Lyfe Jennings Album

Aye yo whats good? Man, this ya guy Lyfe Jennings. Once again, man, I just want to start off by sayin
thank you. To everybody who supported me. Whether them buying the album or telling somebody else that I
had something postive, something substantial to say. I just wanted to point out that a lot of cats are
gonna be coming into the middle of the story on this album 2. So if something seems out of context its
probably because you don't have album one. So if you don't have album one. Go Get It. And if you already
got album number one. Go Get It. And if you already have album number one. Go Get It again. Ha. We now
return to our program previously recorded already in progress.

(feat. Young Buck, Doc Black)

[RAP]
Shorty!
What you mad for?
I dont know too many that go to sleep in Chanel and wake up in Fendi
You know what it was before you hopped inside my Bentley
And everything was good as long as I kept spending
But I'm gonna keep it hood, see you I can do without it
you wonder why we call you bitch, think about it
Go holler at your man, maybe he can support ya
Love dont live here , I aint got notin for ya

[1st Verse]
First things first girl stick that attitude in your purse
straighten up your face before i pull over
Ain't nothing cute about walkin' home from work
Check yourself
Now number two
You're my only lady baby, that's the truth
So you can sit and pout until your face turn blue
I will kill a brick and drown a drop of water about you
But there's one thing i can't do

[CHORUS]
Can't force you, I cant force you
To slow down slow down slow down
You're my one and only i ain't tryin to mess around
You're just trippin, you gotta
Slow down slow down slow down
Can't force you, I cant force you
To slow down slow down slow down
You're my one and only i ain't tryin to mess around
You're just trippin, you gotta
Slow down

[2nd Verse]
When I was a tyke
A brother taught himself how to ride a bike
But once i got the hang of it i rode all night
I said that to say
This relationship is gonna have it's good and bad days
It's like fallin off and getting back on again
But no poppin' wheelies til we got our balance
I cant handle this

[CHORUS]
Can't force you, I cant force you
To slow down slow down slow down
You're my one and only i ain't tryin to mess around
You're just trippin, you gotta
Slow down slow down slow down
Can't force you, I cant force you
To slow down slow down slow down
You're my one and only i ain't tryin to mess around
You're just trippin, you gotta
Slow down

[RAP]
What up with all these allegations
Shorty all is well
Accusations about my situation, callin my cell
Take a step back, relax, chill, pause exhale
You're the reason i aint got no bars on my cell
You must think I'm in this booth spittin these bars for my health
For every action there's a reaction , cause and effect
Good times and bad
times and badtimes, whatever cards are dealt
You need some help cuz I

[CHORUS]
Can't force you, I cant force you
To slow down slow down slow down
You're my one and only i ain't tryin to mess around
You're just trippin, you gotta
Slow down slow down slow down
Can't force you, I cant force you
To slow down slow down slow down
You're my one and only i ain't tryin to mess around
You're just trippin, you gotta
Slow down

Sometimes, making love is easier than breaking up
We believe if we change
Fake it enough
We can
Trick ourselves into believing that
We're still in love
But in our hearts we know that it's inevitable
Though its hard to let you go I know I'm moved
Sometimes memories just ain't enough
Sometimes you outgrow the ones you love
Sometimes its none of the above
It's just the fact that people change
No one's to blame
There ain't nothing stay the same
So we sit around and cry
Because neither one of us want to be the first to say
GOODBYE!

Lalalalala la......ohhhhhhhh

Girl I apologize I'm to blame
And I can't sympathize with your pain
If I could I'd make it go away, but I can't
So I concentrate on more realistic things
Like questioning is everything here really worth salvaging
Is it over, how do we go about deciding
Do we add up all the good times then divide them
By how many times we hurt each other
Or do we just ignore there numbers
And vow right now that nothings ...?

[Chorus:]
Let's stay together
Can we agree to just disagree
Let's stay together
Don't do it for the kids do it for me
Let's stay together
I'm tired of only making up and breaking
Let's stay together

(Put your hands together man, let's go)
Let's stay together

[Lyfe talking:]
This is where it all comes to a head at
After all these years worth nothing
Is it over? Work it out man
And you dudes out there
Anybody can be slick at talking
Anybody can be slick at talking, man
Try to be slick at listening, man
Your work is at home
It ain't in the streets, it's at home
So get there
Your work ain't out in

[Intro:]
So we was together for a little while after that ya know things, things did get
a little better, ya know what I am saying. Ya know after about the time I met
somebody else. I met this lady ya know and um another lady other that her you
know I got my record deal ya know what I'm saying. And things was like all love,
man I mean it was like you know all these things that I had dreamed about was
now coming true man and I hell I ain't ashamed to say that I felt like , like
Biggie Nigga.

