Lyfe Jennings Album

Ok is this thing on here
Ok it's my turn to talk about it, alright
I want to talk about the Lyfe Jennings project
Album number 3... now this project kind of reminds me of an ephipany I once had back in the old country ya know Jersey.

Now I would hang out at the old arcade and I would be up there watching the little kids come in and they would play the pinball ya know, and they would line up one by one to play the game.

The first kid would play until he was out of quarters then he would have to run up to the counter to get more quarters and he would lose his place. So another guy would step up in his spot, so the other guy would play of course until ya know he ran out of course to, but Then he would have to do the same thing ya know go up front and get more quarters so some of the kids ya know...

I notice that they came with their big bags full of quarters, ya know thinking that they would be able to play the game all day but eventually they would run out of quarters too and they would lose their spot, but low and behold there was this one kid I mean a short stumpy guy ya know not a lot of kind features but there was an ora about this kid ya know something different...

Now you see this kid he bought a kid with him now everybody thought that these two guys were in competition or something, but when the kid would near the end of his gme he would send the other kid to go and get more quarters.
So the guy would be on the game, I mean he would be on the game every day for hours I mean until he was ready to leave he would stay on the game

And boda boom boda bing that's when it dawned on me that this pinball thing is just like any other thing in life just like any other thing the guy who stays in the game the longest is the guy that brings change

[Verse 1:]
Look outside your window
Tell me what you see
Past all the flowers
Beyond the trees
Is it what you wanted?
Your life to be
Or is it what you
Settle for
Is it 'cause they laugh at you
And talk about you too
They talked about Jesus Christ
What makes you think they won't talk about you
No need to worry
You are a star
And you are perfect just the way you are

[Chorus:]
Keep on dreaming
Keep on shining
Keep on grinding
Don't stop trying
Keep on dreaming
Keep on flowing
Keep on growing
Don't stop hoping
Don't stop hoping

[Verse 2:]
(Gwone) Walkin through the graveyard
Shovel in your hand
Rumors on the street are
You just buried a man
And he was really talented
He just didn't get a chance
And now his blood is
On your hand
Maybe you should dig him up
Maybe you should not
Maybe you should stop listening to your friends
And listen to your heart
It's nice to be famous
It's nice to be a star
But it's also nice to be just who you are

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
People say the craziest things
Craziest things
Twenty-five to life he done murdered his dreams
Murdered his dreams
Ummmhuh, ummmhuh, ummhuh

[Chorus x2]

[Verse 1:]
Now I was raised in the projects with no running water
Never really knew my father
Sister was a dancer,
Granddad died of cancer,
Momma was a gambler (uh huh)
Ran with the pimps and the hustlers,
Praying the police don't murder us
Never met the president but I met some Mexicans (who fly that kush like the pelicans)

[Chorus:]
Lord I know we won't live forever
Keep my homies together
And if we die before our time (has come)
Tell em' it was glorious
We were warriors, warriors

[Verse 2:]
Now I was born in the seventies when n****as still fist fought
Wasn't no such thing as Tupac
Daddy was a rolling stone,
Momma was a cordless phone,
None of them was ever home (uh uh)
Grandma died when I was twenty-three
In her last days she said to me
Something about fisherman but I wasn't listening
Didn't know it was the last time we'd ever speak again

[Chorus:]
Lord I know we won't live forever
Keep my homies together
And if we die before our time (has come)
Tell em' it was glorious
We were warriors, warriors

[Bridge:]
I call my momma up yesterday
Told her I got found guilty
Don't cry for me
And tell my baby momma hey
I got ten years in the pen
Don't know when I'm coming home again
But it'll be ok... maybe

[Chorus:]
Lord I know we won't live forever
Keep my homies together
And if we die before our time (has come)
Tell em' it was glorious
We were warriors, warriors

[Guitar Break]

[Chorus:]
And if we die before our time (has come)
Tell em' it was glorious
We were warriors, warriors

Oooooooh Ya ya
You know my momma said there's only two things in life that are constant that's change and change.

