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Life's to short

  1. Verse 1]
  2. I remember how it all began
  3. I used to sing dirty raps to my East Side fans
  4. Back then I knew ya couldn't stop this rap
  5. No M.C. could rock like that
  6. Then the new style came, the bass got deeper
  7. Ya gave up the mic and bought you a beeper
  8. Do ya wanna rap or sell coke?
  9. Brothers like you ain't never been broke
  10. People wanna say it's just my time
  11. Brothers like me had to work for mine
  12. Eight years on the mic and I'm not jokin'
  13. Sir Too Short comin' straight from Oakland
  14. California, home of the rock
  15. Eight woofers in the trunk, beatin' down the block
  16. Short dog, I'm that rappin' man
  17. I said it before and I 'll say it again
  18.  
  19. [Hook]
  20. Life is too short
  21. Too short
  22. Life is too short
  23.  
  24. [Verse 2]
  25. Life is to some people unbearable
  26. Committing suicide and that's terrible
  27. Was it much too much or nothing' big?
  28. If ya live my life, you'd be fightin' to live
  29. Life is to me my main asset
  30. I be doin' all right and keep it just like that
  31. Chill out at the house and pump that bass
  32. I'm tryin' to get rich as I rock the place
  33. Everybody's got that same old dream
  34. To have big money and fancy things
  35. Drive a brand new Benz, keep your bank right here
  36. Never hear me stutter once because I talk real clear
  37. It's on you, homeboy, watcha gonna do?
  38. You can take my advice and start workin', fool
  39. Or you can close your ears and run your mouth
  40. And one day, homeboy, ya soon find out
  41.  
  42. [Hook]
  43.  
  44. [Verse 3]
  45. Life is too short, would you agree?
  46. While I'm living my life, don't mess with me
  47. It's been a long time, baby, since I first got down
  48. But I still keep makin' these funky sounds
  49. Cause I don't stop rappin', that's my theme
  50. I make a lot of money, do you know what I mean?
  51. Like this, complicated ya must stay up
  52. Ya asked a simple question boy, don't say "What?"
  53. Ya only live once and ya callin' it hell
  54. Policeman tryin' to take ya to jail
  55. You could give a man time but you don't know
  56. I a matter of time, I'll be runnin' the show
  57. Now another young buck wants to be on top
  58. Makin' big money, slangin' hop
  59. The task force tryin' ta peel your cap
  60. Turn around, homeboy, ya better watch your back
  61.  
  62. [Hook]
  63.  
  64. You can take back all the things you give
  65. But ya can't take back the days you live
  66. Life is to some peole who've been on earth
  67. Livin' every single day for what it's worth
  68. I live my life just how I please
  69. Satisfy one person I know, that's me
  70. Work hard for the things I achieve in life
  71. And never rap fake when I'm on the mike
  72. Cause if a dream is all you got, homeboy
  73. Ya gotta turn that dream into the real McCoy
  74. Not time to waste, just get on that case
  75. Ya can't be down cause ya need to taste
  76. A good life livin' like a king on a throne
  77. Getting everything ya want and trying to have all your own
  78. It's your life
  79. Don't be stupid though
  80. Cause when you waste it
  81. You know
  82. Description 1 Contributor ?
  83. First single to receive mainstream radio airplay by Too Short, released in 1989, on the LP of the same name Life Is… Too Short.
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