L.I.F.E. - Lil Mama

[00:00.52]Lil Mama - L.I.F.E.
[00:20.63]L is for the liars that have surrounded me
[00:24.96]I insecurities my head down in these streets
[00:29.91]F my future there isn't 1
[00:33.81]E Eternal hope
[00:37.59]This is my life
[00:39.95]I wake up every day to the same old foster mother
[00:42.72]I ain't got no pictures of my mother
[00:44.46]She was a crack fiend nothing like pot mother
[00:46.95]She didn't make a difference if though she
[00:49.0]Could've I'm a shame shame of my life
[00:52.2]Pappa cracky sold me twice
[00:54.05]On a late night stopped by
[00:56.02]And look in my eyes
[00:57.2]Bags from the tears that I've cried
[00:58.94]And the people who lied
[01:00.37]Telling me that this is my place
[01:02.14]Phony & try smile In my face
[01:03.92]When I should have know something
[01:05.11]Was rare smiled when she opened the mail
[01:07.76]Kept a nice mink on her back
[01:09.49]Meanwhile I got a goose & my goose got patches
[01:12.1]I'm so mad this is me
[01:14.44]I'm so hurt this is me
[01:16.3]So I shouldn't be
[01:18.2]Well I goin be alright cause
[01:19.58]L is for the liars that have surrounded me
[01:24.29]I insecurities my head down in these streets
[01:29.270004]F my future there isn't 1
[01:33.03]E Eternal hope
[01:36.869995]This is my life
[01:39.3]I'm pregnant by a dude & he not 16
[01:41.67]But I like his style & his whipp is mean
[01:44.0]My mama told me to find a man to take care
[01:45.6]Of me & he does buy me things but he beats on me
[01:48.94]I come to her for a little advice
[01:50.9]So I show up with a black eye
[01:52.54]Telling me to know my place so I stay
[01:54.82]Waiting for my body phase
[01:56.33]Telling myself it just a little pregnancy phase
[01:59.68]When all in reality I'm being discourage & disrespected
[02:03.19]And under the pressure & I don't really blame the man
[02:06.21]I blame my mother for not teaching me the different types of man
[02:09.39]Life could never understand my side of story being that it's so consist 18 years
[02:15.05]And 9 months developing raised in a prison I guess I'll never make a difference
[02:19.0]L is for the liars that have surrounded me
[02:23.65]I insecurities my head down in these streets
[02:28.7]F my future there isn't 1
[02:32.41]E Eternal hope
[02:36.28]This is my life
[02:38.49]Born on to another is the least
[02:40.39]Of my problems
[02:41.15]Parents like deja vu
[02:42.35]My stomach is starving
[02:43.49]3 months pregnant idiotically I departed
[02:45.95]So ashame of a life that was started
[02:47.88]I ask god if he can take the pain away
[02:50.38]He made me in denial of every word I pray
[02:52.69]Every day it's the same old no talent I'm feeling like
[02:56.03]My life is unbalanced no telling what tomorrow going look
[02:59.66]Like yea right wrapped up in a fast light for a suicidal
[03:02.94]Act why is my life set up for a failure I can care
[03:06.92]Less with the people say to ya'll we break out
[03:09.25]In rage venting all the hurt inside who am I
[03:12.0]To tell you what you fail to realize the voice that you hold
[03:15.01]Within you the voice that you are
[03:17.28]The Voice Of The Young People!
[03:18.57]L is for the liars that have surrounded me
[03:23.0]I insecurities my head down in these streets
[03:28.06]F my future there isn't 1
[03:31.94]E Eternal hope
[03:35.65]This is my life