Hey baby   This is my life, yeah      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life      January 3, 1986, busting out for the fix   Took my first steps   No clue at how physical life gets   'Round uptown Calio projects      Whole life stopped when my daddy got popped   One head shot, he was dead on the spot   Now I?m running around with my stomach in knots   Knowing memories is all I got      Ohh, nobody knows about the struggling I been through   That?s why I hustle like I do   I gotta provide for my people   Yeah      And nigga, I done worked too hard   I done came too far to lose   Can?t stay still, gotta stay on the move   Leave every day with a point to prove      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life      Mama jumped ship   Hoping shit gone change   Now I?m a-town bound nigga down for the grain   I?m feeling like I?m loosing my sane      'Cause niggas 'round me been using cocaine   Now my dreams of fortune and fame won?t be slain   Just gotta except that I?m on the road that was chose from above   Nigga, love is pain      Ohh, nobody knows about the struggling I been through   That?s why I hustle like I do   I gotta provide for my people   Yeah      And nigga, I done worked too hard   I done came too far to lose   Can?t stay still, gotta stay on the move   Leave every day with a point to prove      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life      I go and know you been waiting for a long time   Shorty keep a strong grind   Never give up the sun, don?t shine   See I?m where I belong now, yeah      Just never ever lose perspective   'Cause if the shit hits the fan and times get hectic   I?ll fall to my knees and thank God that I?m blessed with   The strength to hold on and deliver the message, so      Ohh, nobody knows about the struggling I been through   That?s why I hustle like I do   I gotta provide for my people   Yeah      And nigga, I done worked too hard   I done came too far to lose   Can?t stay still, gotta stay on the move   Leave every day with a point to prove      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life      This is my life   Baby, ohh   This is life