[Verse 2:] Partners in your face, ain't even your friend Probably have to blast him if you see him again And if you don't blast him you'll get shot in the head Seven days later you'll be buried and dead I can't be like that, the only thing you fear Homeboy you can't see it but you know it's there It's called tomorrow, whatcha gonna do with that Cut school, sell a few dopefiends crack? It's not a one-way street, it's more like a dead-end So if you take it, you better turn back my friend I know a lot of young brothers don't think things through They really don't know what they wanna do When you lag, you lose, you start payin your dues You can't kick back and let your bankroll stack You'll be stuck on stupid, for smokin a friend Ten years from now you'll still be in the pen
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[Verse 3:] I got my eighteens pumpin, ridin the five People lookin at me like I stole the ride Am I a gangster, player, makin them G's Cocaine dealer with the Z's and V's Can't tell em nothin, so I say, "Whassup?" They get mad, I don't give a fuck I keep ridin, sidin, whippin and dippin Look at all my homeboys trippin They'll knock you out, one punch like the champ Goin to jail is like summer camp We shake hands one day, kill each other the next And if you don't like it it's just like that Cause I come from, the city of dope It couldn't be saved by John the Pope But since I have the chance, I'll say in the rhyme: We have to stop the killin sometime (soon)
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“It’s Your Life” is the second song on Too Short’s album “Short Dog’s in the House”, considered one of Too Short’s best albums.
Unlike most of Too Short’s songs (though not unlike many of the songs he made during the early 90s), It’s Your Life is intended to have a serious message to its listeners, talking about the dark side of gangster life, and advising against going the way of crime. Indeed, in a 2014 interview with Snoop Dogg, Too Short revealed around this time the crack epidemic made Too Short and his collaborators compelled to make positive-minded hip-hop songs. The song was featured in the hit 1991 film Boyz n the Hood.
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