[Verse 1:]
It feels like something missin but I jus don't kno,
It's like I'm not the same man that I was no more
And all these crazy places, that I usually know,
I'm jus not as excited as they were before,

I think about u constantly, it suprises me,
How I change,
My friends are coming down on me,
Sayin a playa never changes tha game

[Chorus:]
Never never land and Mr. Peter Pan and no body wants to grow old,
Those fellas live in never never land and they'll never understand wat it's like to be in love [x2]

[Verse 2:]
It feels like sumtin movin inside of me,
My heart is doin backflips inspite of me,
And there's no place that I would rather be,
Than with you and my kids, my family
I think about u constantly,
U gonna be wife eventually
It don matta wat my friends say to me,
There's no changing my mine, so ya'll jus pray fa me,

[Chorus:]
Never never land and Mr.Peter Pan
No body wants to grow old,
Those fellas live in never never land and they'll never understand wat it's like to be in love [x2]

[Breakdown:]
Hold up wait a minute, I'm a hustler don't be putting my women in it,
She ain't got nuttin to do with dis?
She is a? dat chills in tha?
I don even need to say no more
You ain't got the disease but u expect the cure
Down on your knees prayin for that new porsche
Why shes walkin out that door
(WALKIN OUT THAT DOOR)

[Back to chorus:]
Those fellas live in never never land and Mr.Peter Pan where no body wants to grow old,
Those fellas live in never never land and they'll never understand wat it's like to be in love [x2]

[Lyfe: talkin]
I don't care what they told ya
Thirty is not the new twenty
It's tha same ole thirty
Don't be mad at me jay
I'm jus tha messenger
I'm jus tha messenger

(feat. Lil' Wayne)

[Intro: Weezy]
Look my girl don got snobby stuntin like her daddy. Drove me 1 mornin yamaha she ride me like a kawasaki.I call her lil buddy.sumtimes I call her shawty. She only wears dresses she sleep in ed hardy YA DIGG. It's yung weezy the 80's baby. And we can get together make 80 babies. Now the house brand new, the car brand new. But your still the same old u. And that y I luv ya...

[Verse 1: Lyfe Jennings]
Girl from the moment that I saw you, I knew you were the one.
Tho we didn't have a lotta money we still had so much fun.
No, matter where you are you'll always be my superstar.
If it wasn't for ya love, I probly wudnt have gon this far.

[Chorus:]
I'm proud of you. Cusz you never got brand new.
[? ]Cause u never got brand new.

[Verse 2: Lyfe Jennings]
I remember livin in the projects.
I remember spendin welfair checks.
That's sumthin you'll never ever forget.
How could I abandon you now.
You'll always be a superstar.
(You will always be)
No matter where you are, my heart will never part.

[Chorus:]
I'm proud of you.(baby) cusz u never got brand new.
[? ]Cause u never got brand new.

[Verse 3: Lyfe Jennings]
Baby we can do nuthin and we can turn it into sumthin.
And we never ever act like we're to good we're to boogie for the hood life.
And [? ], And you kno this. No matter in the streets or the showbizz.
No everybody kno [? ] because of you.

[Chorus:]
I'm proud of you cusz u never got brand new.
[? ]Cause u never got brand new.

Let's leave and let's go and I saw her
Gave me her number, told me call her
She got me feeling like I'm baller
And I'm so into you

I told her, "Let's go someplace quiet"
I said, "I'm staying at the Hyatt"
She said, "It's kinda late but we can try it"
She's so into me

[Incomprehensible]
And I can't wait to touch her
She knows exactly how to

Surely she wants to be my lover
So excited I forgot to
Stop and go grab some rubbers
Damn! Uh oh

AIDS is real
Don't care how you feel
Yes, I want to chill
But I gotta wrap it up, I gotta protect us

'Cause AIDS is real
Don't care how you feel
We already know it kills
So I gotta wrap it up, I gotta protect us

