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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ja Rule
Performer
Ashanti
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeffrey Atkins
Composer
Bruce Washington
Composer
Tiheem Crocker
Composer
James Floyd
Composer
Kendred Smith
Composer
Irving Lorenzo
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jimi Kendrix
Producer
Irv Gotti
Producer
Milwaukee Buck
Recording Engineer
Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert
Assistant Recording Engineer
Chairman Of The Board Duro
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yeah, my ****, Rule, Hussein fatal
The outlaw don in the piece, motherfucker
I wanna welcome y'all **** back to the streets
It's aight
You was confused for a minute, but here we are
My ****, Cad in this motherfucker
I got my ****, man, them bricks, finish, bitch
Ride out, ****
Uh, yeah
[Verse 2]
The life, the life
The life, the life
The life, the life
[Verse 3]
Yo, what up world? It's Rule, public enemy number one
It's cool, my new best friend is my pistol
And anybody that want it or got jewels, run it
The end over your head, don't make me gun butt it
Do you like Manolo, put two in your stomach
And flash the burner on bitches like stacks of hunnids
I'm living my life, my life, what gets better than ice in Hell
When you cooking up coke to sell
It be the little statistics, some pictures, some prints
Some informants to get the operation pitched
We enormous, some would say the Inc is murderous
You don't want us to strap up and bang the strip
But if need be, we'll bang out like Bloods and Crips
Styrofoam the nozzles and extend the clips
Murder meets gangster shit
And all my **** that live it from hood to hood bang to this, ****
[Verse 4]
The life, the life
Whether you're Blood or 'cause we all gangster
The life, the life
Whether it's dope or coke, we all slang drugs
[Verse 5]
I'm the street's poster child, I'm supposed to wow
With the toast, I'm foul, my Murder Inc, mob money, Oprah style
For me, it's back to the block, that get that green
Known to put a hole through a ****'s shoulder soon as the beam glow
Probably graze you in the face, give me a break
I'm a rapper out here to stay, don't make me do what I say
Just let me say what I do
'Cause I'ma put it in a rhyme every time I'm 'bout to spray up your crew
And I ain't licking off shots to warn 'em
Pistol pop swift to the dome on the real G-Unit, ****, glock and all
And so believe I'm not the one when it get stupid in the booth
I told y'all with Rule, it was a gun in this bitch
Now I expose how scary you **** is
And when you want the biz
My brick city outlaws'll bury you, ****
I'm so cool, when I ain't doing my numbers
[Verse 6]
Okay, motherfucker, when the bounce came, lead the way
And shells get to dropping, you better duck
And get up popping, don't get left with the cops
Gangster, yeah, put that work in
Put a ****' dick in the dirt, lace shots to the face
Hoping it shut case, John Doe, unidentified
I always hit 'em high when I dump and let it fly
Now once with four-five, ****, I had a picture on top of the coffin
Murder Inc. bosses
[Verse 7]
The life, the life
Whether you're Blood or 'cause we all gangster
The life, the life
Whether it's dope or coke, we all slang drugs
The life, the life
Whether you're hoeing or stuck up, we're still gon' fuck
The life, the life
**** don't want it with us 'cause it's murder
[Verse 8]
Okay, you hard as fuck
But when the slug hit, you dead if your name ain't armored truck
Murder Inc., Outlawz and the Floyd's is here
Bang bang, shoot 'em up, cowboys is near
Stampeding, anything in our way, we'll attract war
If you smart, you'll slide over like handicap doors
I ain't a killer, I just spark a lot
So when I squeeze, I'm turning your whole block to a parking lot
Understand I'm the grimy Floy
Wanna trip to death, then try me for it
Crazy since '94
That's why cats don't hang around me like Chinese stores
One step ahead of you, get more guys
You strapped with four fours, we pack four fives
Fuck talk and get the chalk out
You'll be lucky if you able to crawl or walk out
[Verse 9]
I live the pop life
So when I pop up in your life, finna pop twice
Get down, I spits more than rounds
And **** bleed heavier than hoes on they period
This sound got em' moving faster than furious
But, nah, I ain't Ludacris
I'm here to let y'all **** know I ain't new to this
Gun butt your bitch
That's the way I get down, believe my style is murder
Clap a ****, dipped and hide the burner
The rule to learn you're bomb, you're like embalming fluid
Until your limbs feel a loss of movement
In the hospital, in critical living
That's minimal, who done it? It's murder
Yeah, that's subliminal
Who gets down and bangs with nothing but criminals?
Rule, ****, you know it, these other cats is pitiful
Being a rap god is spiritual
Your God is Ja Rule, ****, let's not get it confused
[Verse 10]
The life, the life
Whether you're Blood or 'cause we all gangster
The life, the life
Whether it's dope or coke, we all slang drugs
The life, the life
Whether you're hoeing or stuck up, we're still gon' fuck
The life, the life
**** don't want it with us 'cause it's murder
[Verse 11]
The life, the life
Written by: Bruce Washington, Irving Lorenzo, James Floyd, Jeffrey Atkins, Kendred Smith, Tiheem Crocker