[00:00.03]God help the hungry children
[00:03.91]Help the homeless children
[00:07.09]Help them to survive the world they can't understand
[00:11.59]Yeah, sip of this ma'******' drink
[00:14.13]God help the child who's needy
[00:16.29]Who needs love not pity
[00:17.87]Lean back, volatile
[00:20.30]Help them to survive this cold and bitter land
[00:23.50]Yeah
[00:24.44]Yeah, hey...
[00:25.89]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[00:28.86]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[00:31.99]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[00:34.72]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[00:38.13]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[00:41.12]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[00:43.85]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[00:46.77]Yeah, yeah
[00:50.25]This is The Ville, home of the fast-lifers
[00:52.54]Where we get high and don't come down, we gas prices
[00:55.85]Man, I wonder how hard to live my past life was
[00:58.86]'Cause this one hard, I could show you my scars, I ain't cryin' though
[01:02.43]Ayy, save that pity for the next man
[01:04.64]Or that girl getting beatdown by her ex-man
[01:07.63]Ayy, hold your head, mama, I know you wish that ***** dead, mama
[01:11.52]If I can find a way to kill him, I won't have nar' drama
[01:14.62]Damn mama, tell me who you love
[01:17.21]This one is for the boy that see his mama on drugs
[01:20.23]I feel your pain, boy, and just know I been through the same, boy
[01:23.61]That lady need you more than ever, don't be ashamed, boy
[01:26.63]'Cause when it rained, boy, that was your umbrella
[01:29.92]The one that changed your pissy sheets when you was a young fella
[01:32.72]And now she in the bedroom on her knees
[01:35.31]Staring at the sky, screaming "Lord, please!" Tell me now:
[01:38.95]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[01:41.52]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[01:44.48]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[01:47.68]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[01:50.93]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[01:53.94]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[01:56.77]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[01:59.76]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[02:02.85]It's like...
[02:03.34]Soon as you cling on my mind's sayin' "be gone"
[02:06.17]I leave 'em with wrinkled foreheads, they now Klingons
[02:09.02]Confused, 'cause friendship's abused and I'm sorry for it
[02:12.55]My life performance been trifling, sometimes I fight my conscience
[02:15.31]Was never given spades, but I always had the heart
[02:18.42]Always misplayin' the hand that was dealt the joker cards
[02:21.39]Is what I was feelin' like, lonely, low energy
[02:24.42]Fallin' slow, clinically, ballin'? No, but we finna be
[02:27.18]Don't pity me ever, even when them haters answerin'
[02:30.40]Mind state of the victor, no victim, I'm just a champion
[02:33.51]Money comin' slow, God, intervene
[02:35.68]Spirit's never broken, I'm just focused, don't pity me, no no no
[02:39.67]You see this pain put a strain on my whole life
[02:42.56]I seen the rain, seen my dreams turn to long nights
[02:45.62]But all I ask is don't pity me, no, no
[02:48.47]Don't pity me, no, no, don't pity me, no, no
[02:51.83]No
[02:52.63]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[02:54.44]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[02:57.51]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[03:00.59]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[03:03.93]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[03:06.97]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[03:09.84]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[03:12.74]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[03:16.13]Hey, I can't cry about it
[03:19.10]Nuh, gotta be strong, can't cry about it
[03:22.02]Hey, uh
[03:23.64]Yeah
[03:24.70]And I
[03:26.75]Freestyle life, can barely write the rent
[03:29.74]Yearly income can barely keep this music life in check
[03:32.82]Call up mama, "Hate to borrow money with Christmas near
[03:36.00]Hey, you know what, how 'bout we make each other gifts this year?"
[03:38.68]Friends are calling me up, asking me if I'm signed yet
[03:41.79]Who I'm working with? Am I making dollar signs yet?
[03:44.78]Disappointment within their voices - do they pity me?
[03:48.17]Disbelief - I'ma stay driven like them city streets
[03:51.07]But ah, it seems like every day is rainy weather
[03:54.08]Can barely fit my pain and pride beneath the same umbrella
[03:57.17]But he don't care, he don't care, it's hard to keep em dry
[04:00.12]No more caterpillar, now you see him change: peeping Tom
[04:03.18]Yeah, this life will flash before your eyes
[04:05.64]So get your match before your fire turns to ash, no more drive
[04:08.83]No more gas, before you cry, get your last, before you die
[04:11.89]Live your past with no regrets, broken necks, no looking back, man
[04:15.42]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[04:18.32]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[04:21.01]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[04:24.06]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[04:27.36]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[04:30.47]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[04:33.15]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[04:36.24]Yeah
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