Bridge 1 (x2): Lost in my life and gripping onto seams Living what's real, yet holding on to dreams I gotta get it see whatever that means Ain't nobody taking my dream Hook 1: Tell me what is this life That i been living on the run from the darkside Caught between Courtelyou and Parkside Yo, what is this life I've been pursuing, under pressure it's crunch time As metaphors race to the punchline Yo, what is this life That I've been claiming shedding tears and blood Up on the mountain planting flags for the hood Yo is this really my life We out here getting, till the getting is good Keeping it floating till the end if we could Verse 1 Yo, What's this life God I grip and yank cords back through my existence Knees buckle glancing at God, through the resistance Thieves chuckle, hustling cards being persistent Breeze muzzle blowing through squads, 'ayo I keep my distance' Living enlisted in this games army of sick sh** Quick get ready to aim, or den get hit wit Them dirty barrels of choice and circumstances Medics move nimble through voice, plotting advances The chances of hurdling hurts any advantage And dancing with legal for works, leaving me frantic, the panic Failings a perk, simmering havoc Atlantic to back where I work/ im doing damage "whoa" Ain't nothing part time in life, this all a grand hustle So I'mma hit it until the tipof my click bust through This altered circle, alters beats and productions Flooding through the streets until eruption, yo what is this life Bridge: This life that I live the only life I know Gotta feed my kids, so I'mma get this doe, fasho Ain't a crumb that I'mma see let go I'm tryina get it in dis life that i know Hook 2: Tell me what is this life That i been living on the run from the darkside Caught between Courtelyou and Parkside Yo, what is this life I've been pursuing, under pressure it's crunch time As metaphors race to the punchline Yo, what is this life That I've been claiming shedding tears and blood Up on the mountain planting flags for the hood Yo is this really my life We out here getting, till the getting is good Keeping it floating till the end if we could Bridge 2 (x2): Lost in my life and gripping onto seams Living what's real, yet holding on to dreams I gotta get it see whatever that means Ain't nobody taking my dream Verse 2: I said, cash get funny, then grab masks for money But tryin' do the best that you can first, listen Stash get bummy, wrap up in the cash mummy And hustle with the bundle a grams they had for me I had plans to just live as an honest man But i stumbled across hands dat eat better than mine can With half of the talent, dat half of my best mans Wit half of the effort have, in half of they worst hands Hook 3: Tell me what is this life That i been living on the run from the darkside Caught between Courtelyou and Parkside Yo, what is this life I've been pursuing, under pressure it's crunch time As metaphors race to the punchline Yo, what is this life That I've been claiming shedding tears and blood Up on the mountain planting flags for the hood Yo is this really my life We out here getting, till the getting is good Keeping it floating till the end if we could Bridge 2 (x2): This life that I live the only life I know Gotta feed my kids, so I'mma get this doe, fasho Ain't a crumb that I'mma see let go I'm tryina get it in dis life that i know