No I.D. - Book of Life lyrics

[Hook] {Double Trouble sample: here's a little that must be told (*beat scratches*) From beginning to end (*beat scratches*) Here's a little story that must be told (*beat scratches*) From beginning to end} [Verse 1] I got so much trouble on my mind So I take time out my day To pray and I say, now lay me down to sleep Hopin' that I keep my soul Peep, I'm gettin' old and this a cold, cold world And I ain't even got a bomber Livin' with my momma, it's the same routine Keep my room clean, I'm lookin' to do some new things But ain't sh** to do I'm twenty-two, catch In the prime of my life, I have no time for a wife I funnel through the tunnel, disgruntled Tryin' to find me some light In the rim of darkness, I too sing I may not be the darkest, brother But I was always told to act my age, not my color Not knowin' that my color, was out of the original So now I sing the new negro spiritual It goes, 'get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight It's like, how can you understand the pain When you never had to stand under the rain? When it rains, it pours And it's about to come down hard, thank God I found you [Hook 2] {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told} (*beat scratches*) {sample: my life, my life, my life, my life} {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told} {sample: my life, my life} {Double Trouble: from beginning to end} [Verse 2] As I walk down the road of existence I get resistance from all angles I tangle for cash Hopin' it'll last 'til the end of the week But all I eat is fast food And you know how junk food goes right through ya So I return *to* the a-rab, then on the way back I stop- at the liquor store, grab me a six pack Knowin' that once I'm done with that I'll be back To get some more Once I get started I don't wanna stop (ahh...) And I can't turn around, brew- I can't turn it down Ironically I turn it up, my liver I burn it up It's my life I live it up, the cup I gotta give it up One day I'm cruisin' down a one-way street And I done pa**ed *fun* day- three blocks ago It itself, life is an obstacle As I maneuver through the manure I try to be responsible I want a job but I ain't lookin' (how come?) I ain't tryin' to degrade myself, bein' nobody's Calvin I'm a couch bum What makes it bad, I had incentive But that disintegrated to a state that stagnated I procrastinated I can't recall a day without bein' intoxicated, or blowed I'm dealin' with a full deck, at any day I can fold What makes it bad, I wasn't dealt that bad a hand And I had a plan But things didn't go through The way they were supposed to Thank God I found you [Hook 3/Beat-Break] (*scratch*) {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told} {sample: my life, my life, my life, my life (*scratches*)} {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told} (*scratches*) {sample: my life, my life} {Double Trouble: from beginning to end Here's a li-little, sto-story that must be told} (*scratches*) {sample: my life, my life, my life, my life} (*scratches*) {Double Trouble: here's a li-little, sto-story that must be told (*scratches*) {sample: my life, my life, my life, my li-(*distorted*)} [Verse 3] It's like a jungle, sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under, I ponder And try to keep my Concentration In this idiotic nation They say become a doctor, but I don't have the patience Adjacent to that situation I want an occupation that I'm into Cause yet have I begin to Live to my potential, I went to School for fourteen years and my best teacher was experience, I reminisce And wish, I could go back in time to eighty-nine When there was just' 'sunshine' But now it's like, I'm gettin' older there's so much strain and stress I don't think I'll ever be happy until I rest in peace Of mind, and find who I am But thank God I found you [Hook 3/Beat-Break] (*scratches*) {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told} (*scratches*) {sample: my life, my life, my life, my life} (*scratches*) {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told (*scratches*) {sample: my life, my life {Double Trouble: from beginning to end}, my life, my life} {Double Trouble: here's a little story that must be told} (*scratches*) {sample: my life, my life, my life {Double Trouble: here's a little, little} my life, my life} {Double Trouble: sto, sto-story that must, must, must, must (*rewind*) mu-must (*distortion*) must be told Mu-mu-mu- (*distortion*) mu-mu- (*scratches*) must be told Mu-mu- (*distortion, scratches*) mu- (*scratches*) (x2) Must be told (yeah...) (*scratches*) must be told (*scratches*) must be to- (*distortion*) [Outro] {Double Trouble: trouble, down, the drain... (*echo*) Trouble... Trouble, down, the drain... (*echo*) Trouble... Trouble, down, the drain...(*echo*) {*repeat*}