作曲 : Franks, T Pain
cheaaa yeahh yeahhi made it up out of the hood my godthanks to his committee jive in the buildingit still makin niggas sit back and think wonder tho
Verse OneBut first of all i thanks god for a better daygetting money no drugs found a better way
No more shootin and fighting. posed in alley ways
Running from cops throwing rocks in gang ways
Remember getting monkey wrenches and turning
Hyrdens on anytime of the day killers turn into fire zones
Couldnt make it thru the hood wit out it going downjumpin niggas punkin niggas thrown roundsi sit and wonder if i was still there what would i beif i was still watchin da loot news what would i seeanother hom-sucide another roberybut 
Huey made 
It out now aint no stopin me
I kno theres niggas hatin on me it aint nothing newi let my big ass rims giving something to dothird eye watching my back cuz niggas poppin it
It feels good to be alive but still it got me..
ChorusSitting on my cadilac wishing everything was still good at home
Even tho i kno its not otherwise i wouldnt be gone
I can admit that im glad that i got away from the sad thingseverything that can make a nigga mad mane
I gotta say man it feel good to be alive
Verse TwoLook not only it feel good to be alive but it feel good to have
Ya homies on ya side and they aint mad cuz they see they
Nigga on the rise and they tell me 
Huey do what you gotta
I gotta shine and they kno i wanna see them out of trouble
They like you out da hood but nigga look we got the bubbleotherwise hustle to get what a nigga need and most of emgrown and gotta take care of da seed so they out there onthey grind with coke or weed and continue to be raps c a and bthats why i got them cuz they always had me and if we had beeferrybody had heat back in da days errybody had to eat if you wearinda ??? then errybody had to creep to be supportified im like gonnamake your profit
It feels good to be alive but still it got me..
ChorusSitting on my cadilac wishing everything was still good at home
Even tho i kno its not otherwise i wouldnt be gone
I can admit that im glad that i got away from the sad thingseverything that can make a nigga mad mane
I gotta say man it feel good to be alive
Verse Three
As far as family errybody gonna thru oldest brother locked up
So is mine and ???? but we a choosen generation we gonnamake it thru its ****ed up that my cousin had to make thenews shot five time now he in a better place and all of yacousins wishing for a better day im doing good for the b rayswit out a problem
It feels good to be alive but still it got me..
ChorusSitting on my cadilac wishing everything was still good at home
Even tho i kno its not otherwise i wouldnt be gone
I can admit that im glad that i got away from the sad thingseverything that can make a nigga mad mane
I gotta say man it feel good to be alive