Rakim - This Thing Called Life lyrics

[Hook: King Myers] I don't think words can describe how I feel, here They tried to knock me down but I'm still, here I think we all know that it's real here, in this thing that we call life We only got one tell me if I'm wrong I hope you remember me when I'm gone And while everybody singin' my song I'mma live this thing that we call life [Verse 1: King Myers] I picture it well, got the game locked sick of the cell Young dude witta dream & I'm livin it well Alotta beautiful women to whom beauty is given If I see them & I like 'em then I'm usually wit 'em It be the, baddest ones wit the mean demeanor The bad things in life always seem to please to us And when they say you changin people think of you wrong Until they see you once then the next day you gone See I'm just livin' mine, I ain't tryna die poor I ain't tryna be broke when d**h knock at my door Nah, I want the finer things, big timer things Wrist gotta shine, ears gotta bling You can't live life runnin' & duckin' But you could live life turning nothin' to somethin' Make the best outta everything, but be cautious You know that you makin money when they keep callin' [Hook: King Myers] [Verse 2: Rakim] Life ain't a game but I'm winning, knowing my opponent is deaf Lovin' every minute 'til not a moment is left Like I ain't gotta moment to rest before they bury me The goal's to be known as the best & hope the legacy Is what immortal is, performances stun 'em The enormous lifts street corners get from him Then all the chicks love him Then all the enforcin' in (steve?) moral is E Pluribus Unum Everyday we gets money I'm good, I'm still spendin' '86 money Pull up in that new brink truck banked up Soon as these n***as get caked up, they bankrupt, or banged up Soon as I step foot on the curb I get the love in the hood I deserve For puttin' in work, supply it like you cook it & serve Still so good it's absurd, how I feel is hard to put it in words [Hook: King Myers] [Verse 3: King Myers] Everybody get a chance at life, but everybody ain't livin' it right Money has no value if you ain't spendin' it right Bad girls get like targets when they get to the light So that's exactly why I'm hittin 'em right I'm on my track, I don't think I ever used a road Down memory lane is where I used to stroll No hands but I wonder what my future holds I want cake cause I'm used to dough When I be ridin' through the city I be doin' all kinds of things Keepin' it a hunnet wit dimes hopin' minds'll change I'm takin' chances, tryna turn a mission into a mansion Tryna turn any mishap 'to a house in the Hamptons But it's all good, you live life just to want things You livin right when you can flaunt things And I don't know when ima leave this world so I'mma show it all Put the candles on the cake I'mma blow it all [Hook: King Myers]