Music Video
Project Pat - Life We Live (Official Audio) ft. Namond Lumpkin, Edgar Fletcher
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Project Pat
Vocals
Namond Lumpkin
Vocals
Edgar Fletcher
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Narada Michael Walden
Songwriter
Curtis Mayfield
Songwriter
Erik Hicks
Songwriter
Jordan Houston
Songwriter
Patrick Houston
Songwriter
Paul Beauregard
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Paul
Producer
Juicy J
Producer
Larry Nix
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was broke, pocket full of lint, now I'm on the bricks
Getting paid like no other, dog, now I'm stackin' chips
On the road like a trucker, man, had to take some trips
Doing shows for my brothers but strapped with extra clips
Just in case any sucker would wanna run his lips
A female, I don't trust her, 'cause women like to trip
I stay all by my Ghetty Green, hell, with some time
Did some crimes that was petty, seems still gettin' mine
All this hatred I'm hearing though, you, I ain't fearin'
Better try to be growing old, man, with your children
Escalade, what a **** steering, last days nearing
Tryna get it right with God, only one who I'm fearing
Hopin' I'ma make it, keep it real, never do I fake at chances
For a **** to get paid, so I take it, living like a player should
Wishin' that you could, knowin' it's all to the good
Still down with the hood
[Chorus]
This life we live is (Life as we live it)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
This life we live is (Life as we live it)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
[Verse 2]
Last year my cousin took a fall, a sad song
Seem like we was just on the phone, now he gone
People used to try to judge him, say he was wrong
But you can't try to judge a man, you do, you're wrong
Smokin' out on a daily base, I'm in the clouds
Drinkin' liquor, fallin' on my face, wondering how
I survived all this foolishness off in the street
Ridin' dirty, I ain't new to this, I'm packin' heat
But the street's very hazardous to ****' health
Watch your step, you ain't Lazarus, you'll meet your death
I'm the man from the north, north side of the town
What the real do, support me and keep 'em found
Stayin' down, got your gold grills, dro in the air
Barbecue on the grill, somethin' cool for a player
When I ride through the streets, hoes are plentiful
'Cause the life that we live so beautiful
[Chorus]
This life we live is (Life as we live it)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
This life we live is (Life as we live it)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
[Verse 3]
Gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad
Love what you got and remember what you had
Messin' with the ones who helped me in the times
When I was flat broke, didn't even have a dime
My family, they was there, my ****, they was there
The rest of y'all left me for dead, didn't care
I used to have dreams, livin' large in this thang
And by the grace of God, I'm still alive in this thang
I strive in this game to get all that I can
Never said I'm the man, respect me as a man
To you ones think I owe you somethin', now that's a joke
Think you bad? Come and get you somethin', hollows to throw
Either trill, either fake, you can love, you can hate
Either go and get your own, or you can sit and wait
On the next man to come up, you can peep this
You can't do what I do, handle your business
[Chorus]
This life we live is (Life as we live it)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
This life we live is (Life as we live it)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)
Written by: Curtis Mayfield, Erik Hicks, Jordan Houston, Narada Michael Walden, P. Beauregard
