or disarmin' a bomb-bardment of hardened emotion,
This is my heart in motion,
No pardon from me Im blunt,
Wether Im smokin' or bein' out spoken,
Im just hopin what I say one day will soak in!

Hook

(Nostic)
Cuz this is life my *nigguh*
And it could give a fuck what you like my *nigguh*
Leanin' on wrong more than right my *nigguh*
Buyin' up all of the hype my *nigguh*
Just fight my *nigguh*
(Phakt)
Cuz you gots to live,
No hand outs, you pay what it costs to live,
This is for you,
And you gots to live,
How I left the world, thats what I got to give,
This is for you!

Verse 2 (Phakt)

What you do is how you choose how you livin,
Through my moves hope my kids learn the difference,
Since God got removed from the schools,
What a fool gotta do to get schooled on religion,
When quota needs meetin,
And that legion need stitchin,
That's probably why the streets often preach no snitchin,
I drop gems, no charge, don't mention it,
Rich life tips my constitutes will hit'u wit,
We all work,
Make yours worth dividends,
The world means nothing if its not worth livin in,
Nobody taught me importance of education,
Power of legislation,
Life is not a vacation,
Survived crack, the 80's,
The nation with Ronald Reagon,
My favorite people go missin,
No victims of affidavit,
Wake up the world is my mission,
Is not to save it,
My nature is droppin knowledge cuz rockins my occupation!

Hook

(Nostic)
Cuz this is life my *nigguh*
And it could give a fuck what you like my *nigguh*
Leanin' on wrong more than right my *nigguh*
Buyin' up all of the hype my *nigguh*
Just fight my *nigguh*
(Phakt)
Cuz you gots to live,
No hand outs, you pay what it costs to live,
This is for you,
And you gots to live,
How I left the world, thats what I got to give,
This is for you!

Verse 3 (ThaCapitalE)

Look how we livin,
Money driven, selfish opinions,
Thru my vision I see religion can't cure addiction,
N they molly poppin, coke cuttin and big talkin,
Until they stuck and lost in,
A script of oxycontin,
My city got a problem,
But they don't wanna solve it,
Graduate to the streets,
Got no need for a college,
Get a zip and a scale,
Probably get it on front,
And in less than a month,
You cop whatever you want,
Some fly kicks, a few bottles and a side bitch,
But on a big scale, you realize, u ain't move shit,
And all the homies that you rolled with they jumped ship,
Change of character I guess they all shapeshift,
So take it or leave it,
Lifes a battle with demons,
Cheatin, schemin n thievin,
Without defining a reason,
The stress is increasin,
Cuz the income depleted,
Its just a everyday struggle nobody said it'd be easy..

Hook

(Nostic)
Cuz this is life my *nigguh*
And it could give a fuck what you like my *nigguh*
Leanin' on wrong more than right my *nigguh*
Buyin' up all of the hype my *nigguh*
Just fight my *nigguh*
(Phakt)
Cuz you gots to live,
No hand outs, you pay what it costs to live,
This is for you,
And you gots to live,
How I left the world, thats what I got to give,
This is for you!