[00:00.091]God help the hungry children
[00:04.663]Help the homeless children
[00:07.458]Help them to survive the world they can't understand
[00:12.082]Yeah, sip of this ma'****in' drink
[00:13.074]God help the child who's needy
[00:16.810]Who needs love not pity
[00:18.377]Lean back, volatile
[00:21.486]Help them to survive this cold and bitter land
[00:23.471]Yeah
[00:23.967]Yeah, hey...
[00:25.665]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[00:28.695]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[00:31.752]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[00:35.174]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[00:38.204]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[00:40.973]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[00:44.264]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[00:47.713]Yeah, yeah
[00:50.116]This is The Ville, home of the fast-lifers
[00:52.101]Where we get high and don't come down, we gas prices
[00:55.549]Man, I wonder how hard to live my past life was
[00:58.449]'Cause this one hard, I could show you my scars, I ain't cryin' though
[01:02.106]Ayy, save that pity for the next man
[01:04.431]Or that girl getting beatdown by her ex-man
[01:07.513]Ayy, hold your head, mama, I know you wish that ***** dead, mama
[01:11.223]If I can find a way to kill him, I won't have nar' drama
[01:14.331]Damn mama, tell me who you love
[01:17.022]This one is for the boy that see his mama on drugs
[01:19.843]I feel your pain, boy, and just know I been through the same, boy
[01:23.396]That lady need you more than ever, don't be ashamed, boy
[01:26.478]'Cause when it rained, boy, that was your umbrella
[01:29.430]The one that changed your pissy sheets when you was a young fella
[01:32.539]And now she in the bedroom on her knees
[01:34.942]Staring at the sky, screaming "Lord, please!" Tell me now:
[01:38.886]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[01:41.708]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[01:44.633]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[01:47.716]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[01:50.929]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[01:53.855]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[01:56.728]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[01:59.967]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[02:02.344]It's like...
[02:02.762]Soon as you cling on my mind's sayin' "be gone"
[02:05.740]I leave 'em with wrinkled foreheads, they now Klingons
[02:08.588]Confused, 'cause friendship's abused and I'm sorry for it
[02:11.801]My life performance been trifling, sometimes I fight my conscience
[02:14.988]Was never given spades, but I always had the heart
[02:17.940]Always misplayin' the hand that was dealt the joker cards
[02:20.996]Is what I was feelin' like, lonely, low energy
[02:23.869]Fallin' slow, clinically, ballin'? No, but we finna be
[02:27.004]Don't pity me ever, even when them haters answerin'
[02:30.034]Mind state of the victor, no victim, I'm just a champion
[02:32.855]Money comin' slow, God, intervene
[02:35.180]Spirit's never broken, I'm just focused, don't pity me, no no no
[02:39.255]You see this pain put a strain on my whole life
[02:42.364]I seen the rain, seen my dreams turn to long nights
[02:45.473]But all I ask is don't pity me, no, no
[02:48.085]Don't pity me, no, no, don't pity me, no, no
[02:51.559]No
[02:52.160]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[02:54.563]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[02:57.489]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[03:00.650]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[03:03.837]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[03:06.919]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[03:09.871]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[03:12.744]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[03:16.245]Hey, I can't cry about it
[03:19.118]Nuh, gotta be strong, can't cry about it
[03:22.122]Hey, uh
[03:23.742]Yeah
[03:25.753]And I
[03:26.877]Freestyle life, can barely write the rent
[03:29.593]Yearly income can barely keep this music life in check
[03:32.493]Call up mama, "Hate to borrow money with Christmas near
[03:35.654]Hey, you know what, how 'bout we make each other gifts this year?"
[03:38.762]Friends are calling me up, asking me if I'm signed yet
[03:41.584]Who I'm working with? Am I making dollar signs yet?
[03:44.562]Disappointment within their voices - do they pity me?
[03:48.088]Disbelief - I'ma stay driven like them city streets
[03:50.962]But ah, it seems like every day is rainy weather
[03:54.018]Can barely fit my pain and pride beneath the same umbrella
[03:56.761]But he don't care, he don't care, it's hard to keep em dry
[03:59.713]No more caterpillar, now you see him change: peeping Tom
[04:02.873]Yeah, this life will flash before your eyes
[04:05.277]So get your match before your fire turns to ash, no more drive
[04:08.490]No more gas, before you cry, get your last, before you die
[04:11.442]Live your past with no regrets, broken necks, no looking back, man
[04:15.125]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[04:18.129]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[04:20.950]Is this the dice that was rolled for me?
[04:23.954]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[04:27.193]Is this the life that You chose for me, Lord?
[04:30.250]Is this the life that You chose for me?
[04:33.332]Is this the dice that you rolled for me?
[04:37.224]Yeah