Co$t of Lyfe

[00:06.96] 85 on
[00:07.91] Said you can catch me, yea
[00:09.06] (85)
[00:10.48] Look
[00:11.06] Said you can catch me doin' 85 on 38
[00:13.55] Told God good lookin' out
[00:15.33] This shit was worth the wait
[00:16.64] True self presented on my sleeve
[00:18.50] Searchin' for the heavens
[00:19.68] As I'm takin' steps
[00:20.84] To the pearly gates
[00:22.29] With every breath I'mma earn my fate
[00:24.53] Said I'm just here to take my dollars
[00:26.18] Like insurance claim
[00:27.22] I just turned the page
[00:28.36] 'Cause last chapter
[00:29.26] We wasn't burnin' papers
[00:30.57] My kin the first I'm takin' with me
[00:32.13] They for sure to make it
[00:33.36] Finna change the speed and come around
[00:35.14] I know my circle waitin'
[00:36.63] The cost of living got me broke
[00:38.25] Cost of love could make my heart dry
[00:40.11] And wither with my soul
[00:41.31] Cost of peace could make 'em grab a piece
[00:43.12] The trigger finna blow
[00:44.43] Cost of life
[00:45.14] As a young black nigga with a fro, yea
[00:48.90] The cost of living got me broke
[00:50.49] Cost of love could make my heart dry
[00:52.38] And wither with my soul
[00:53.46] Cost of peace could make 'em grab a piece
[00:55.31] The trigger finna blow
[00:56.54] Cost of life
[00:57.35] As a young black nigga with a fro
[00:59.47] I feel like I been searchin'
[01:00.90] For love in all the wrong places
[01:02.99] On the surface I been diligent
[01:04.61] But complacent
[01:05.90] I bleached the dreads
[01:06.77] I get a better light when sungazing
[01:08.85] I run chasin' with the speed of 100 slaves
[01:11.80] Pulled back by 100 chains
[01:13.70] Still pushin' fast through the hunger pains
[01:15.83] Trapped in a fuckin' maze
[01:17.30] Countin' back my numbered days
[01:18.96] Mindstate say I can't relax
[01:20.59] Until I run the maze
[01:21.97] Demons runnin' with me
[01:23.09] And they won the race
[01:24.24] Many vices that I still invite
[01:25.90] Because I want a taste
[01:27.21] I ain't been enlightened
[01:28.39] Since I saw the light in front my face
[01:30.31] Don't feel like I'm drivin'
[01:31.42] Gunnin' straight and never pump the breaks
[01:33.30] Nights I gotta digest the pain
[01:35.13] It make my stomach ache
[01:37.45] The cost of living got me broke
[01:39.00] Cost of love could make my heart dry
[01:40.92] And wither with my soul
[01:42.02] Cost of peace could make 'em grab a piece
[01:43.95] The trigger finna blow
[01:45.12] Cost of life
[01:45.96] As a young black nigga with a fro
[01:49.61] The cost of living got me broke
[01:51.30] Cost of love could make my heart dry
[01:53.06] And wither with my soul
[01:54.29] Cost of peace could make 'em grab a piece
[01:56.10] The trigger finna blow
[01:57.46] Cost of life
[01:58.25] As a young black nigga with a fro
[02:01.45] Cost of life a make you question
[02:02.95] Whether shit is worthless
[02:04.45] 100 verses
[02:05.29] Cut up stitch your neck
[02:06.35] Your shit is out of service
[02:07.62] I been working for 300 days
[02:09.58] Checks was confidential
[02:10.53] Still feel I been too underpaid
[02:12.63] Rather do my dirt in silence
[02:13.95] Keep my problems out the way
[02:15.77] Losing balance be the root of my decay
[02:17.88] Pull the truth from out these roots
[02:19.20] I'm not a slave
[02:20.39] Killed them demons that be
[02:21.13] Locked inside the cage
[02:22.43] I done seen too many corpse at my young age
[02:24.59] Hope to fly before I walk across the stage
[02:26.99] Cost of life a have you mob tied
[02:28.70] And living dangerous
[02:30.00] Have you wipe your tears from bloody handkerchiefs
[02:32.26] Better make a shift
[02:33.13] This life is only what you make of it
[02:35.36] Favorite blick I might just blaze your shit
[02:36.82] I'm numb to pain 'cause I don't savor it
[02:38.95] Shit is crazy
[02:40.25] Stay equipped your vision hazy
[02:41.78] Mixed with fate the picture stipulatin'
[02:43.57] What you painted
[02:44.27] Darkest hues be locked inside the basement
[02:46.68] Your mind erase it
[02:47.97] Lucid like tendencies of a dying patient
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