I never thought and then we're grinding
She told me, "Baby get behind it"
"It's getting kinda hard to fight it"
She looks so good

I said, "Maybe we should go slower
No disrespect, but I don't know ya"
I said, "Gimme a second, let me go to [incomprehensible]"
But she wants it now

[Incomprehensible]
Swear to god on my mother
She knows exactly how to

Surely she's a freak undercover
So excited I forgot to
Stop and go grab some rubbers
Damn! Uh oh

AIDS is real
Don't care how you feel
Yes, I want to chill
But I gotta wrap it up, I gotta protect us

'Cause AIDS is real
Don't care how you feel
We already know it kills
So I gotta wrap it up, I gotta protect us

AIDS is real

[Intro:]
Aye yo u
Still up at the hood spots
Still no security, still gotta swaga like my pops
Still water run deep when that coke is cheap
But when that price go south, get your surf boards out
Still gotta lil pimp in me from my past
Still got some lil cousins that will beat yo ass
Yo I'm the only dude that u know burn the block up
So why the hell do I gotta call the cops up

[Verse 1:]
Shorty you're so amazing, your body's bangin
Conversation so stimulating, my heart is racing
(I just want to know if we can get 2gether sometime
And you know what I'm saying
Ya bodies toned up look at those thick thighs
Grandmama must have been feeding u right
(shake it to the left momma shake it to the right)

[Chorus:]
Somebody call the cops up
Lil momma done stole my heart
She's making me fall in love
She's not gonna give it up

Somebody call the cops up
Somebody call 911
Tell'em I've been shot through the heart
I've fallen and I can't get up
Somebody call the cops up

[Verse 2:]
Baby the ladies starring... fellas say hi
Champaign bottles get to poppin when u walk by
The mood is crazy "pimpin is is what pimpin does"
U know what I'm sayin, it's two o'clock and the club is jumpin
All eyes on you theyaint't here 4 nothing
(shake it to the left momma, shake it to the right momma)

[Chorus:]
Somebody call the cops up
Lil momma done stole my heart
She's making me fall in love
She's not gonna give it up

Somebody call the cops up
Somebody call 911
Tell'em I've been shot through the heart
I've fallen and I can't get up
Somebody call the cops up

Cops up cops up
Somebody call the cops up

[Bridge:]
So wantcha walk like a model
Walk like a model
Walk like a model
Walk it out
So wantcha walk like a model
Walk like a model
Walk like a model
Walk it out
Now freeeeeeeeeeze
And drop
Drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot
Now freeeeeeeeeeze
And drop
Drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot

[Chorus:]
Somebody call the cops up
Lil momma done stole my heart
She's making me fall in love
She's not gonna give it up

Somebody call the cops up
Somebody call 911
Tell'em I've been shot through the heart
I've fallen and I can't get up
Somebody call the cops up
Cops up, cops up
Cops up, cops up, cops up
Somebody call the cops up
Cops up, cops up
Cops up, cops up

No guts no glory
No pain, no story
Mama mama don worry
Heaven on my mind, forever on my grind
Tell god, sorry
If this ain't heaven where the hell are we
This kind of plane is so unusual
I'm beautiful, dammit, I'm beautiful

Bridge:
See everything happens for a reason
And the season (the reason and the season)
Everything, happens some place and time
So before the mirror shines
Some people never see the light


Hook :(Lyfe)
You, you think you’ve got it bad
You think the world owe you something but it don’t owe you nothing
You, you think that you’ve got it bad
Some people have never had a chance at life

Wyclef:
I live, I die, I laugh I cry
The more I stay, the more the earth expends, and lends itself to sin
For Benjamin, I seen him crack his head with the Heineken
Then snatched his chain
The same place the sun fall, that’s where it rains
And the same place the eagle fly, down comes the pain
And the same girl that bring me joy, she bring me pain

