Life As A...

[Hook: Ryan Augustus and Sarah Violette]
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell

[Verse 1: Sarah Violette]
Beyond complexity, hides where rhythm is
I say the best of me resides in my differences
They say sexually, I am just a little kid
I'd rather sit and write, then pick a fight over some little shit
Shit, well I guess that I'm the weirdo
'Cause I refuse to let him choose and tell me how steer so
They assume I'm just a queer soul
Rumors circulate, and work they way into the sphere globe
The perfect way to make the fears grow
Consulted by the media, bulimia and tears grow
You got acne and your peers know
You lack a certain style, surface smile and a pierced nose
Yeah, that's what's you need to do girl
Come and join in, boyfriends for the new girl
You can have drinks but you can't have food girl
You could sex a dude right there in the pool girl

[Hook: Ryan Augustus and Spose]
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell

[Verse 2: Spose]
Yo back when I was nine, drive by where we reside, outside
You would think that we were fine, well but then peek between the blinds
Mom sobbin' on the floor, he's screamin', you can see his veins
You would think "you fuckin' bitch" was her first name
But it wasn't, I hated the beef like I was into tofu
The door slam drums were the first ones I wrote to
In fact, I recall something I once scrawled
After weeks of no sleep and watchin' my mother brawl
I wrote, "Dear Mr.Clinton, help us escape
He came and found us the last time we ran away
And now she's back with him, this shouldn't happen to women"
And I signed it, R-Y-A- oh shit!
Then the door bust open, he seen what I was holdin'
Read what I had wrote in a rage and ripped the page up out the notebook
He tore that shit in half, I don't remember what he said
I fell asleep cryin' in bed, man I'm tellin' you

[Hook: Ryan Augustus]
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Living in the world no different from a cell
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
But as the world turns, I've learned life is hell

[Verse 3: Ryan Augustus]
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough
Without a pops or a mother, it just made it more tough
Because I'm livin' in a world no different from a cell
Well the thoughts, pen, and paper seem to give me enough
As the world turns, I've learned life is hell
In the margin between the lines is where my rhymes will dwell
'Cause I've seen the addiction and dealt with all the friction
Of choices that were made by someone else
How could I point fingers at a parent figure
Who didn't figure out the steps to parenting apparently and let it trigger
Awful way of thinking for a generation sinking
And the same steps of those that let it linger, oh
I'm sorry for the truth about your cocaine use
And instead of takin' me in, you just let me run loose
Thanks for leading me blind into the wild for survival
But at least I get the chance to break the cycle