First off I got to send a shout out to Brooklyn, B k in the building stand up.
Second of all. Man I tell you when I do these interviews out here man, all these
cats always asking me who do I mostly resemble in the music game. So I think to
my self, why Who could I have said I mostly resemble in this game and one name
keep on circulating thru my brain man none other ya'll know him as Biggie Nigga.

From a place where them niggas don't talk a lot. License suspended so we walk a
lot. Always been a thug, since I was a young cat brisked up like Godzilla, mix
my similac with cognac ohhhoo
Now I can't even pray no more. Cause I done did so much dirt, and smoked so much
dro, I'm afraid God'll be like what you callin here for, don't be dialing my
line asking me for shit no more.

Whoa it's Biggie Nigga recard me as a City Nigga, yeah it's Biggie Nigga recard
me as a City Nigga

I done seen church boys get killed like that, roll off at the mouth when they
ain't built like that
So for all you wanna be's out there whose attitude is shitty, Yeah God don't
like ugly but he ain't too fond of pretty because I'm a hustla from the top of
my doo rag to the bottom of my timb's that done left prints on many backs like
50 said these in the street niggas they ain't playin, and if ya'll don't like
what I'm sayin ya'll gon have to murder me again,

Yeah it's Biggie Nigga recard me as a City Nigga whoa it's Biggie Nigga recard
me as a City Nigga
So for all these cats out here doin what u do man, you Biggie, for all these
cats out here doin something positive in ur community you Biggie, for all these
rap cats that's on the struggle trying to come up on the stone you Biggie, for
all you cats doin that nonsence on that bullshit?.You ain't Biggie Nigga ha ha
ha It's your boy Lyfe Jennings man AKA Biggie Nigga

Haha...I'm fine y'all
It's your boy ghetto superman
aka lyfe
aka don't gotta wife
what up young boy
everybody talkin about livin on capital hill
we livin on the hill...ya know?
talkin about the front rown, front row?
we livin on death row

we grew up in the gutter eatin peanut butter sandwiches...with no jam
we looked up to the hustler's on the corner throat soar from screamin...get your money man
had dreams of movin on up to the big leagues...like george, weezy and florence
But it's kinda hard when police is havin you killed...resurrected, rearrested for old bench warrants
yea its a struggle man, but we handle it the best we can
only difference between folks thats free and folks in jail is some of us got caught on the way to heaven takin the shortcut through hell

chorus:
ghetto superman
faster than a caddillac
able to leap tall buildings when police is on your back, yea
it'a a bird it's a plane no it's
ghetto superman
talk slick as republicans
sold almost as much dope as Uncle Sam your friendly neighboorhood superman

if you played on my playground
you'd be used to hearin stay down...they shootin
lost my daddy in a shootout chest all blew out...another family ruined
had dreams of findin a good job so he wouldn't have to rob niggas..i'm a stick up kid
finally get what we deserved instead of havin to take what they give us
yea its a struggle man but we takin it...one bullet at a time
but it's kinda hard to get that monkey off your back while that monkey still on your mind, on your mind

chorus

It'a a bird it's a plane no it's ghetto superman y'all (5X)

(feat. Lala Brown)

[Intro: Lyfe Jennings talking]
Eh yo you
Now see most cats, would take advantage of you right now
But I aint gone do that yo
Imma give you the game, right
Imma give it to you because
I would want somebody to give my little girl the game
When she done found her S.E.X

[Verse 1]
Life's a trip
Heard you just turned 17 and finally got some hips
Hustlers on the block go crazy when you lick ya lips
But they just want relation
They don't want relationship
(welcome to the real world)
It ain't the same
Fellas old enough to be ya daddy know ya name
Everybodys talking' 慴out how much that girl done changed
Can't quite put ya finger on it
But you feelin' strange
Like its fire in your veins

[Chorus]
Girl it's just yo S.E.X.
No more secret
And daddy gon go crazy when he finds out that his baby's havin' S.E.X.
Take a deep breath
And think before you let it go (let it go)

[Verse 2]
The block is packed
Baby gotta attitude and proud to holla back
Momma's givin' advice but she ain't tryna hear that
Not because its wrong, just her delivery is wack
(Shay get ya behind in this house, if I see you with another boy, I swear)
Life is rough,
You say that you're not ready for sex, but you're in love
He says if you'd really loved him, you would give it up
Mamma says that's just a line guys use to get ya stuff
Which one will you trust?

