Essence, Spose, Ryan Augustus - Life As A... lyrics

Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell

Beyond complexity, hides where rhythm is
I say the best of me
Resides in my differences
They say sexually, I am just a little kid
I'd rather sit and write
Then pick a fight over some little shit
Shit, well I guess that I'm the weirdo
'Cause I refuse to let him choose
And tell me how steer so
They assume I'm just a queer soul
Rumors circulate
And work they way into the sphere globe
The perfect way to make the fears grow
Consulted by the media
Bulimia and tears grow
You got acne and your peers know
You lack a certain style
Surface smile and a pierced nose
Yeah, that's what's you need to do girl
Come and join in, boyfriends for the new girl
You can have drinks but you
Can't have food girl
You could sex a dude right
There in the pool girl

Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell

Yo back when I was nine
Drive by where we reside, outside
You would think that we were fine
Well but then peek between the blinds
Mom sobbin' on the floor, he's screamin'
You can see his veins
You would think "you fuckin' bitch"
Was her first name but it wasn't
I hated the beef like I was into tofu
The door slam drums were the
First ones I wrote to
In fact, I recall something I once scrawled
After weeks of no sleep and
Watchin' my mother brawl
I wrote, "Dear MrClinton, help us escape
He came and found us the
Last time we ran away
And now she's back with him
This shouldn't happen to women"
And I signed it, R-Y-A- oh shit!
Then the door bust open
He seen what I was holdin'
Read what I had wrote in a rage and
Ripped the page up out the notebook
He tore that shit in half
I don't remember what he said
I fell asleep cryin' in bed
Man I'm tellin' you

Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns
I've learned life is hell

Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Without a pops or a mother
It just made it more tough
Because I'm livin' in a world
No different from a cell
Well the thoughts, pen
And paper seem to give me enough
As the world turns, I've learned life is hell
In the margin between the lines is
Where my rhymes will dwell
'Cause I've seen the addiction and
Dealt with all the friction
Of choices that were made by someone else
How could I point fingers at a parent figure
Who didn't figure out the steps to
Parenting apparently and let it trigger
Awful way of thinking for
A generation sinking
And the same steps of those
That let it linger, oh
I'm sorry for the truth
About your cocaine use
And instead of takin' me in
You just let me run loose
Thanks for leading me blind into
The wild for survival but at least I get the
Chance to break the cycle