T.I., Jamie Foxx - Live in the Sky lyrics

What's happenin', man? This TIP, you know?
I'd like to dedicate this song to
Anybody who done ever lost somebody
To the grave, to the streets
To the jail cell
I done been in situations where I done
Had to cope with all three
You know what I'm sayin?
I feel the only thing I
Ain't done yet is die, you know?
But it ain't how I live while I'm here
It's how I live when I leave, ya dig?

Life's ups and downs, they come and go
But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't alive
I hope they live in the sky
Pray to God when I die
That I live in the sky
It's true what goes around
Comes back you know
So when I die I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't survive
May they live in the sky
Tell God, I wanna fly
And let me live in the sky

My cousin Toot ain't have to die
Right in front of his son and his wife
He lost his life struggling over a gun
Give a damn what he done
That's my muhfuckin' folk
And I love that nigga to death
No muhfuckin' joke
I can feel my eyes fillin'
The Lord is my witness
If I catch him, I'ma kill him
I made it my business
Back in the day, you stayed in my business
Taught me I ain't have to
Incorporate yay in my business
Coincidentally, that's why today you
Not with me
My cousin died over some yay, and I miss him
Plus he at his family house
Let's say she the eyewitness
But her boyfriend did the shootin'
Judge gave a life sentence
I heard that, now I'm dressed up in all black
Shot up the whole apartments
He still ain't brought back
The best friend I had in Tremell, I lost that
Guess your death was a lesson in life
It taught me that

Life's ups and downs, they come and go
But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't alive
I hope they live in the sky
Pray to God when I die
That I live in the sky
It's true what goes around
Comes back you know
So when I die I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't survive
May they live in the sky
Tell God, I wanna fly
And let me live in the sky

You ever seen a nigga go to
Jail and sleep 'til day 2?
Well, that's how sick I was when Jay-Ru
Found out the hard way
That wasn't powder that they were tootin'
Overdosed on heron, died at 22
If you ain't heard about your daughter
She smile just like you
So cute, even resorts to violence like you
You know your baby momma loose, but ha
What can you do?
And I got four myself, yuh, it's been a few
Now everything I do is
For King, Messiah, Deyjah, domani
Tell the Lord they all I've got, so please
Don't take them from me
From me standin' in the trap
With carryin' this here cap
Laughin' at the niggas who
Serve with no strap tell them niggas, man
Y'all trippin' with no maps
Get robbed and ask to borrow
My pistol ain't gon' happ' me, you
The crew just fell out over
Dough and a lil crack
Never could apologize, you died
That's why they say that

Life's ups and downs, they come and go
But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't alive
I hope they live in the sky
Pray to God when I die
That I live in the sky
It's true what goes around
Comes back you know
So when I die I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't survive
May they live in the sky
Tell God, I wanna fly
And let me live in the sky

I bet you niggas think I'm livin' it up
Til you see polices laughin' as
They pickin' me up
Went from seeing how many bitches I
Could fit in the truck
To three hots and a cot
Is you kiddin' or what?
Fuck how many millions I got, nigga
So what if I'm hot?
When I got prices on my head
Feds rushin' my spot
A million haters want me dead
Forced to carry a gat
"But, you's a seven-time felon
What you doin' with that?"
It's a Catch-22, either you lose or you lose
That's the way the game structured
For real niggas to suffer
And I ain't never been a buster
Always stood on my feet
Like a man prepared to take
Whatever coming for me
A pussy nigga or polices with
A warrant for me i'm a G
Prepared to die for what's important to me
Look anybody in the eye who say
He want it wit' me
Put up the house and bet the
Odds if it's comin' from me
OG's say I need to learn to be patient
You telling me with these
Seven years of probation
Pistol charges and a host of other open cases
If niggas only knew the kind
Of time I was facin'
I try to keep it to myself
But sometimes I couldn't take it
Got four kids, the smiles on they faces
Mean more to me than my crown and my bracelet
Take that away from me
And my life is butt naked

Life's ups and downs, they come and go
But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't alive
I hope they live in the sky
Pray to God when I die
That I live in the sky
It's true what goes around
Comes back you know
So when I die I hope I live in the sky
All my folk who ain't survive
May they live in the sky
Tell God, I wanna fly
And let me live in the sky

Hey man, i'd like to dedicate this song
To my cousin Toot
Alejandro Tremell Morgan, man
I miss the shit out you, my nigga
I'd also like to dedicate this
To my homeboy Jay-Ru
Jamar Hendrix, what's happenin'?
Also my partner Bankhead, Man Lee
Horton, what it is, nigga
P$C for life, and death
And my lil' homeboy Poncho
And my lil' homeboy Rico
I shed tears writin' this song, homeboy
That's real talk man
Ay, I wanna live in the sky
Let me live in the sky
Pray to God that I live in the sky
I want to live in the sky
I want to live in the sky
I want to live in the sky
Why can't we live in the sky? The sky