Talking bout the ghetto...funky funky ghettoTrying to survive, trying to stay aliveChorus:The ghettoThe ghetto(Talking bout the ghetto)The ghettoThe ghetto(Funk funky ghetto)Even though the streets are bumpy, lights burned outDope fiends die with a pipe in their mouthsOld school buddies not doing it rightEvery day it's the sameAnd it's the same every nightI wouldn't shoot you bro but I'd shoot that foolIf he played me close and tried to test my coolEvery day I wonder just how I'll dieOnly thing I know is how to surviveThere's only one rule in the real worldAnd that's to take care of you, only you and yoursKeep dealing with the hard times day after dayMight deal me some dope but then crime don't payBlack man tried to break into my house againThought he got off early doing time in the penEven though my brothers do me just like thatI get a lot of love so I'm giving it back to the...ChorusSo just peep the game and don't call it crapCause to me, life is one hard rapEven though my sister smoked crack cocaineShe was nine months pregnant, ain't nothing changed600 million on a footbal teamAnd her baby dies just like a dope fiendThe story I tell is so incompleteFive kids in the house and no food to eatDon't look at me and don't ask me whyMama's next door getting highEven though she's got five mouths to feedShe's rather spend her money on a H-I-TI always tell the truth about things like thisI wonder if the mayor overlooked that listInstead of adding to the task force send some helpWaiting on him I'd better help myselfHousing Authority and the O.P.D.All these guns just to handle me in the...ChorusEven though they put us down and call us animalsWe make real big banks and buy brand new clothesDrive fancy cars, make love to starsNever really saying just who we areWe use alias names like TOO $HORTSell you stuff you might kill forYoung kids grow up and that's all they knowDidn't teach him in school now he's slangin dopeOnly thing he knows is how to surviveBut will he kill another brother before he dies?In the ghetto, you keep one eye openAll day long, just hoping and hopingYou can pay your bills and not drink too muchThen the problems of life you'll be throwing upLike me, but you don't seeTen years from now, where will you be?ChorusSo much game in a Too $hort rapBlacks can't be white and whites can't be blackWhy you wanna act like someone else?All you gotta do is just be yourselfWe're all the same color underneathShort Dog's in the house you'd better listen to meNever be ashamed of what you areProud to be black stand tall at heartEven though some people give you no respectBe intelligent, when you put em in checkCause when you're ignorant, you get treated that wayAnd when they throw you in jail you got nothing to saySo if you don't listen it's not my faultI'll be getting paid while you'll be paying the costSitting in the jailhouse running your mouthWhile me and my peoples try to get outChorus
Lyrics by Too $hort
'Life Is... Too Short' (LP Version) 16 Hoes 19,999 2 Bitches Ain't No Bitches Ain't Nothin' But A Word To Me Ain't Nothing Like Pimpin' Ain't Nuthin Like Pimpin All My Bitches Are Gone All The Time Analyze The Game Anything Is Possible B***H Baby D Bad Ways Badwayz: Don't Trust Her Baller Be My Dirty Love Bitch I'm A Pimp Bitch Sucks Dick Blow Job Betty Blow the Whistle Blow the Whistle [Clean] Blow the Whistle [Instrumental] Blowjob Betty Bonus Track Bossy Bossy Bossy Bossy Bossy [Radio Edit] Broke Bitch Burn Rubber Burn Rubber Pt. 2 Burn Rubber Pt.2 Buy You Some Cali-O Cali-O - B-Legit Califorina Girls California Girls Call Her A Bitch Call It Gangster Call Me Call Me Daddy Can I Get A ----- Can I Get A Bitch Can I Hit It Can't Stay Away Can't Stay Away (Outro) Can't Stop Candy Paint Candy Paint - MC Breed Candy Paint (feat. MC Breed) Chase The Cat Choosin' City Of Dope Cocktails Cocktales Cocktales Coke Dealers Comin' Up $hort Coming Up $hort Coming up Short