Bridge:
See everything happens for a reason (reason)
And the season (seasons)
Everything, every single place and time
Some people never shine
Some people never see the sky

Hook:
You, you think you’ve got it bad
You think the world owe you something but it don’t owe you nothing
You, you think that you’ve got it bad
Some people have never had a chance at life

Wyclef Jean:
You should everybody shine put your hands in the air let me see touch ya the sky light
Lyfe:
This time I’ll give my energy and patience, success is waiting
Wyclef:
You grind, everybody grind, if I ever used to grind I will never touch the skyline
Lyfe:
Will I ever see the sky light, will I ever see the skylight (skylight)

Hook:
You, you think you’ve got it bad
You think the world owe you something but it don’t owe you nothing
You, you think that you’ve got it bad
Some people have never had a chance at life

Everybody wants a mansion and a yacht
Billboard charts they want that number one spot
Even if it means rap, im gon get shot
Tru entertainment story
Everybody wants to be a superstar
To be a superstar, I’ve seen her turn porn star
Pull up in that car everyone yelling out star
Tru Hollywood story, gota live in the glory

Hook:

I’ve told you bout the accidents
I’ve come to tell ya about the genesis
And you cant end your time
God created man in his own design
Man dun lost their mind
They going gon wild, wild, wild
Them girls dun lost their mind
Girl’s gon wild, wild wild

Everybody wants to be a kingpin
Standing on the block slanging forty king pins
Soon as you get neck, you snitching on the kingpin
Tru hood ghetto story, no honor, no glory
Everybody wana say they having safe sex
But don nobody wanna go and take the test
Some take the test, and they come back stressed
Tru hood classic story, protect your glory

Hook:

I’ve told ya bout the accidents
I’ve come to tell ya about the genesis
And you can’t end your time
God created man in his own design
Man dun lost their mind
They going gon wild, wild, wild
Them girls dun lost their mind
Girl’s gon wild, wild wild

Bridge:
I don wan live, I don wana die
I’ve been lying to myself so long I
Starting believing in it, started agreeing with
Illusions, it’s a confusion
Love is what I’m doing
Ways to stay pure
It kills the spirit


Hook:

I’ve come to tell ya bout the accidents
I’ve come to tell ya about the genesis
And you can give no time
God created man in his own design
Man dun lost their mind
They going gon wild, wild, wild
Them girls dun lost their mind
Girl’s gon wild, wild wild

A a a a

[Verse 1:]
Take the kids
Your heart
And twenty dollars from your pocket book
Take a plane
A car
And don't worry about how you look
Cause I don't care
I see more
Than physical
I am here
Waiting on you
Your beautiful

[Chorus:]
Get on that midnight train
To georgia
And I'll be there
With open arms
Waiting on ya
Waiting for ya
Cause on that midnight train
To georgia
And I'll be there
With arms open wide
Waiting for ya

[Verse 2:]
Take a bath
A lunch
And a cd of your favorite songs
Take change
For once
You know you been waiting so long
And I don't care what you look like in the physical
Because it's yo heart
And to me it makes you beautiful

[Chorus:]
So get on that (midnight)on that midnight train
To georgia
And I'll be there
With open arms
Waiting for ya
Cause on that midnight train
To georgia
And I'll be there
With open arms
I'll waiting for ya
If you need me

[Verse 3:]
La da da da da da da da da da da da

La da da da da da da da da da da da

La da da da da da da da da da da da

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm

Miss my granny
No one else in the world really understands me
Emotions grab me
And I find myself on the plane to Miami

To feel that sunshine
Be closer to the water, cry one more time
Sippin' on Patron
All my pain, my worries are gone

Then my phone rings
Should I pick it up and go back to reality?
Or should I just stay
Live in my fantasies one more day?

