[Intro: N.O.R.E.] Yeah n***as, yeah Uhhh, that's what I'm talkin 'bout right here n***as That's what I'm talkin 'bout right here Gotti This what I needed, n***a This the sh** I wanted right here This another "Nahmeanuheard"! It's off Beelzebub for real Gon' live my life man (I'mma live my life...) Stop hatin' on us (Stop hatin' on us...) Talk to 'em [Hook: Ja Rule & N.O.R.E. ad libbing] Life, love, me I'm gon' live my life, hey Thug Life, Lord you know me This ain't life, this ain't love, save me I'm gon' live my life, hey Thug Life, Lord you know me Yo, yo So what, you think I'm 'posed to live in the hood my whole damn life And get married on the Ave. with my damn wife (N.O.R.E. & Ja Rule) I'm gon' live my life, and she gon' live her life (N.O.R.E.) And we gon' be a-aight So sh**, I send the kites to my n***as in jail (Send that kite, n***a) And tell them n***as we good, once N.O. sell And to my street n***as, we done flipped out and beat n***as And made the loudest n***as turn dis-creet n***as As far as these chicks, they lovin' the pipe And she don't even like you, wanna thug in her life See, she wanna a n***a go and walk the hood with her That n***a try to front on her, I'm in the hood with her sh**, so stressed I could see it in her face-- When she walking down the block, but with me feel safe And them n***as won't front, have them dudes erased, it go... [Hook] See I'm a vet, n***a, and I could take you to school And it's my fifth album, 'bout to quit like Rule So go head and try it, see it just don't match And ya man hate me, cause y'all just don't match Got my gun on me, and I could walk you upstairs 'Til you get inside the crib, girl, I ain't scared And tell ya man don't even come outside (Y'all n***as stay in the crib!) Cause if he even try frontin', I'mma make that n***a run outside See I'm a, thug for real, I hold the steel And I could walk you through the hood on the darkest hill See she love N.O.R.E., plus any n***a like me Drivin' in the drop with a 10 cent icey sh**, she want a thug that's basically See she scared in the projects, but safe with me sh**, N.O... (N.O...) R to the E Spin out at 90 I'm hard with the V, it go... [Hook] Yo, a-yo, good green, 'bout to get some Valley stick I'm on the west coast, f**in' with my Cali b**h And she always want some in the night and the morning Wanna know everywhere, and where I'm performin' sh**, but it's aight, just let her ride Yo she down wit' a n***a, just let her ride See (N.O.R.E. & Ja Rule) I'm gon' live my life, and she gon' live her life, yo... [Hook: Ja Rule & N.O.R.E. ad libbing] Life, love, me I'm gon' live my life, hey Thug Life, Lord you know me This ain't life, this ain't love, save me I'm gon' live my life, hey Thug Life, Lord you know me [N.O.R.E. talking] See, we just tryin' to live our life, man (See... we livin' our life, baby) We not even paying attention to y'all dudes, man (Dudes) Talking 'bout 'cha paper Ain't nobody even ask you how many--how much you got, homeboy (How much money You got homeboy, chill out!) Chill out, man! (Live ya life) Word up, we just livin' our life, doin' our thing (We livin' our life) Thugged Out Militainment style (Thugged Out Militainment) Ya underdig? (Ya underdig?) We keepin' percolatin' up in the knahpsmeanyaheard? (Knahpsmeanyaheard?) Pop done popped'd off (Poppin' off) Jump off done jumped off (It done jumped off alot, though) Off Beelzebub for real (Get them condoms n***a!) Yeah, tonight, put the Henny away tonight, y'all (Put the Henny away tonight) We gon' drink that Cris' sh**, and that Don Perignon sh** (That Cristal, that Don Perignon and that good sh**) Nah, nah, nah, put the Smirnoff away, n***a (Nah, no Smirnoff, baby) We not drinkin' the Smirnoff tonight (Not tonight, y'all chill!) None of that sh**, man (Grimey a** n***as!) Put the 50 cent beer away (Put the 50 cent beer away, we ain't drinkin' that) We gon' drink that expensive sh** tonight, baby (Yeah, yeah, we ain't grimey tonight) We gon' be Holly"hood" tonight, baby (Holly"hood" tonight, baby) Irv Gotti (Irv Gotti) Good looking my n***a (Good lookin', n***a) My n***a Ruleski (Ruleski, where you at, baby) We doing it up, baby (We doin' it up, n***a) Thugged Out Militainment, we in here (Yeah we gon' have fun, Thugged Out Militainment) We drinkin' that expensive sh**, we partyin' tonight n***as (Expensive sh** partyin') Come wit' us n***as (Come wit' us n***as) I'm gon' live my life (Gon' live my life) [Hook: Ja Rule] Life, love, me I'm gon' live my life, hey Thug Life, Lord you know me This ain't life, this ain't love, save me I'm gon' live my life, hey Thug Life, Lord you know me