[Chorus]
Girl it's just yo S.E.X.
No more secret
And daddy gon go crazy when he finds out that his baby's havin' S.E.X.
Take a deep breath
And think before you let it go (let it go)

[Verse 3: Lala Brown]
Eh yo Lyfe, she may take it better coming from a woman (Give it to her)
See he'll tell you all kind of things to get in your pants, yeah
Baby it's a fact, that once it's gone you'll never get it back (never get it
back)
Hold on, to your innocence
Use your common sense
You're worth waiting for (You're worth waiting for)
Be strong
Honey don't give in
Blessing come with patience
Until we meet again, I'm praying, for you

[Chorus x2]
Girl it's just yo S.E.X.
No more secret
And daddy gon go crazy when he finds out that his baby's havin' S.E.X.
Take a deep breath
And think before you let it go (let it go)

Lord its a constant struggle down here
Especially when all you know how to do is hustle down here
Lord its a miracle I'm still breathin down here
Lord its a battle field down here
Lord its easy to get killed down here
So I keep my family here down here
And keep my bullet proof vest on thank u lord for makin teflon down here
Cuz da ghetto has a way of manipulatin the children trickin them to believin that life has no meanin down here
Down here
Lord if you see my grandmother up there
Tell her I know she's dissappointed in me hates to see me in and out of jail
But tell her life aint as heavenly here as it is up there
I know its probably lovely up there
But tell her I aint in no rush to get up there
So I keep my pistols off safety at all costs I gotta protect and feed these babies and lately its been hell keepin my black ass from comin up there
So Im thankful everday and pray my enemies dont roll down on me and send me kickin and screamin up there
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
to my peoples trynna make it from down here
To my peoples who done made it up there
To my peoples trynna make it to up there
From down hereeee

I was born by the river
That my momma cried when my daddy died
Maybe that was the reason I didnt get the attention
That I was needing to touch cuz
I reminded her of him too much
Couldnt understand what she felt so I hated her, yea
'Til I was old enough to hate myself
And I felt like a slave down in South Carolina
Cursing the vagina that gave life to me oh
I couldnt see what I had the potential to be
'Til I got down on my knees and begged God
To please take control of my life today

CHORUS:
Cuz there's no way
There's no way, no way, no way
I can do it on my own
And no matter how my friends try to console
They can never never know
What I go through
So I turn my heart over completely
To you, yes Lord, I do...

I was born in a hurry
Cuz my momma had to be back to work at 8:30
Maybe that was the reason there was always this feeling
That she was rushing herself
She didnt even have the time to spend loving herself
Let alone, someone else
So I hated her, yea
Cuz I loved her, yea
And I cried, yea
Like the Klu Klux Klan at the Million Man March
Partially broke my spirit, partially broke my heart
I couldnt start to be what I had the potential to be
'Til I got down on my knees and begged God to please
Take control of my life today

CHORUS:
Cuz there's no way
There's no way, no way, no way
I can do it on my own
And no matter how my friends try to console
They can never never know
What I go through
So I turn my heart over completely
To you, yes Lord, I do...

Street life killed my daddy
got my momma pregnant in the back of a caddy
since i lost my first tooth i ain't been happy
young wild nigga child why that boy is so nappy
he got that devil in 'im
police wanna take him down
used to be a player but the coochie cost money now
he ain't to bright but he know a trap when he see one
got is conscious in his pants with his gun