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(And if I die tonight it's alright)
Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(I'm gonna be alright, it's alright)

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(And if I die tonight it's alright)
Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(I'm gonna be alright, it's alright)

Kiss my granddad
No homo just know he's so sad
Lost his best friend
And nobody saying I'm sorry is gonna help him

Feel like smokin'
Gotta get away from this heart that's broken
Drop top rollin'
On my way to heaven or to hell which ever's open

Then my phone rings
Should I pick it up and go back to reality?
Or should I not move, bury all my sorrows
And nobody will know the full moon?

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(And if I die tonight it's alright)
Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(I'm gonna be alright, it's alright)

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(And if I die tonight it's alright)
Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(I'm gonna be alright, it's alright)

Life is so confusing
Nothing makes sense at all
Why is this an enemy?
What am I doing wrong?

Why am I hesitating?
Everybody's telling me to be patient
Why do I feel like time is wasting?
Gotta figure out what God is saying

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(And if I die tonight it's alright)
Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(I'm gonna be alright, it's alright)

Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(And if I die tonight it's alright)
Hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
(I'm gonna be alright, it's alright)
...

I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

I work the graveyard shift 'cause I'm dead on my feet y'all
Really want to quit but the kids got to eat y'all
See money can't buy you power but it can pay the water bill on time
So them kids can take a shower

And I swear to God if they keep on raising these gas prices
I'm a sell this Chevy and go buy me a bike
I'm a king but my crown in a lay way
And I'm just a day away from giving up

I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

See I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

Credit card company called said my bill is overdue
Told them I couldn't afford to pay them and rent too
They told me they were gonna sue me
I said, "If you didn't want me to use it
Then you shouldn't have gave it to me"

And what's up with these people blowing up buildings
And nothing really gangsta about blowing up children
Would cry but my eyes in a lay way
And I just a day away from giving up

See I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

See I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

Foreign places, court cases, seems they always on my line
I don't trip, I just dip pop the top on my '69
Fleetwood Cadillac mirror with my boys on back
Chandelier so superior Louis Vuitton oatmeal interior

Bossy Boss, mink seats, what it cost
Speak yo peace, can't you see ain't no big deal?
Have a seat lil' homie and enjoy your meal
Close the door and don't drop crumbs on my flo'
Here we go, soul food, so cool and I got this

I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

See I got this old school, the color of soul food
Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white
Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens
Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans

Lyfe, Big Snoop, Soul Food, oh I got this greenery
'Cause we need some vegetables too
Gotta have you vegetables
That's what it is old school, soul food, old school, soul food

Every morning I wake up
make breakfast
send the kids off to school
and everynight
before I go to bed
we all say a prayer for you
Lord, dont let her
forget about us
no, ohhohhohh
lord dont let her forget about us
(x2)

[Verse 1:]
Does it feel like ya
You're never gonna find it
Does it feel like ya
Always one step behind it
Does it feel like ya
Out in this world alone 'cause you been lookin and prayin for love so long
Does it feel like ya
Wishing on a falling star
Does it feel like ya
Lonely and it breaks your heart
'Cause it feels like ya
Ready to let down your guard
Finding somebdy's just so hard

[Pre-Chorus:]
How do you find the one you dream about (how do u find it yeah)
If I knew I'd tell you how (swear to God swear to God)
It's kinda hard for me to figure out (and I know you're ready to settle down)
I know you're ready to settle down
If there's a God above please tell me

[Chorus:]
Tell me will I ever fall in love
Will I be alone forever
Will I ever fall in love
Or will I be alone forever

[Verse 2:]
Does it feel like ya
Moving too fast
Does it feel like ya
Want something you can't have
Does it feel like ya
Living in the past
And the thought of going home alone again makes you sad
Does it feel like ya
Feeling so bad
Does it feel like ya
Getting so mad
'Cause it feels like ya
Just want someone to call
To tell ya that you're human after all

[PreChorus]

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
To fall in love (I would do anything, anything)
To fall in love
To fall in love, love, love, love
To fall in love
To fall in love

[Chorus x2]

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me

Baby I'm a star
Ain't nothin' but the heavens above me
Rollin' in my car
And these haters can't help but love me