(Royce talking)
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Come here Royce
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(Royce talking over chorus)
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Come over here, sit down, let me talk to you
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Right here, over here
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Sit on daddy's lap
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I want to tell you something
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(Chorus: Amerie) [Royce]
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Life is a moment in space
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When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
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[This is life]
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Life is a moment in space
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When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
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[Royce]
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Listen, yo
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Little Royce Nickel Nine, eyes wide with sight
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With a future as bright as the light in the eyes of Christ
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Ready to take on the world and whatever is in it
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Proof read, sign, and seal whatever you finish
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I can only lead you while you're on your quest for knowledge
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I'ma teach you to have sense and to respect the dollar
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Hope for the best, and you'll see, your world will be solid
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I'ma teach you the truth, even behind worldly logic
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This is life, cut and dry, days is bright, nights is dark
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Fights get sparked, it's almost like to get ahead
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You got to be twice as smart, the realities of life is harsh
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Just know that God's keeping you level
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He'll even speak through the ghetto to reach you
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Just to teach you that the streets is the devil
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Everybody's dishonest, different
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Which means that we're dying by livin'
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Oblivious to the time that we're given
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So you don't prepare for the death, you live for the life
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And live right like, do right by your kids and your wife
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Have fun as a child, yo them years is precious
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The future brings fear and stresses as the year progresses
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You're gonna turn a lot of them down, you're gonna feel rejection
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You're gonna tell a lot of lies and you're gonna hear confessions
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It's a two way street when you deal in his presence
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Only your life can show that everything is real in this message
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This is life
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(Chorus: Amerie) [Royce]
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Life is a moment in space
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When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
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[This is life]
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Life is a moment in space
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When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
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[Royce]
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Yo, the whole world is upon you, the pressure is on
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And you can probably sum your life up the best when you're gone
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Upon the creation of all men, destiny's born
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For us to reproduce, so you can keep the legacy goin'
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I know you think I'm Superman, but I got weaknesses too
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I keep a firm leash on things by believing in you
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And after I'm gone I live on breathing through you
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And anything I had in this life, I leave it to you
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Aim for the sky and fly till you come back down
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I had you the baton and you run, till you come back 'round
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Let your heart tell your temper, "Put that gun back down!"
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Dry your tears up and turn that frown upside-down
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It'd be plenty to cry for, think life, not death
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You got much more to live for than to die for
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But you got to stay humble
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Cause just as hard as your work to get it
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There's people working harder to take it from you
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Cause life, something that people take for granted
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As time passes, you're gonna want something back
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But you won't get it cause history is made every second
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So you crave every lesson and save every blessin'
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No matter how you view the world yo, you never will get it
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The world will be the world through the eyes of whoever is in it
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But things ain't gonna always go right
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Look at it like, yo this ain't your day, but this your life, and live
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Life
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(Chorus: Amerie) [Royce]
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Life is a moment in space
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When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
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[This is life]
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Life is a moment in space
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When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
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[Amerie]
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There will be trials and tribulations
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But don't let them, don't let them, don't let them bring you down
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I said you better keep going to your destination
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After your darkest hour the sun will come around
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(Royce talking)
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This is life
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Yo I don't care, I don't care if this song don't sell one copy
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That's not even what it's for
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It's for you, my boy
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This is life
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(Amerie singing in the background)
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You gotta keep going on, you gotta keep moving on
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Be strong, be strong, be strong
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Cause this is life
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Life (featuring Amerie)
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Royce Da 5'9'' |