I remember how it all began
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I used to sing dirty raps to my East Side fans
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Back then I knew ya couldn't stop this rap
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No M.C. could rock like that
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Then the new style came, the bass got deeper
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Ya gave up the mike and bought you a beeper
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Do ya wanna rap or sell coke?
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Brothers like you ain't never been broke
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People wanna say it's just my time
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Brothers like me had to work for mine
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Eight years on the mike and I'm not jokin'
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Sir Too Short comin' straight from Oakland
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California, home of the rock
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Eight woofers in the trunk, beatin' down the block
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Short dog, I'm that rappin' man
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I said it before and I 'll say it again
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Life is too short
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Too short
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Life is too short
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Life is to some people unbearable
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Committin' suicide and that's terrible
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Was it much too much or nothing' big?
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If ya live my life, you'd be fightin' to live
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Life is to me my main asset
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I be doin' all right and keep it just like that
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Chill out at the house and pump that bass
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I'm tryin' to get rich as I rock the place
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Everybody's got that same old dream
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To have big money and fancy things
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Drive a brand new Benz, keep your banck right here
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Never hear me stutter once because I talk real clear
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It's on you, homeboy, watcha gonna do?
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You can take my advice and start workin', fool
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Or you can close your ears and run your mouth
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And one day, homeboy, ya soon find out
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Life is too short
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Too short
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Life is too short
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Life is too short, would you agree?
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While I'm livin' my life, don't mess with me
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It's been a long time, baby, since I first got down
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But I still keep makin' these funky sounds
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Cause I don't stop rappin', that's my theme
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I make a lot of money, do you know what I mean?
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Like this, complicated ya must stay up
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Ya asked a simple question boy, don't say "What?"
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Ya only live once and ya callin' it hell
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Policeman tryin' to take ya to jail
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You could give a man time but you don't know
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I a matter of time, I'll be runnin' the show
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Now another young buck wants to be on top
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Makin' big money, slangin' hop
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The task force tryin' ta peel your cap
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Turn around, homeboy, ya better watch your back
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Life is too short
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Too short
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Life is too short
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You can take back all the things you give
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But ya can't take back the days you live
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Life is to some peole who've been on earth
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Livin' every single day for what it's worth
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I live my life just how I please
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Satisfy one person I know, that's me
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Work hard for the things I achieve in life
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And never rap fake when I'm on the mike
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Cause if a dream is all you got, homeboy
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Ya gotta turn that dream into the real McCoy
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Not time to waste, just get on that case
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Ya can't be down 'cause ya need to taste
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A good life livin' like a king on a throne
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Gettin' everything ya want and tryin' to have all your own
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So life
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Don't be stupid though
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Cause when ya waste it, you'll know
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Life Is
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Life Is
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All right, that's it
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Life Is... Too Short
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