Intro: yo, I'm gonna talk to you about life for a minute (coolio)Verse 1: I'm going to a chain 'cause it ain't the sameI remain no geak, life's just to play the gameTrying to brake this chain off my brain so I can gangsta changeSwinging with your things out without a nameA stranger is too much too beat but I ain't scaredI pray to god, hope he wont send me to the devils landI hope that's not in heaven, trying to get my stand outHope my hopes and dreams don't burn in flames, but I'm awareA life ain't promised, trying to avoid the dramaAnd live up the expectations for my dear old mamaInside there's also a fool, inside the court buildingMake a million maybe a billion we can save for our childerenFace to face we trying to escape that but it's too lateSo I grab the world and hope I don't have to wait, to get my strikeI've seen the life and all the pain and sufferSo I put my name in the bookChorus: life x4 (what life) that's life life life (that's life)Verse 2: ok now, here's the situationI was raised in a good nation and given a formal educationMy brothers and me lived in a fucked up areaWhere the innocent life is shitty, lot of grey steam, it's a pittyWhen you look over the steam you can miss meGo ahead and talk but if you diss meThey have to come and get meThey wanna pimp me from my sinPretend they're down but they're against meThink I touch everyone's heart untill it's emptyTake my chance as a possibility, no touchdown for a centuryRegreting me, feeling me, that's why I'm waiting in the bushesIf I don't than I delicate this to all pussiesPut yourself in my position, you don't know what you listenIn these conditions most likely a body comes up missingWhen the lights come off, when you run away like miceThan think twice if you don't hear your name from the bookChorus: life x4 (what life) that's life life life (that's life)Verse 3: can you handle friends, no my life is driving me insaneBut I'm a man, so I remain steady, cought up in the gameMake a deal with dicky jane for a little changeRun from your home, banging with your things outTripping on everybody, cousin get your thing out, we're ready to rollWhen it comes to, show no fear when they hunt youIf you have to use gun foo, they ask for the one-twoEverything but the kids n'sync, act quickly don't thinkDon't sink to the level then you gonna leave with the devilBe quick in the race and try to keep a straight faceAnd just when there's a new song I feel like I don't belong in this placeHip hop is my proffesion, so I gotta keep on guessingMake it black and white lack another in my sessionComing from the west, microphone is my blessingSo I'm testing, check it, I'm talking about life, that lifeChorus x2: life x4 (what life) that's life life life (that's life)Outro: I'm just trying to live my life, you try to live your lifeYou want me to smack your face, give me my spaceIt's all about style, I know you got style, life is all about itNothing lives without life, my life, your life, coast to coast life
Lyrics by Coolio
[Instrumental] 1-2-3-4 (sumpin' New) 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) [Timber Mix] 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New) 2 Minutes & 21 Seconds Of Funk 2 Minutes & 21 Seconds Of Funk A Thing Goin On A Thing Goin' On A Thing Going On All The Way Live All The Way Live (now) Aw Here It Goes Aw Here It Goes [theme From Kenan And Kel] Aw Here It Goes [Theme from Kenan and Kel][#] Bright As The Sun Bring Back Somethin Fo Da Hood Bring Back Somethin' Fo Da Hood C U When I Get There C U When U Get There C U When U Get There (Album Version) C U When U Get There (Bill & Humberto's Orchestra ... C U When U Get There [Amended LP Version] [Version... C U When U Get There [Bill and Humberto's Orchestr... C U When U Get There [Ren Swan's Mix] C U When You Get There Can I Get Down 1X Can I Get Down 1x [Amended LP Version] [Version] Can U Dig It Can U Dig It [Amended LP Version] [Version] Can-O-Corn Country Line County Line Cruisin' Cruisin' Crusin' Devil is Dope Do It Drama Exercise Yo Game [Clean] Exercise Yo' Game Exercise Yo' Game Fantastic Voyage Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix) Fantastic Voyage [Album Version] Fantastic Voyage [original Version][mix] For My Sistas Fucc Coolio Gangsta Walk Gangsta's Paradise Gangsta's Paradise Gangstas Paradise Gangster's Paradise Gangsters Paradise Get Up Get Down Geto Highlights Geto Highlites Ghetto Cartoon Ghetto Square Dance Hand On My Nutsac Hear Me Now Hit 'em Hit 'em High Hit 'em High (the Monstar's Anthem) Hit 'em Hit 'em High Homeboy Homeboy [Amended LP Version] [Version] I Breaks 'em Off I Breaks 'em Off I C U When U Get There I Like Girls I Remeber I Remember I Remember [Album Mix] I See You When You Get There I'm Seein' Bodiez in The Alley & Blood in The ... I'm Seein' Bodiez In The Alley And Blood In The Va... Interlude Interlude [Amended LP Version] [Version] Intro Is This Me Is This Me? Island Hop It Takes A Thief It's All The Way (now) It's All The Way Live It's All The Way Live Kinda High Kinda Drunk Kinda High, Kinda Drunk Knight Fall Knight Fall [Amended LP Version] [Version] Knock Out Kings Knockout Kings Lady And A Gangsta Let's Do It Let's Do It [Amended LP Version] [Version] Let's Do It Malcolm's Hermaphrodite Paradise (Gangsta's Paradi... Malcolm's Hermaphrodite Paradise (Gangsta... Mama I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Mama, I'm in Love wit a Gangsta Mama, I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Mary Jane Money (dollar Bill Y'all) Money (dollar Bill Y'all) My Soul My Soul [Amended LP Version] [Version] N Da Closet Nature Of The Business On My Way To Harlem One for the Money One Mo One More Night Ooh La La Ooh La La [Album Version] Ooh La La [Amended LP Version] [Version] Recoup This Rollin' With My Homies See You When I Get There See You When You Get There Shake It Up Show Me Love Slip Away Smilin' Smilin' Smokin' Stix Smokin' Stix Somebody's Gotta Die Somebody's Gotta Die Sticky Fingers Sticky Fingers (Alternate Sticky Fingers (alternate) Street Life By Beenie Man Sumpin' New Sumpin' New Sunshine Take It to the Hub That's How It Is That's How It Is The Devil Is Dope The Revolution The Winner Thought You Knew Throwdown 2000 Throwdown 2000 [Amended LP Version] [Version] Thru The Window Too Hot Too Hot [Clean] U Know Hoo U Know Hoo! Ugly Bitches What is an MC What Is An Mc? Would You Still Be Mine