I ain't chose this life, I think it chose me
I was down so bad and it was lonely
Couldn't even make it to the nosebleeds
Now I'm sitting court side and everybody knows me
And it's a good feeling
When the city knows your name
Oh, it's a good feeling
Knowing just how far we came
I ain't chose the life the life chose me
I was down on my back and it was lonely
What's gone be for me gone be for me
Couple nights, I just want you to hold me
And even when I'm standing in the rain
The sun gone shine my way
Look how far a nigga came
When I die they'll know my name
I come from a different type of cloth
I grew up in the trenches with my brothers, it was war
Boiling water to take showers, man, you know that shit was wack
And now I got multiple women washing down my back
You seen the things I seen, you wouldn't even wanna go back
And crazy how I left that fight without getting a scratch
I look up to the sky and ask the Lord to save me
Seen a woman give birth in the store, Lord bless the baby
You know she cheating on you if she ride it lazy
I guess my girl in love with me, she ride it crazy
Forgive me for the things that I did in my past life
Doing better for my people, gone always feel right
Ray Charles to the bullshit, they not in my sight
They did some foul shit to me, and made it seem slight
I brush it off, then I keep making my way to the light
I told myself that I know I was gonna be alright
I always seem fine, people say they gone be there for me, don't feel right
I washed the perk down with some water, hope I revive
Said she hate me well baby girl, look in my eyes
I said that she be shining like the moonlight
And the mood's right
Hop inside the whip and let's go take a ride
Let's go take a ride
They gone wanna see you fall, so you just gotta brush it off
I call my brother every day just to let it off
That nine to five ain't working, had to find another way
She just came from the salon, told her that she slay
I miss the island sometimes, I gotta stay away
Is the life that I chose that made me this way
Call me and tell me you miss me
I need that feeling knowing somebody gone be for me
I ain't choose this life, I think it chose me
I was down so bad and it was lonely
Couldn't even make it to the nosebleeds
Now I'm sitting court side and everybody knows me
And it's a good feeling when the city knows your name
Oh, it's a good feeling knowing just how far we came
I ain't choose the life, the life chose me
I was down on my back and it was lonely
What's gone be for me gone be for me
Couple nights, I just wanted you to hold me
And even when I'm standing in the rain
The sun gone shine my way
Look how far a nigga came
When I die They'll know my name