Mars Ill - My Life lyrics

[Hook] My life moves at the speed of the light My life, I'm in the fight of my life for all of my life My life is in the limelight, my life here is finite So gather round tonight and take a look at my life [Verse 1: manCHILD] I live the high life with lowlifes who want life to go right They flow like amateurs while I'm a professional who's pro-life In rap olympics pro mics hold records against physics And make my words a guillotine so that heads can roll with it No limit to the breath that I breathe and this life that I lead Might just touch enough minds with rhymes, to live a thousand lifetimes Bring sentences to life while you serve this life sentence Just a slave to every hour, counting seconds by the minute Me, I start where many finish, and my life to me is endless Tread towards the infinite coz life to me's a pilgrimage Skywalk like phantom menace, against all odds like Jeff Bridges To live life first 'til second coming, hype verses Verse words written down, world wishing I might curse But my heart beats to the stroke of my pen and I'd die first Flirt with disaster and transfer life lessons on wax And make a soundtrack for life with every track [Hook] [Alt. Hook] My life moves at the speed of the light My life, I'm in the fight of my life for all of my life No money, broke life, breaking life down to a science (my d**h might be a tragedy, my life will be a triumph) [Verse 2: manCHILD] I got my mind on my money and my money in the next man's bank account Put my hand to the plow, close my mouth, and just say thank you now I'm thinking how they take a bow, monopolize the hand claps Mountains change to mole hills and beaches turn to sand traps I walk the narrow path with bare feet on top of broken gla** Navigate through trials of fire that only the chosen pa** I'm holding fast to what's real, and let the rest fall by the wayside Trace the hands of time to touch a psyche of the playwrite But some of y'all don't play right, you back bite and black ball With our back to the wall, eye on the cross amidst the cat calls And that's all, man base is wherever this track falls The business wants a change up, but I'm steady throwing the fast ball Winning the pennant for independents leaving this industry winless Giving a clinic right up until the freaking finish Yo, in this mic I amplify my life to all the rap fans Whether words hit airwaves or some record label's trash can Breathe, breathe in all the good that lies around me Kiss the ground I walk upon and thank The Most High that He found me Take the bull by the horns, commence to do the work of millions Yo, it's my life, and i'll build up a nation of manchildren [Hook] [Alt. Hook] [Verse 3: manCHILD] I've slapboxed with the pugilist, broken bread with the damned From Judah fist to Judas' kiss but it's impossible for me To see the blueprint master plan and try to trace the Master's hand Stand shouting for the grand stand transform plus illuminous I haven't felt this brand new since I left my mother's uterus Jupiter's dust cloud couldn't shroud my beaten brow Other battle scars of earth, which have become so very proud I run this scarlet through my crown while steady screaming “what now?” Crowd breath drawing collecting at the corners of my mouth Manifest every last destiny's child exits with God's blessing Impress my wounds on licking shots, my vocal cords constricting My exposure to the sunlight results in heavy blistering A mystery of life lived to be pondered by all the ages No more jocking trite emcees and open mics or platform stages Place my rage out of my reach taste any victory in fazes Day in and day out, I'm living my life, my life