Live Your Life - T.I./Rihanna.mp3

[00:03.66]Hey, this a special what's happenin' to all my
[00:09.07]All my soldiers over there in Iraq
[00:12.70]Everybody right here, what you need to do
[00:16.69]Be thankful for the life you got,
[00:17.73]You know what I'm sayin'?
[00:18.46]
[00:19.92]Stop lookin' at what you ain't got
[00:21.01]Start bein' thankful for what you do got
[00:23.03]Let's give it to 'em baby girl, hey
[00:24.61]You're gonna be a shinin' star
[00:27.44]In fancy clothes and fancy cars
[00:30.45]And then you'll see you're gonna go far
[00:33.36]'Cause everyone knows just who you are
[00:36.43]So live your life, hey
[00:38.06]
[00:40.75]You steady chasin' that paper
[00:42.53]Just live your life, oh
[00:46.53]Ain't got no time for no haters
[00:48.43]Just live your life, hey
[00:49.75]
[00:52.58]No tellin' where it'll take ya
[00:54.56]Just live your life, oh
[00:56.85](Joss, we did it again homie)
[00:57.90]
[00:58.86]'Cause I'm a paper chaser
[01:00.13]Just livin' my life
[01:01.48](Hey)
[01:02.38]My life
[01:03.20](Oh)
[01:03.71]My life
[01:04.56](Hey)
[01:05.19]My life
[01:06.05](Oh)
[01:06.68]Just livin' my life
[01:07.56](Hey)
[01:08.20]My life
[01:09.03](Oh)
[01:09.67]My life
[01:10.46](Hey)
[01:11.20]My life
[01:11.99](Oh)
[01:12.48]Just livin' my life
[01:13.59]Hey, never mind what haters say
[01:14.74]Ignore 'em 'til they fade away
[01:16.23]Amazin' they ungrateful
[01:17.37]After all the game I gave away
[01:19.21]Safe to say I paved the way
[01:20.78]For you cats to get paid today
[01:22.32]You still be wastin' days away
[01:23.73]Now had I never saved the day
[01:25.15]Consider them my protg
[01:26.31]Homage I think they should pay
[01:28.22]Instead of bein' gracious
[01:29.39]They violate in a major way
[01:31.23]I never been a hater
[01:32.42]Still I love 'em in a crazy way
[01:34.18]Some say they sold the yay'
[01:35.58]And know they couldn't get work on Labor Day
[01:37.22]It ain't that black and white
[01:38.42]It has an area the shade of gray
[01:40.20]I'm Westside anyway
[01:41.31]Even if I left today and stayed away
[01:43.10]Some move away to make a way
[01:44.67]Not move away 'cause they afraid
[01:46.27]I brought back to the hood
[01:47.65]And all you ever did was take away
[01:49.36]I pray for patience but they
[01:50.72]Make me wanna melt they face away
[01:52.00]Like I once made 'em spray
[01:53.52]Now I could make 'em put the K's away
[01:55.32]Been thuggin' all my life
[01:56.41]Can't say I don't deserve to take a break
[01:58.22]You'd rather see me catch a case
[01:59.65]And watch my future fade away
[02:01.13]You're gonna be a shinin' star
[02:03.36]In fancy clothes and fancy cars
[02:06.39]And then you'll see you're gonna go far
[02:09.31]'Cause everyone knows just who you are
[02:12.43]So live your life, hey
[02:13.99]
[02:16.72]You steady chasin' that paper
[02:18.53]Just live your life, oh
[02:22.47]Ain't got no time for no haters
[02:24.08]Just live your life, hey
[02:28.66]No tellin' where it'll take ya
[02:30.48]Just live your life, oh
[02:34.70]'Cause I'm a paper chaser
[02:36.28]Just livin' my life
[02:37.45](Hey)
[02:38.29]My life
[02:39.10](Oh)
[02:39.71]My life
[02:40.48](Hey)
[02:41.18]My life
[02:41.94](Oh)
[02:42.73]Just livin' my life
[02:43.62](Hey)
[02:44.27]My life
[02:45.10](Oh)
[02:45.68]My life
[02:46.45](Hey)
[02:47.09]My life
[02:47.92](Oh)
[02:48.64]Just livin' my life
[02:49.49]I'm the opposite of moderate
[02:50.79]Immaculately polished
[02:52.23]With the spirit of a hustler
[02:53.68]And the swagger of a college kid
[02:55.17]Allergic to the counterfeit
[02:56.08]
[02:56.65]Impartial to the politics
[02:58.23]Articulate, but still will
[02:59.53]Grab a ni**a by the collar quick
[03:01.32]Whoever havin' problems with
[03:02.64]Their record sales just holla Tip
[03:04.26]If that don't work and all else fails
[03:06.06]Then turn around and follow Tip
[03:07.24]I got love for the game
[03:08.49]But hey, I'm not in love with all of it
[03:10.35]Could do without the fame
[03:11.50]And rappers nowadays are comedy
[03:12.83]The hootin' and the hollerin'
[03:14.48]Back and forth with the arguin'
[03:16.05]Where you from? Who you know?
[03:17.34]What you make? And what kind of car you in?
[03:19.26]Seems as though you lost sight
[03:20.38]Of what's important when depositin'
[03:21.40]
[03:22.02]Them checks into your bank account
[03:23.63]And you up out of poverty
[03:25.20]Your values is a disarray, prioritizin' horribly
[03:28.27]Unhappy with the riches 'cause you're piss poor morally
[03:31.12]Ignorin' all prior advice and forewarnin'
[03:34.11]And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden,
[03:36.49]Aren't we?
[03:37.13]You're gonna be a shinin' star
[03:39.39]In fancy clothes and fancy cars
[03:42.44]And then you'll see you're gonna go far
[03:45.42]'Cause everyone knows just who you are
[03:48.49]So live your life, hey
[03:50.45]
[03:52.72]You steady chasin' that paper
[03:54.51]Just live your life, oh
[03:58.53]Ain't got no time for no haters
[04:00.46]Just live your life, hey
[04:04.47]No tellin' where it'll take ya
[04:06.49]Just live your life, oh
[04:10.62]'Cause I'm a paper chaser
[04:12.55]Just livin' my life
[04:13.50](Hey)
[04:14.30]My life
[04:15.03](Oh)
[04:15.64]My life
[04:16.36](Hey)
[04:17.20]My life
[04:17.99](Oh)
[04:18.75]Just livin' my life
[04:19.57](Hey)
[04:20.26]My life
[04:21.13](Oh)
[04:21.74]My life
[04:22.52](Hey)
[04:23.21]My life
[04:23.95](Oh)
[04:24.44]Got everybody watchin' what I do,
[04:26.78]Come walk in my shoes
[04:27.88]And see the way I'm livin' if you really want to
[04:30.97]Got my mind on my money
[04:32.34]And I'm not goin' away
[04:36.31]So keep on gettin' your paper and keep on climbin'
[04:39.33]Look in the mirror and keep on shinin'
[04:42.34]'Til the game ends, 'til the clock stop
[04:45.75]We gonna post up on the top spot
[04:48.39]Livin' the life, the life
[04:50.53]
[04:52.56]In the Windmill City,
[04:53.81]Got my whole team with me
[04:55.12]The life, my life
[04:57.93]I do it how I wanna do
[05:00.27]I'm livin' my life, my life
[05:03.79]I will never lose
[05:06.12]I'm livin' my life, my life
[05:09.85]And I'll never stop it
[05:12.97]
[05:36.34]So live your life