Get My Life Right
[Intro]
(I'm faded than a motherf**ker)
[Verse 1: E-40]
Uh, I had three outfits
Didn't take out the trash, get beat with a switch
Growin' up in the octagon wasn't easy
The low man on the totem pole, kids used to tease me
Used to fight dang near every day, I ain't lyin'
Be beatin' a nigga ass and talkin' to him while I'm cryin'
Uh, and that was out of anger
Back then, we used to throw them things, we didn't have bangers
A little later down the line, it became a time where I had to draw the linе
Uh, I used to kiss my street side
When my mama was at work, I usеd to sneak and drink her wine
When my parents got divorced, I had to get out there and grind
You probably heard me bring this subject up a few times
Uh, my relative short, shot him a kite
He said when he get out, he gon' get his life right
[Chorus: YoungBoy Never Broke Again]
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I was caught up in the nightlife (Ooh)
Now I'm tryna get my life right
On the block, I was outside (Oh)
Now I'm tryna get my life right (Oh)
[Verse 2: YoungBoy Never Broke Again]
If you ain't notice, I been spendin' time tryna turn it over
Inside the streets, due to that iron, I done lost so many soldiers
From hard drugs, now I'm finally sober
So blessed and I'm a slime, I'm beggin' God for to bring me closer
I can never live this over
Wishin' I could take the pain from off of your mama face
And my money could never buy the cure to heal her heartbreak
Only think that I can say
Can you join me on this journey? I been workin' for to see some better days
My heart gettin' colder, but it ain't over, I know I'm gettin' older and I'm cryin' for a change
Tell youngin, "Put that iron down, I'll buy you a new chain"
Go to school and show some progress, I'll buy you a new Range
I ain't the one for to look up to, but I can show you a few things
Like, these people just wan' see you lose, you who entertain
I ain't the only one that's broken, take a look inside the game
Tell my grandma that I'm focused, I became a made man
[Chorus]
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I was caught up in the nightlife
Now I'm tryna get my life right
On the block, I was outside
Now I'm tryna get my life right
[Verse 3: E-40]
Any time I think devilsih, I holler at God
He answers me back 'cause that's my side hob
Doin' hella extra sh*t'll get you killed
It's all fun and games 'til sh*t get real
You can call me a square 'cause I'm wiser and older
One thing about a square, it's hard to roll a square over
Uh, I learned that when I was a teen
What people fail to realize is all the game come from fiends
They got hella knowledge like a scholar
On the streets, they doin' bad, but in the pen', they some shot callers
That's why you don't judge a book by its cover
Build with each other, stop tryna kill one another
[Verse 4: YoungBoy Never Broke Again]
My tank on E from off of forty, I been known to get it started
Whole life sad, on drugs bad, I ain't want them to record it
Fell a victim to some situations, left me real heartless
I'm promotin' peace, this for me, I ain't worried about no charges
Gotta carry out my plan, I ain't leavin' how I came
All this money, I'd be a fool if I remained the same
Me and prisoners inside a private plane
Headed to another jail, you don't wanna feel my pain
And I just wanna live real slowly, let 'em talk down on me, so many kids I gotta feed
Not to a judge, I hit my knees every time and plead
Like, God, can you please save me? Help me stay up out the streets, lil' Top
[Chorus]
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I been tryna get my life right
I was caught up in the nightlife
Now I'm tryna get my life right
On the block, I was outside
Now I'm tryna get my life right
