Yeah,   You know I was thinkin, before I met you  I was on a life of, ugh life of destruction  But I'm a better man now.  I just wanna tell you baby,     Chorus:  Shorty you saved my life  Don't run the streets as much  Cuz I'd rather feel your touch  Shorty you saved my life  Aint sellin dope no more,   Cuz your worth living for  You saved my life    Gotta lot a love, for ya girl  Cuz you turned me around  6 feet under ground, that's where I was headed girl  On da block, with the cops  Tryin not to get locked up  Tryin not to get caught up  Tryin not to get shot up    Girl ya came, in my life  And things started goin right  I started livin right  At ya house every night    You were sent from above  Ya taught me how to trust  Ya taught me how to love  No more bein thug    Chorus:  Shorty you saved my life  don't run the streets as much,   Cuz I'd rather feel your touch  Shorty you saved my life  Aint sellin dope no more,   Cuz your worth living for  You saved my life    Gotta lot a love for ya girl  Cuz you keep it real like me  You pack a still like me  I'm hopin you feel like me    Cuz on a scale of one to ten  You get eleven girl  I'm in heaven girl  When is our wedding girl    that's how it was in the day  I'm no longer now  No more bein wild  Help me cuz that ___aaooowww  Cuzz with my time  I'd rather raise our child  I'd rather make you smile  I'd rather change my self    Chorus:  Shorty you saved my life  don't run the streets as much  Cuz I'd rather feel your touch  Shorty you saved my life  Aint sellin dope no more,   Cuz your worth living for  You saved my life    I coulda been doin drugs  I coulda been in hand cuffs  Couldve been on my back with no time to relax  I coulda caught a murda charge  Spend life behind bars  Although I've retired I see us goin far    (I said I coulda been)coulda been doin drugs  (I coulda been in baby) coulda been in hand cuffs  (Oohhh) coulda been on my back with no time to relax (yayaya)  Coulda caught a murda charge  Spend life behind bars  (Shawty)althouh I've retired I see us goin far    Chorus:  Shorty you saved my life (ya uh)  don't run the streets as much (as much)  Cuz I'd rather feel your touch (your touch)  Shorty you saved my life  Aint sellin dope no more, (no more)  Cuz your worth living for  You saved my life