(feat. Kam, Talib Kweli)



Come on, it's like da-da-da

Come on, it's like da-da-da

Come on, it's like da-da-da, yeah



[Mystic]

This is for beautiful days manifested on the block

Where the cops sit and watch with they hands on the glock

This is for solemn prayers, that uplift the soul

And protect all people from the blisterin cold

This is for soldiers and survivors, hustlers and the 9-to-5ers

Those who know the sting of being raised without a father

For those who know the beauty, that grows from pain

Who knows the burn of hot tea is a cleansin thang

This is for those who feed they baby with a welfare check

But know the ASCAP is no help, don't mean to go and respect

This is for yo' life and mine - reminders, we shine

Supplement the nurishment to help you ease ya mind

Cuz the life is trife, the life could might

Break you down before you see the light

So suckle with the soul, you were born to see tomorrow

If you breakin from the way here's a peice that you can borrow

From now until the end we're soul controllers of our life

For all my people everywhere just know I love you right...



[Chorus]

It's the life, the life, the life, the life

The life, the life, the life, the life, yo' life

My life - our life - it's just the life



[Kam]

A waste speakin to my pain, stress, and strife, nigga save ya breath

Cuz out here, the way of life is the way of death

Left without the Knowledge of Self, we can't escape from walkin dead

(Hello?) So all we know is yellow tape, chalk, and lead

And talkin heads, so busy stalkin bread we can't see

The wool over our eyes and realize we ain't free

My people is destroyed for the lack of knowledge

But not the kind you find at public school or some cracker college

Let's turn back the mileage (Reveal this mystery)

Of how we been deprived by his-story of our glorious history

That's why my sisters be hoein and my brothers be killin

Not knowin where they from or goin, just rollin with no feelin

Gang bangin, stealin, doin dope, and dealin

So we gon' getchu open singing, bringin hope and healin

Now all these negative things, we gotta rise above

This is The Life, otherwise known as The Love



[Chorus]

It's the life, the life, the life, the life

The life, the life, the life, the life, yo' life

My life - our life - it's just the life

The life, the life, the life, the life

The life, the life, the life, the life, my life

Yo' life - our life - it's just the life



[Talib Kweli]

You could lose ya life cuz you started out winnin (Uhh)

Swimmin with a million sperm in the human race

where the end is the beginnin (Uhh)

Religion'll have you believin you born into sinnin

But if you know God like you know yo'self, who is they kiddin? (Word)

Throwin salt in the game of life, you name ya price

From the time ya head soft to the brain, till you walk with a cane

My advice is to know ya worth, everyday go to work

Hold up ya people till ya shoulders hurt,

or they put you in the dirt, word

Rollin earth goin through Heaven and Hell

Livin for the brother not fel' and the others livin dead in the cell

For the love, the Bloods, the Crips, who yell and cuss

Shit is buff, take a club to the thugs who sellin drugs

Suckin life out the ghetto the night is run by the metal

The sun settle and get black, like when the pot caught the kettle

And the freaks come out on the corners, play ya position

From the kitchen to the pimpin we on a mission steady livin

It's life



[Chorus]

It's the life, the life, the life, the life

The life, the life, the life, the life, yo' life

My life - our life - it's just the life

The life, the life, the life, the life

The life, the life, the life, the life, my life

Yo' life - our life - it's just the life



[scratching samples]

"Folks is askin is my life complicated..."

"Folks is askin is my life complicated..."

"..my life..m-m-my life...m-m-m-m-m-my life life..."

"..my life..m-m-my life...m-m-m-m-m-my life life..."

"..life..l-l-l-l-life..l-l-l-life..."

"..life..l-l-l-l-life..l-l-l-life..."

"..complicated..com-com-com-com..complicated..."

"..complicated..com-com-com-com..complicated..."