Come on, everybody, it's about that time   Come on, everybody, it's about that time   Come on, everybody, it's about that time      This life is short, don't waste it   This life is what you make it   This life is short, don't waste it   This life is what you make it      Don't call me jiggy, call the danceable   Throw out a beat to fill the dance floor   I'll be on the side, just sittin' and watchin'   Happy and content vicariously rockin'      It's great to be alive and well   Still in the capitol where I reside and dwell   Tell me if you hear me loud and clearly   Reality's just a bit more near me      So we make the most of every given minute   Here's a jam for the world and the 7 billion in it   Limits we know not, don't really want to stop   Go-getter's get what they got by goin' for it caught      In this crazy mix over the years' learned some tricks   Throw 'em on my records just for kicks   And it's obvious that if it's what God gives   See we gotta keep the energy positive, let's go      This life is short, don't waste it   (Don't waste it, I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (What you make it, I hope that you appreciate it)      This life is short, don't waste it   (Don't waste it, I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (What you make it, I hope that you appreciate it)      Hey, every new day brings a new day   To say thank you and relay my gratitude   For the time I've been given   Listen been given permission to embrace the rhythm      So live a little, come on, breathe a little   Tell me, who wants to rhyme for close-minded people?   Not I, okay good, me neither   This here feature won't follow procedure      Instead, the forecast includes a brainstorm   With elastic thinking to help me stretch the norm   Life's too short for me to conform   Daily renewal helps me transform      And live life to the utmost, here's a toast   To the future, faith, love and hope   And all the things that truly remain and exist   It goes a little something like, like      This life is short, don't waste it   (Don't waste it, I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (What you make it, I hope that you appreciate it)      This life is short, don't waste it   (Don't waste it, I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (What you make it, I hope that you appreciate it)      Come on, yeah   So, I'm thinkin' life is anyways      Life's too short to have enemies   I make no apologies for being friendly   Life's too short to live in poverty   I'm not talking money, I'm talking mentally      'Cause I've been broke and at the same time happy   I'm well aware of my history   So I approach life a little more humbly   'Cause being full of yourself will leave you empty      This life is short, don't waste it   (Don't waste it, I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (What you make it, I hope that you appreciate it)      This life is short, don't waste it   (Don't waste it, I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (What you make it, I hope that you appreciate it)      This life is short, don't waste it   (I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is what you make it   (I hope that you appreciate it)   This life is short, don't waste it   This life is what you make it      Bump, bump, bump