My Life

At the age of fourteen, introduced to coupes

Learnin', how to seduce ****, takin' they loot

Quickly, got involved with this money lifestyle

The finer things, all kinda things

Power, money, cars and diamond rings

In ninth grade flaunting, the Gucci boots with the G's on it

A high price for this high price life

While I'm on tour, is my man cheatin' just for spite?

And if you only knew I hold my minks at nights with cheap

Or no other hands can hold me right

My girls ain't the same, guess it's 'cause the fame

Bitches smile in my face and throw dirt on my name

Mad 'cause I made it, now friends intimidated

Hate it that I'm in the same game as them

With more fame than them, they know who they are

This life is no joke, got us havin' to broke

You was my sister, we used to dream together

How we could make it real big, do our thing together

Thelma and Louise, together

Remember them days? Them **** we played?

Now we don't even speak, went our separate ways

Separate lives, lost friendships for pride

Playin' the game, about to forfeit

High price life, I can't afford it

My life, do you feel what I feel?

My life, a black girl's ordeal

My life, do you see what I see?

Have you been where I've been? Can you go where I go?

My life, do ya'll know what it feels like?

Do y'all know what it be like?

Do y'all see what I see?

Have you been where I've been? Can you go where I go?

Daddy's girl, in his wildest dreams

Said he think that lil' Ing will be the illest rap thing

Age four in my mother's shoes, swore I could sing

And even as a little girl I was doin' my thing

Uh, confused, I ain't asked to be born

**** so dumb, shoulda used a condom

Asked mommy every day, when daddy gon' come?

But he never showed up, I would pimp for them

Became demented then, men? Resented them

Just a scent of 'em made me hurl

'Specialy the baller ones tryin' to buy me the pearls

All I needed was love, all I wanted was love

Lack of love had me fallin' for thugs

The **** who ain't care, just like Daddy

If he ain't care, why should they?

For this high price life, it's the price I pay

My life, do ya feel what I feel?

My life, a black girl's ordeal

My life, do you see what I see?

Have you been where I've been? Can you go where I go?

My life, do ya'll know what it feel like?

Do y'all know what it be like?

Do y'all see what I see?

Have you been where I've been? Can you go where I go?

All my girls 'cross the world that feel what I feel

Hearts bruised, then been way I been, keep it movin'

Let him do his thing, I'm the one he's lovin'

I'm here to show ya'll havin' a kid ain't mean nothin'

That ain't keepin' him, 'specialy if he in love with another chick

Then you stuck with the baby mother shit

Don't be lovin' **** more than yourself

Let 'em roam, a dog always finds his way home

Shit, y'all don't wanna take my place

Catchin' cases, spittin' in faces I never seen

Falsely accused, while some say it's rude

But if I was dude, they'd all be amused

But I'm a woman, so I'm a bitch, simple as that

Double standards, call him a Mack, call me a hoe

Say I'm in it for the dough, but tell me

What the fuck is he in it for? Whoa

Wanted it all, now it's all mine

Loneliness, sorrow, confusion and pain

Nightmares, headlines, rapper found slain

If it wasn't for moms I'd drown in this pain

Now y'all see what it's like, y'all don't wanna be me

'Cause it ain't always what it seem on TV

Shit, but this is my nine to five y'all

Sometimes I wanna slit my wrist and end my life y'all

My life, do ya feel what I feel?

My life, a black girl's ordeal

My life, do you see what I see?

Have you been where I've been? Can you go where I go?

My life, do ya'll know what it feel like?

Do y'all know what it be like?

Do y'all see what I see?

Have you been where I've been? Can you go where I go?