[Verse 1] Love-your-life, cause I love mine Despite the fact that I have yet to find Someone to spend my nights with, spend my life with Reach new heights with, I don't mean get high with My ideal chick? 5'4", 5'6" Nice lips, hips, nerdy gla**es - both thick A romantic; hopeless, ladies make me lose focus Fear's my opponent, so I don't approach this Life is Too $hort, baby, but I'm not from Oakland So I eat, sleep and repeat like the band Copeland f** a headliner, I'll be the one that opens Spend the rest of my night lookin' for skins, Rex Grossman I'm hollow like a bottle, spirit's not broken (Because) Life is is an arcade, kid, you need more tokens I stay up late nights, trying to write more poems Since I know I'll sleep when I'm dead, Clive Owen [Hook] This is how I'm livin' with the life I've been given And I don't think about what I'm missing Because this is how I'm livin' with the life I've been given And I could give a f** what you're thinking This is how I'm livin' with the life I've been given And here's a toast to what you're drinkin' Because this is how I'm livin' with the life I've been given And I could give a f** what you're thinking f** what you're thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking [Verse 2] And I'm thinking, should I or should I not be drinking? But I'm not thinking, which explains why this ship's sinking And I'm not Costeau and I'm not Thoreau But my words are oceans, see how deep they go Ground control; Major Tom, the earth's blue like my mood And there's nothing I can do but live life how I chose to And I choose to be a better man Life's a game of cards and I won't fold this hand Even if I'm on tilt, with an ace up my sleeve I'll never let another person get the best of me I will never let another person be the d**h of me Only my nerves, that's what Dallas Green told me Won't drink my troubles away, I'll sing my troubles away Because when the music hits, (yeah) you feel no pain Love don't live here anymore, I know that sounds strange Don't bring me your love, cause I don't wanna wait in vain [Hook 2x]