Ovadia - That Life lyrics

[Intro] This is that life! [Verse 1] I've been around the world, but I bet you never heard of me Word to Steve Short who taught me how to murder these mics Like Ray Rice with his wife in an elevator Too soon to say it? Guess it's too late to change it! But dang it, I never thought that I'd get to say that I made it Man I'm elated to say that I'm here, even if I ain't famous I grew up hoping I'd get a chance Hoping I'd get to rap And knowing that missing that Would have me looking back in my past and asking Why this and that got in the way But I stayed the course, every day Got up every morning, no more snoring, pouring coffee to get going And I always remembered to get on my knees and pray: “Dear Lord, please don't make me stop rhyming My soul needs these lines just to keep surviving I'm not lying, inside my mind is dying, but trying to fly And designing these rhymes is keeping me alive!” [Hook] This is that life! Go hard ‘till the lights out You know it's right now It's my time to strike This is that life! I'm ready to blow up I'm here to show ya What pa**ion looks like This is that life! (x2) [Verse 2] It started seven years ago when I picked up a pen For the first time to write a line that my eye had never read As my mind tried to decide how that rhyme was supposed to end I realized that I was trying to comprehend Life See, I never rapped for the money or fame They never meant much to me, but this keeps my mind sane; Staves off the pain of a broken world: A broken pearl curled and whirled Swirled through this spoken word Blurred the lines between reality and the absurd A lens that slurred my vision when looking made me hurt Too much for me to stand the sight When the Light of the World was so hard to find My foes so hard to fight This is my sleight of hand A trick to make my life seem alright Even in quicksand This is the light I strike to write my last plan; This is my last stand; My last grand command; This is that life! [Hook]