Couldn't Be A Better Player Cuss Words Cusswords Dead Or Alive Domestic Violence Domestic Violence (feat. E-40) Don't Act Like That Don't Even Stop Don't Ever Give Up Don't Ever Stop Don't Fight The Feelin' Don't Fight The Feeling Don't Fight The Intro Don't Fuck For Free Don't Hate The Player Don't Stop Rappin' Don't Trust Her Dope Fiend Beat Double Header Dum Ditty Dum Every Time Everytime F.U.C.K.Y.O.U. Female Funk Female Players Fire Fire (feat. Eric Sermon) Freaky Tales Freaky Tales [Beat] From Here To New York Fuck My Car Funk Session Game Gangstas & Strippers Get In Where You Fit In Get It Get Low Get Off The Stage Get That Cheese Gettin' It Girl Girl (Cocaine) That's Your Life Givin up The Funk Giving Up The Funk Good Life Gotta Get Some Lovin' Hard On A Bitch Hard On The Boulevard Here We Go Here We Go (J.D. Remix) Here We Go (Lil' Jon Remix) Here We Go [Jermaine Dupri Remix] Hey, Let's Go Hey, Let's Go - Devin the Dude Hobo Hoeing Hoes Hoochie Hotel Hotel How Does It Feel I Ain't Nothin but a Dog I Ain't Nothin' But A Dog I Ain't Trippin I Don't Stop Rappin I Know You Love Her I Know You Love Her (feat. Slink Capone) I Like It I Love I Love Tequila I Luv I Luv (Featuring Trick Daddy, Scarface And Daz) I Must Confess I Need A Freak I Wanna Pimp You Hoe I Want to Be Free I Want To Be Free (That's The Truth) I Want Your Girl I'm A Playa I'm A Player I'm A Stop I'm Pimpin' I'm Wit It Im Trippin In The Oaktown In The Studio In The Trunk Independence Day [Instrumental] Intro: Shorty The Pimp Invasion Of The Flat Booty Bitches Invasion Of The Flat Booty Bitches (erick Sermon R... It Ain't Over It Don't Stop It's a Cold Day It's A Cold Day (The Funk Wit U Mix) It's About That Money It's About That Money (Bonus Track) It's All Good It's Alright It's Time To Go It's Your Life Just Anotha Day Just Another Day Just Like Dope Keep Bouncin' (Street) Keep Fuckin' Me Kobe Bryant Late Night Creep Late Nite Creep Lead the Way Leave It Alone Life Is 2009 Life Is Too $hort Life Is...Too Short Life Is..Too Short Life's Too Short Little Girls Lollypops Longevity Looking For a Baller Looking For A Dollar Mack Attack Mack Attack [*] Married To The Game Money In The Ghetto Money Maker Money on the Floor More Freaky Tales Movin in Your Chucks My Dick, My Sack Nasty Rhymes Nation Riders Nation Riders Anthem Never Talk Down No Love From Oakland Nobody Does It Better Nothing Feels Better Oakland Oakland Style Oakland, California Old Fashioned Way Old School Only The Strong Survive Partytime Paula & Janet Paula Janet Paystyle Pimp Life Pimp Me Pimp On Pimp Sh*t Pimp Shit Pimp The Ho Pimpandho.Com Pimpin' Forever Pimpology Playa Playboy $hort Playboy Short Playboy Short II Player For Life Players Players Holiday Porno Bitch Pull Them Panties Down Punk Bitch Quit Hatin' Pt. 1 Rap Like Me Real Niggaz Recognize Game Rhymes Ride Wit Us Sadity Sample The Funk Set Up Shake It Baby Shake That Monkey She Know She Loves Her Shittin' On 'Em Short But Funky Short Dog's In The House Short Rap Short Short Slink Capone: Nation Riders So Watcha Sayin' So You Want to Be a Gangster Somethin to Ride To Something To Ride To Sophisticated Step Daddy Still Strugglin' Strip Down Survivin' The Game T.W.D.Y. - Player's Holiday Take My Bitch Take Your Take Your [DVD] Take Your [DVD] Tell The Feds Thangs Change That's How It Goes Down That's Why Thats Right The Bitch Sucks Dick The Dangerous Crew The Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches The Old Fashioned Way These Are the Tales This How We Eat This Is How We Eat (feat. The Eastsiders, Big Tigg... This My One Top Down Triple X U Stank Way Too Real We Do This What Happened To The Groupies What She Gonna Do What She Gonna Do? What The Fuck What's A Pimp? Where They At? Wild Wild West Wild, Wild West Yo Neck Yo Back Yo Neck, Yo Back, My Dick, And My Sack You Can't Fuck With Us You Know What I Mean You Might Get G'eed You Nasty Your Sister