Chorus:
seventeen years of rain foggin up my windows
it done been seventeen years of pain
but i'm still here though
seventeen years of rain foggin up my windows
it done been seventeen years of pain but i'm still here though
shoe box full of pictures
all that's left of good times i shared with my niggas
some alive and some no longer with us
how da, how da, how da hell do you pray for forgiveness
when you got devil in you
rogain keeps the hair strong but cocain keeps the cable on
i can't wait till my nigga jb come home
why do all the real niggas stay gone so long
chorus
seventeen years of rain foggin up my window
it done been seventeen years of pain
but i'm still here though
seventeen years of rain foggin up my windows
it done been seventeen years of pain but i'm still here though
even though a nigga still in the hood
gettin drunk and smokin on wood
i'ma make it up out of this street life
on the corner is where i stood
out there all by myself cuz a player gotta get this mil
wearin fur ain't doin us no good
flippin burgers ain't gonn make you filled
but i'm still ten toes in this hustlin tryna make hood rich
and i still ain't trustin no bitch cuz the mother fuckers always snitch
its hard in this ghetto man fifteen years old with coke and caine
cheese don't come i'ma go insane snatch me a purse snatch me a chain
out here on the block with the fiends and the moon
sqweeze on the glock tryna pop at a goon
he done stole my dough he took my food
project wasn't born with a silver spoon in mouth in my grill wear six chain then niggas get killed
one in the grave the other in jail
nobody wins thats fo' real
back way when i was a runny nose
runnin round up and down the town
carrying a black glock and a gold frown
i kept that product on me
it wasn't no problem homie
you said it i had it and met you if you stole my money
just tryna buy bologna but now i'm buying lobster
still totin a glock but pusing a rolls rouce and winning oscars

chorus

Lovely as summertime
Always been a friend of mine
Slicker than banana peels
Cooler than a three pair of high heels
You'll always be the highlight of my life
Loved you like I loved my fellas on the block
More valuable than Coca-Cola stock
If I had my way, this love will never stop
You're the only thing that matters
Oh since I lost my pops
Girl you are

CHORUS:
More than a girl, more than a friend
Someone I can depend on 'till the end
Most folks talk about me cuz
They dont see what we've seen
It's the difference between hating and loving me

Wonderful like a newborn baby's smile
Amazing like being baptized in the Nile
Put me in and press rewind
Do that to me one more time
You will always be the highlight of my life
More alive than Biggie and PAC
Stronger than a pair of granddaddy's old socks
If I had my way, this love will never stop
Dont ever worry about me leaving
Cuz I'm satisfied with what I've got

CHORUS:
More than a girl, more than a friend
Someone I can depend on 'till the end
Most folks talk about me cuz
They dont see what we've seen
It's the difference between hating and loving me

More than a girl, more than a girl, more than a girl
You are my friend
Do that again, do that again, do that again
Girl dont stop yet
Just wanna touch you, to thank you, to love you
For what you've given
You will always be my girl
And I will always be your man

CHORUS:
More than a girl, more than a friend
Someone I can depend on 'till the end
Most folks talk about me cuz
They dont see what we've seen
It's the difference between hating and loving me

CHORUS:
More than a girl, more than a friend
Someone I can depend on 'till the end
Most folks talk about me cuz
They dont see what we've seen
It's the difference between hating and loving me

Verse 1
See im jealous of your clothes
cause they touch you more than I do
It kills me sometimes to know
That your toes spend so much time with your shoes
And no I dont approve of your lipstick
Maybelline aint tricking me and I see
How eager your panties be to get put on
So when you're gone I tease the ones you did not choose
I dont know about you but

CHORUS
I'm stingy
Don't want anything to touch you there
I dont wanna share you with nothing
Not even the air you breathe
Hook you lungs up to me
Stingy
Don't want nothing to touch you baby

Verse 2
And I often cuss out your bath water
For every moment you're gone
I almost lost my cool when I heard you bought that thong
Victoria Secret can't keep a secret too long
I know what they want so please don't
Be so naiive to what your bra does.When it's groping you
Cause they like to taste your nipples too
I don't know bout you but

CHORUS
I'm stingy
Let me touch you there
I dont wanna share you with nothing
Not even the air you breathe
Hook you lungs up to me
Stingy
Let me touch you there

See I wash my hands before I touch you
So I dont have to share with the germs
See my heart is so concerned(so concerned)
Oh So many things that I have yet to learn about you baby

CHORUS
I'm stingy
Let me touch you there
I dont wanna share you with nothing
Not even the air you breathe
Hook you lungs up to me
Stingy
Let me touch you there

I remember shoot outs over necklaces
Little Debbie breakfasts
Growing up in the projects, life stinks
Drinking fifths of Hennessey to forget my misery
Struggling out here in these streets
Barely living in this world
And this world is just so hateful

