T.I. - Live Your Life (Extended Version) lyrics

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What you need to do is be thankful for the life that you got.

You know what I'm sayin'.

Stop lookin' at what you ain't got

And start bein' thankful for what you do got.

Let's give it to 'em baby girl.

You're gonna be a shining star

With fancy clothes and fancy ca-ars

And then you'll see, you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows who you a-are

So live your life (ay), ay ay ay

Instead of chasing that paper

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

Ain't got no time for no haters

Just live your life (ay), ay ay ay

No telling where it'll take ya

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Never mind what haters say, ignore 'em 'til they fade away

Amazing they ungrateful after all the game I gave away

Safe to say I paved the way for you cats to get paid today

You'd still be wasting days away, now had I never saved the day

Consider them my protégé, homage I think they should pay

Instead of being gracious they violate in a major way

I never been a hater still I love them in a crazy way

Some say they sold yay and no they couldn't get work on Labor day

It ain't that they black or white, it has an area the shade of grey

I'm west side anyway, even if I left today and stayed away

Some move away to make a way, not move away 'cause they afraid

I brought back to the hood and all you ever did was take away

I pray for patience but they make me want to melt their face away

Like I once made them spray, now I could make 'em put the K's away

Been thugging all my life, can't say I don't deserve to take a break

You would rather see me catch a case and watch my future fade away

You're gonna be a shining star

With fancy clothes and fancy ca-ars

And then you'll see, you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows who you a-are

So live your life (ay), ay ay ay

Instead of chasing that paper

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

Ain't got no time for no haters

Just live your life (ay), ay ay ay

No telling where it'll take ya

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

I'm the opposite of moderate

Immaculately polished with the spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kid

Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics

Articulate but still I'll grab a nigga by the collar quick

Whoever having problems with their record sales just holla T.I.P.

If that don't work and all else fails then turn around and follow T.I.P.

I got love for the game but ay I'm not in love with all of it

Could do without the fame and rappers nowadays are comedy

The hooting and the hollering, back and forth with the arguing

Where you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you in

Seems as though you lost sight of what's important when depositing

Them checks into your bank account and you up out of poverty

Your values is in disarray, prioritizing horribly

Unhappy with the riches 'cause you piss poor morally

Ignoring all prior advice and fore warning

And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden, aren't we?

You're gonna be a shining star

With fancy clothes and fancy ca-ars

And then you'll see, you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows who you a-are

So live your life (ay), ay ay ay

Instead of chasing that paper

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

Ain't got no time for no haters

Just live your life (ay), ay ay ay

No telling where it'll take ya

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Got everybody watching what I do

Come walk in my shoes

And see the way I'm living if you really want to

Got my mind on my money and I'm not going nowhere

So keep on getting your paper and keep on climbing

Look in the mirror and keep on shining

'Till the game ends, 'till the clock stops

We gon' post up on the top spot

Living the life, the life

In a brand new city got my whole team with me

The life, my life

I do what I wanna do

I'm living my life, my life

I will never lose,

I'm living my life, my life

And I'm not stopping

So live your life!