Soundtracks - Foxy Brown Feat. Althea - My Life (cradle 2 The Grave) lyrics

[Male voice] Fox Five [Althea] Ohhh yeahh, yeah, ooh Yeahhh-yeah-yeah, ohhh, ohhhh [Verse One: Foxy Brown] From the cradle til' now, still Fox, just a little more mature Seen it with my bare eyes, did it all before Been through hell on earth Playin' out my role I was given since birth, receptin' it well Go hard at them critics, they expect me to fail Work hard for my fans, they expect me to sell They suspect I'm livin' well But they don't know the pain I feel Five minutes away from gettin' k**ed, it's ill My moms always hug me when I'm leavin' I wake up cryin' because d**h bugs me when I'm sleepin' Jam Master died, it's like I ain't done grievin' Big and Pac gone and look we still beefin' And son even, we at odds in these days where n***as die over cars and they chains I thank God that I'm saved and I'mma hold it down in this game Now, from the cradle to the grave [Chorus: Althea] From the cradle to the grave I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way From the cradle to the grave I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way [Verse Two: Foxy Brown] From the cradle til now, I been through it all y'all Y'all don't know half the things, I been through it dawg Pain and sufferation, I been through it all My heart's still cold, I been through the storm Confused all these years, sh**, we grew all these years I remember me and you on the stairs Talkin' bout what we gonna do when we're big Money came into play and best friends went they way, sh** I wish it never had to go that way, uh The price of fame can cost a whole friendship Yeah we got dollars, but it's senseless So I pray to God for forgiveness and ask him to carry me through all the stress and the drama in this business I bare witness, I Fox, and keep going strong until my heart stop and keep flowing strong with a ?rap pon coc?, c'mon [Chorus: Althea] From the cradle to the grave I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way From the cradle to the grave I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way [Althea] As a little girl I wish I knew that I would be goin' through the drama that's in my life All the sufferin', everywhere I been How I get myself in all this bullsh** I'm in [Verse Three: Foxy Brown] From now til' the grave, I look back at my life smile and say "wow" in amazement All these roadblocks, wonder how did I make it wonder how I 'came famous, I'm impressed with me It's like rumours been obsessed with me but the truth never told, it was left with me And what's left for me, is to extend my hand If they don't reach then I'll let them be I got to live my life right but I wouldn't change how I lived my like if I could live my life twice Y'all don't understand what Inga's life's like A black stressed, I turned my back to the world and now I'm back to the world, this black girl's blessed Yeah, my fans helped me through it I was destined to blaze from the cradle to the grave Thank God my fam helped me through it (c'mon) [Chorus: Althea] From the cradle to the grave I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way From the cradle to the grave I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way