[Intro]
Yes (ahhh)
Go for one two, baby (street life)
Here we go
Street life wicked, definitely (street life)
Watch your back, baby
Tryna do thangs in a, you know, undertight way (the choppa stay fully in my hand)
Where ya at?
It stays on the T-O, you know?
Watchin one time roll by, while we get high
[Verse 1: Lil Ric]
I'm livin that street life
Stayin up all night
Pushing narcotics in the housing projects
In Richmond, California's southside, tell ya Cave Manor
Buckin a few, peepin the rollers on the scanner
I'm off to a getaway, quick
Comin around the corner, it's that nigga Lil Ric
On a mission about my fettis, and you know it don't stop
The 17 shot Glock always on cock
Rollin up the strip
It's Hennessey I sips
On the daily I bе choppin up game with my young gs
Now we coppin Ps
Yeah thе life that I live is a hustla
I'm comin up from cracking cola on the corner
Quickly I became a young street rider
Back and forth to the liquor store to get a pint of 2 or more
Headin out the traffic, smashin
Got the street game under my belt, for situations I dealt
I pops it on the rolo, and be real with my folks
Relaxed up in the ghetto, getting laced, taking totes
Feel me on the rizzeal, big time bill
Still go and down niggas, movin thangs through the town
See that street life
[Hook: Brenda Vaughn and Lil Ric]
Street Life (yeah nigga)
It's the only life I know (you know)
Street life (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
There's nowhere else to go (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
Street Life (you know what I'm sayin)
It's the only life I know (you know)
Street life (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
But there's nowhere else to go (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
[Verse 2: G-Loe]
I was that bad lil nigga on the block, selling rocks
Wanted from the cops, tryna get my snops
Feel me cause I was that youngsta tryna get my fettis on
I couldn't ask pops for nothin because my daddy was dead and gone
Caught up in this game, but playa, we play for keeps
Where niggas be dying young, bloody murdas in the streets
Dead...and gone, with they caps twisted back
Man the game just like Jet Li, the niggas on they back
We fully macks on your track, though it's not a crack war'n
Just retaliate, lil motivation, and even the score'n
Got your blood pourin
I seen all type of shit, uh
Richmond, California, I warn ya, it's hectic
AK-47s, Glock 23s, Mini 14s
No love for the enemies
But it's all in the process of coming up, growing up
In the dope game, I know y'all feel me mane
Selling cocaine on the corner, rock after rock
Tryna get paid on this mothafuckin block
It don't stop, cause I got my Glock
24-7 on the grind, cause I'm down for mine
Feel me as I speak, cause what I speak is real
You best to slow your roll before you found up on them hmm?
[Interlude: Lil Ric]
And that's real
You know what I'm sayin, cousin?
[Hook: Brenda Vaughn and Lil Ric]
Street Life (you know?)
It's the only life I know (what's up?)
Street life (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
There's nowhere else to go (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
Street Life
It's the only life I know (you know?)
Street life (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
There's nowhere else to go (see, I don't like to, you know?)
[Verse 3: Lil Ric]
Another day, another trip
And I travel through the wicked streets
Weaklings get beat cause they can't cope with the heat
I rolls deep, all about mines
Watching out for the one times
Stuck up on the grind, so I'm bound to recline off the street life I'm living in Top dollar dividends
Globe inc, I'm hounded
See fool, I'm surrounded by neighborhood rats
And fools who be scrappin
Ready to put you on your back with that skillful attack
It's the way you gotta be, strapped heavily
Cause easily I can get artillery to hold court in the streets
And serve em up real proper
See, in the streets my lil partna bought a brand new choppa
Now tell me is it really real? Well nigga, yes it is
It ain't too many niggas that can handle this shit
When the situation is hectic, red and blue lights, sirens sound
Another roped off in the town
Ghetto got some spread, just like hot butter through the biscuits
You missed it, I seen it going down (ha ha ha)
Oh yes I tried to told ya, young street life soldier
Deeper in the game than you imagine
Boy that street life
[Hook: Brenda Vaughn and Lil Ric]
Street Life (I tried to told ya)
It's the only life I know (you know?)
Street life (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
There's nowhere else to go (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
Street Life
It's the only life I know (you know? I told ya)
Street life (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
There's nowhere else to go (see, I don't like to dream about gettin paid)
Street Life was written by Lil Ric.
Street Life was produced by Felton Pilate.
Lil Ric released Street Life on Tue May 14 1996.