Chorus:
It's just so hateful
The kids are so ungrateful
Am I'm no longer able to disguise my disgust
And I know they're saying
We should trust the Lord will come and help us
And maybe I'm just being selfish but I've had enough
But when my song comes on the radio
I forget all of my troubles
And for one moment I'm not there at all
No matter where in my life I am that's my jam
Said when my song comes on the radio
I forget all of my troubles
And for one moment I'm not there at all
No matter where in my life I am
That's my jam

I remember fighting with my babysitter
Life without no father figure
Searching for my daddy's killer, life stinks
Working jobs that I don't like
Cussing out God every night
For giving me this awful life
And it don't stop 'cuz this world
is just so hateful
The kids are so ungrateful
and I'm no longer able to disguise my disgust
And I know they're saying
We should trust the Lord will come and help us
And maybe I'm just being selfish but I've had enough

Chorus:
But when my song comes on the radio
I forget all of my troubles
And for one moment I'm not there at all
No matter where in my life I am that's my jam
Said when my song comes on the radio
I forget all of my troubles
And for one moment I'm not there at all
No matter where in my life I am
That's my jam

Yo I done been in a lot of street fights
Got a hood stripes but I ain't immune to pain
Whether you are seventeen, black or white, gay, straight, or a lesbian
We all go through the same thing on one level or another
You never had a dad, had a part time mother
You had a good girl but you was too gutter
Mommie got a man now but you still love her
Some things just fall apart like some words break your heart
Even if you don't admit sometimes in the back of your mind
You really want to fall down and cry and never get up
But you gotta get up 'cuz you gotta pay bills even though you feeling like a loser
But you ain't a loser you God's child and can't nothing move ya

Chorus:
But when my song comes on the radio
I forget all of my troubles
For one moment I'm not there at all
No matter where in my life I am
That's my jam, That's my jam
When my song comes on the radio
I forget all of my troubles
And for one moment I'm not there at all
No matter where in my life I am
That's my jam

Intro:

Yea this song was such hell of a song that i felt it was nessesary that i bring it back
And i just kinda like came along with the song;
Here yo boy lyfe Jennings or your boy 2pac

Verse 1

Some say the darker the berry the sweeter the juice;
i say darker the flesh the deeper then the roots;
holler fo my sisters on welfare
Lyfe cares, if don't nobody else care
I wonder why we take from women
why rape our women
Do we hate our women
I think its time we kill for our women time to heal our women
be real to our women
we will have race of babies that will hate the ladies that make the babies,
will the real men get up
ladies i know you fed up

Chorus:(2x)

Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
oooo hold on

Verse 2

I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough
though we had it rough, always had enough
And I realize momma really paid the price
She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
And though you were a CRACK FINN momma you always was a BLACK QUEEN momma

(Hook one)

OOOOOOOO Child of mine
to all the ladies having babies on thier own i know its kionda rough and you feelin alone better days are coming along
HOOOLD ON

(Chorus 2x):

Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
oooo hold on

Verse 3 (kids)

And when he tells you you ain't nuttin don't believe him
And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don't need him
And I ain't tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
You know it makes me unhappy (what's that)
When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a
pappy
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
i know he beat cha down alot when you come around the block
brothas clown alot
but please dont cry
dry ya eye dont let em
learn to forgive and forget you dont need him

Chorus 2x

Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
oooo hold on

(out)Til fade

Keep yo head up

[Never miss a good thing 'til it's gone
I never meant to hurt you girl I was wrong
I always knew that one day you'd move on with your life
But I guess in the back of my mind
I thought you would come home one more time
I heard it through the grapevine you got a man
They say he treats you good and he makes you laugh
I'm happy for you baby and I ain't mad at you
May all your kids do good in school
And may all the dreams you have come true

CHORUS:
I'll always love you
I'll always care
And girl you gotta know that
I'll always love you
And no matter where you are
Know that my love is never far

A happy woman's worth her weight in gold
Loneliness is good for the soul
Expensive places, faces come and go
But you only find your soul mate once
And if you miss your chance you'll never find it again
I can't complain I did this to myself
You needed me and I wasn't there to help
It breaks my heart to see you lovin' someone else
I would give anything I own
If I could just have my baby home

CHORUS:
I'll always love you
I'll always care
And girl you gotta know that
I'll always love you
And no matter where you are
Know that my love is never far]