It's all a lie everything I've been told 

It's a phony lullaby that your blindly sold 

Like a dog gone mad in this raging heat 

Like a gambler been had 

And shunned to the streets with nothin' to eat 

The damage is done so let's drink it up 

We got nothing to lose it's up to you 



C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 

C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 



I can't pay my bills and I can't pay the new tax 

I got obsolete skills so they gave me the axe 

So I kiss the world goodbye cause the times have changed 

It ain't the same no the future is slain and I ain't to blame 

The damage is done so let's drink it up 

We got nothing to lose its up to you 



C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 

C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 



C'mon you gotta get up you gotta get out 

You gotta give it all that you can 

You gotta turn it up and play it loud 

Cause that's what livin' is all about 

Get busy 



I'm gonna ride every wave and break every chain in my way 

Gonna live till I die drink and get high every day 



C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 

C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 

C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 

C'mon get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 

Get busy 

Are livin'? 

Get busy 

Get busy livin' yeah