The Life I Live-Pete Rock

[00:02.60]uh, check it [00:06.11]ini in the house, y'all [00:08.62]soul brother number one [00:12.38]the life i live [00:14.64]rob-o, ras, grap luva, and marco polo [00:18.91]yeah, hit 'em off the verse, one time [00:22.67]verse 1: grap luva (rob-o) [00:22.92]yo, my display of attributes in a tight situation [00:26.20]is like squeezing grapes for the drunken sensation [00:28.95](but these grapes got the taste of wrath) [00:30.71]on behalf of my staff i blaze a trail and set a path of forward motion [00:34.22]cause a commotion and diminish competition [00:36.98]school the shorties cause the "i" be on a mission, steady dismissing [00:40.24]nonsense and weak foes who kick f**kery flows and stay afloat in the water [00:44.50]i simply oughta seize your whole manslaughter attitude [00:47.52]cause niggas like you ain't really rude [00:49.43]i'm never pulling punches, delivery is revelation [00:52.43]hear the i out, find out what you're facing [00:55.20]never displacing is the way brothers be living [00:57.45]but what's the true elements of what i'm giving? [01:00.22]delivering the full coverage of how i'm living in the years of the nine [01:03.97]my style and my life is defined [01:05.78]scratched hook [01:09.30]damn right i like the life i live [01:25.18]verse 2: ras g [01:25.42]the very first african man born into a system that's torn into pieces [01:29.68]not running through the feces but every day i feel that the love keeps decreasing [01:33.70]so i bring the love vibe to make it all coincide [01:36.71]i love his imperial majesty and it's a tragedy [01:39.97]i've seen your whole strategy is weaker [01:41.98]your style's been blown like the speaker [01:43.99]while i'm an old school new school rhyme fool with no tool [01:47.26]packing the mic and keeping my cool like the water in the pool, quite refreshing [01:51.78]won't settle for less in this rap game, i'm far from lame [01:55.04]while others fiend for fame i remain the same [01:57.56]staying laced for the future that's faced my lord [01:59.84]we're ini, all together on one accord [02:02.59]yo, the clique that manifests with much rapport [02:05.10]with much love to give within the life i live [02:07.38]scratched hook [02:09.89]damn right i like the life i live [02:27.94]verse 3: rob-o [02:28.69]birth time, see my first rhyme in 2-0-7 [02:31.46]1-9-7-1, september 11th [02:34.23]to the twelfth is when he blessed my peoples with wealth [02:36.48]first born son arrived chilling in good health [02:38.99]couldn't imagine the praise when i came out the poon-poon [02:42.25]my mama's womb was a nigga's only room [02:44.50]now i got the whole world to express myself [02:46.84]stretch myself, relax and plus rest myself [02:49.34]with impossible props to pull [02:51.63]check it, steadily avoid all the obstacles [02:53.89]and negativity, y'all faggots stressin' me [02:56.15]take advantage to get the best of me [02:57.66]sweating in hopes of getting next to me [02:59.67]it won't happen, see i came to rock the spots [03:02.43]serving the facts i got, on these urban black blocks of america [03:06.21]from four square miles new york is scarier [03:08.21]with strength dominates the inferior [03:10.47]and i'm out [03:12.03]hook(until fade out) [03:14.29]damn right i like the life i live