E-40, YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Get My Life Right lyrics

(I'm faded than a motherfucker)

Uh, I had three outfit's
Didn't take out the trash
Get beat with a switch
Growin' up in the octagon wasn't easy
The low man on the totem pole
Kids used to tease me
Used to fight dang near every day
I ain't lyin'
Be beatin' a nigga ass and talkin'
To him while I'm cryin'
Uh, and that was out of anger
Back then, we used to throw them things
We didn't have bangers
A little later down the line
It became a time where I had to draw the linе
Uh, I used to kiss my street side
When my mama was at work
I usеd to sneak and drink her wine
When my parents got divorced
I had to get out there and grind
You probably heard me bring this
Subject up a few times
Uh, my relative short, shot him a kite
He said when he get out
He gon' get his life right

I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I was caught up in the nightlife (O oh)
Now I'm tryna get my life right
On the block, I was outside (Oh)
Now I'm tryna get my life right (Oh)

If you ain't notice
I been spendin' time tryna turn it over
Inside the streets, due to that iron
I done lost so many soldiers
From hard drugs, now I'm finally sober
So blessed and I'm a slime
I'm beggin' God for to bring me closer
I can never live this over
Wishin' I could take the pain from
Off of your mama face
And my money could never buy the
Cure to heal her heartbreak
Only think that I can say
Can you join me on this journey? I been
Workin' for to see some better days
My heart gettin' colder, but it ain't over
I know I'm gettin' older and
I'm cryin' for a change
Tell youngin, "Put that iron down
I'll buy you a new chain"
Go to school and show some progress
I'll buy you a new Range
I ain't the one for to look up to
But, I can show you a few things
Like, these people just wan' see you lose
You who entertain
I ain't the only one that's broken
Take a look inside the game
Tell my grandma that I'm focused
I became a made man

I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I was caught up in the nightlife
Now I'm tryna get my life right
On the block, I was outside
Now I'm tryna get my life right

Any time I think devilsih, I holler at God
He answers me back 'cause that's my side hob
Doin' hella extra shit'll get you killed
It's all fun and games 'til shit get real

You can call me a square
'cause I'm wiser and older
One thing about a square
It's hard to roll a square over
Uh, I learned that when I was a teen
What people fail to realize is all
The game come from fiends

They got hella knowledge like a scholar
On the streets, they doin' bad
But in the pen', they some shot callers
That's why you don't judge a
Book by it's cover build with each other
Stop tryna kill one another

My tank on E from off of forty
I been known to get it started
Whole life sad, on drugs bad
I ain't want them to record it
Fell a victim to some situations
Left me real heartless
I'm promotin' peace, this for me
I ain't worried about no charges
Gotta carry out my plan
I ain't leavin' how I came all this money
I'd be a fool if I remained the same
Me and prisoners inside a private plane
Headed to another jail
You don't wanna feel my pain
And I just wanna live real slowly
Let 'em talk down on me
So many kids I gotta feed not to a judge
I hit my knees every time and plead
Like, God, can you please save me? Help
Me stay up out the streets, lil' Top

I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I was caught up in the nightlife
Now I'm tryna get my life right
On the block, I was outside
Now I'm tryna get my life right