[ti:Born 2 Live]
[ar:O.C.]
[al:Word...Life]
[by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:00.450] Like the dead end kids, we used to play in the streets
[00:38.920] Never worryin' about grief, football spelled relief
[00:42.210] Ronnie was the coach for us
[00:43.990] See he taught us to play, almost every single day, OK
[00:46.940] Now on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and Lon
[00:49.760] My cousin Boo lived there too just to name a few
[00:52.520] With Sha-rone, he's bad to the bone, Boo's little sidekick
[00:55.140] And a bad ass mouth, he used to feist it on Harmon Street
[00:58.090] With Zach, Leo and Ed
[01:00.210] Me Jody and Boop by June, Rocky and then comes
[01:02.990] Tommy and Cedric, Lamont and Greg, unique in our own right
[01:06.290] At times we'd fight, but that's a-ight
[01:08.160] Still, not realizin' we had love, it showed
[01:11.210] When we played, no phony charades against
[01:13.580] One another, now while I write this song
[01:15.570] It's like some are still alive and a couple are gone
[01:18.310] We're born to live, a life to die
[01:21.050] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:23.640] We're born to live, a life to die
[01:26.200] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:28.900] We're born to live, a life to die
[01:31.360] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:34.140] We're born to live, a life to die
[01:36.630] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:39.360] As kids, you're overlookin' death
[01:41.370] It didn't seem important or serious, it just seems curious
[01:44.530] It was about, wakin' to a bowl of cereal
[01:47.110] Cartoons on Saturday's, karate flicks, and like
[01:50.110] Ridin' your skateboard, or bicycle
[01:52.010] And went as deep as Killa Joe on the corner drinkin' Ripple
[01:54.830] Plus, Puerto Rican kids on the block were cool
[01:57.380] We got along, we all knew right from wrong
[01:59.920] By far, we got a dose that life was hard
[02:02.700] A Spanish we were close with, was killed by a car
[02:05.480] Shocking, Alberto was hit, on the block and
[02:08.240] Death was spontaneous, his moms was clockin' him 'cross the street
[02:10.660] He just received an award
[02:13.570] For Little League baseball like an hour before, plus
[02:16.330] He didn't even get to see the summer set in
[02:18.640] Dyin' all young at the age of seven
[02:21.000] It opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weak
[02:23.690] As a kid, thinkin' **** like that was mad deep, peep it
[02:26.440] We're born to live, a life to die
[02:28.800] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:31.380] We're born to live, a life to die
[02:33.960] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:36.450] We're born to live, a life to die
[02:39.250] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:41.680] We're born to live, a life to die
[02:44.360] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:46.820] Now when somebody is gone, that's when you realize how close you was
[02:49.070] How close you are, like a star
[02:52.310] Real deep it takes time to heal
[02:54.220] And still from time to time you wish you could find the way to forgive
[02:58.020] And let him know you forgave
[02:59.460] But they can't feel six feet deep inside the grave
[03:02.810] What's left, but attend his wake, believin' if it was you
[03:05.640] He'd do it for old time's sake, damn
[03:08.350] I'm disturbed, by the news when I was told I was sittin'
[03:11.110] Knowin' damn well Boo ain't bullshittin'
[03:13.320] My life flashed like big bills of cash
[03:16.010] And good times we had, now it's all so sad
[03:18.200] One of my childhood pals hit the road
[03:21.010] When you take, to the streets, then you die, by the code
[03:23.610] But in this case, who knows what went down?
[03:26.140] Bottom line is wishin' that he still was around
[03:28.700] Now he found a spot in my heart, or should I say lobotomy
[03:31.610] Mike, know you're trapped inside of me
[03:34.230] And every other brother in Bush wick
[03:36.270] Who rushed to your side thick, all down with the click
[03:39.100] Yeah, God Bless he laid to rest
[03:41.540] Call him Mike Boogie, that's what describes the ***** best
[03:44.080] We're born to live, a life to die
[03:46.970] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[03:49.510] We're born to live, a life to die
[03:52.080] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[03:54.680] We're born to live, a life to die
[03:57.250] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[03:59.950] We're born to live, a life to die
[04:02.670] Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[04:05.300] We're born to live
[04:06.870] We're born to live
[04:10.340] We're born to live
[04:13.030] We're born to live
[04:14.810] Like that y'all