Layzie Bone, Felecia - This Ain't Livin' lyrics

Yeah, what's happening my peoples
That's how we're struggling
Yeah, I know it's hard out here man
But ain't nobody said it was gonna be easy
You know what I mean? Together we stand
That's how we're struggling divided we fall
What's happenin ya'll? What's crackin?

Ain't nothing changed since I was a kid
Nothing but the days, months and the years
Putting it down and keeping it serious
Trying to keep from shedding these tears
You would have thought that it
Would have got better
Making that rapping and doing these shows
But to me it only got worse
Close to a hearse and nobody knows
The real steam, the reason why
I do the things that I do
Getting so high, drinking these brews
Feeling like I've got nothing to lose
I payed my dues and the Lord blessed me
But now I pray to save my mother
And my brother lord please, help me
Heavy loads should be for heavy people
But niggas just trying to
Provide for their family
Facing constant evil
And we need our higher powers
So what I'm going to do is keep
My prayers to the sky for you
Won't tell no lie for you
But nigga I'm willing to die for you
Undivided, reunited
With the fist in the pyramid
Right about now I'm about to tip my lid
Somebody tell me what this is
A dream, a reality
My sanity about to give in
Got the fame and the fortune
But this ain't living

This ain't livin'
But, it's the only thing I know
This ain't livin'
I've got to find a higher road
This ain't livin'
But, it's the only thing I know
This ain't livin'
I've got to find a higher road

From the past, the present through
I'm talking about the struggle
The shit hit me so hard I
Be swearing I'm seeing doubles
Sometimes it makes me wonder how
I hold and maintain
No matter which direction always
Seems against the grain what to do
What to do? I'm praying for solution
In the course that I be kicking
Have me in a institution
Trying to rid this life
Of one I didn't chose
How you gonna fault me? I paid my dues
Every minute of my life I be trying to focus
Just when I think I got it
Someone make me know it
Ain't the way I need to be
And my eyes way heavy but
I keep on pushing cause I
Ain't livin' for nothing

On a quest for peace, on a quest for peace
But, I can't escape these wicked streets
Got me to realise that I could jeopardize
A chance for my kids to be
What they wanna be and what they could be
And I ain't trying to be that hoody
But, I wish somebody understood me so they
Could see the good in me
Trying to do thangs to make the world better
And everybody hittin' me to be
Doing what I'm doing
Strickly out here chasin this cheddar
Ain't nothin' free ain't nothin' fair to me
So all in all it's only me
Take care of me and you should
Be doing the same thang my niggas complain'
Trying to do to much explainin'
When the key is really maintainin'
Waitin' for the Lord to stop the rainin'
Playing it safe we got to check ourselves
Before we wreck ourselves
First we got to respect ourselves
Cause a nigga won't give us nothin' else
Don't sit there and talk me to death
Go and get off your thang
I'm a see a change when you make a change
I believe I know the game
Enduring our pain cuz you got to take it
And if you want it you'll make it
See the drama and shake it
Get your mind right

He’s on drugs cause they all have beef
Family splitting up cause they’re struggling
Somebody out there, are you feeling me?
Feeling hopeless cause ‘em ends don’t meet
I’m lookin’ for a better day
I be praying for a better day
I’ve been lookin' for a better way