[Verse 1: Project Pat]

I was broke, pocket full of lint, now I'm on the bricks

Gettin' paid like no other, dog, now I'm stackin' chips

On the road like a trucker, mane, had to take some trips

Doing shows for my brothers but strapped with extra clips

Just in case any sucker would wanna run his lips

A female; I don't trust her 'cause women like to trip

I stay all by my ghetty green, hell with some time

Did some crime that was petty, seem still gettin' mine

All this hatred I'm hearin', though, you I ain't fearin'

Better try to be growin' old, mane, with your children

Escalade what a nigga steerin', last days nearin'

Tryin' to get it right with God, only one who I'm fearin'

Hopin' I'ma make it, keep it real

Never knew I get the chances for a nigga to get paid

So I take it, livin' like a player should

Wishin' that you could, knowin' it's all to the good

Still down with the hood

[Chorus: Namond Lumpkin]

This life we livin' (Life as we live it)

See, it's oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

This life we livin' (Life as we live it)

See, it's oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

[Verse 2: Project Pat]

Last year my cousin took a fall, a sad song

Seem like we was just on the phone, now he gone

People use to try to judge him, sayin' he was wrong

But you can't try to judge a man, you do you wrong

Smokin' out on a daily base, I'm in the clouds

Drinkin' liquor, fallin' on my face, wonderin' how

I survive all this foolishness up in the street

Ridin' dirty, I ain't new to this, I'm packin' heat

But the streets very hazardous to a niggas health

Watch your step, you ain't Lazarus, you'll meet your death

I'm the man from the North-North-Side of the town

With the will to support me and keep 'em found

Stayin' down, got your gold grills, Dro in the air

Barbecue on the grill, some cool for a player

When I ride through the streets, hoes are plentiful

'Cause the life that we live so beautiful

[Chorus: Namond Lumpkin]

This life we livin' (Life as we live it)

See, it's oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

This life we livin' (Life as we live it)

See, it's oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

[Verse 3: Project Pat]

Gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad

Love what you got and remember what you had

Messin' with the ones who helped me in the times

When I was flat broke didn't even have a dime

My family they was there, my niggas they was there

The rest of y'all left me for dead, didn't care

I use to have dreams, livin' large in this thang

And by the grace of God, I'm still alive in this thang

I strive in this game to get all that I can

Never said I'm the mane, respect me as a man

To you ones think I owe you somethin', now that's a joke

Think you bad? Come and get you somethin' — hollows to throat

Either trill, either fake, you can love, you can hate

Either go and get your own, or you can sit and wait

On the next man to come up; You can peep this

You can't do what I do, handle your business

[Chorus: Namond Lumpkin]

This life we livin' (Life as we live it)

See, it's oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

This life we livin' (Life as we live it)

See, it's oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)

Oh, so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful)