[Verse 1: T.I.]

When I think about all my time and all my struggle

Through all my grinding and all my troubles

Man, I came up from nothing, all I had was a hustle

With a blindfold trying to find pieces to the puzzle, no muzzle

I tell it like it is, that's that

Right or wrong, I'ma call it how I see it, don't forget

That impossible is nothing, your environment's irrelevant

Just don't let your emotions overpower your intelligence

Refuse to give up, your mistakes don't define you

They don't dictate where you headed, they remind you

That time keep ticking, let your mind keep clicking

Never stop thinking, be aware of your decisions

Be aware of the collisions and the potholes hidden

In the road that you travel on your lifelong mission

Just listen, every day is like a snapshot taken

If you live, you can learn to be patient

[Chorus: John Legend]

'Cause life is like a slideshow

All the places that I go

And aIl the things that I know

Through all the highs and lows

'Cause life is like a slideshow

And all the things that I've seen

And all the things that I've dreamed

You can't take away from me

'Cause life is like a slideshow

[Verse 2: T.I.]

As I look back at a fly young cat

Who could rap with a dream, look where I took that

Beginning on Bankhead, then it spread out

Vision in my head, all I had to was get it out

When I walked out of my house and looked at my street

All I seen was opportunity that led me to truancy

I ain't really have a role model to influence me

Uncle Quinn in prison, they say next it's going be you in it

As a juvenile caught cases so fluently

Look at my life and learn from it, don't do it

If I only knew back then what I know now

How much better life would of been if I'da slowed down

Maybe I'da been Kanye instead of seeing gunplay

But God got a plan, I'll understand one day

But one day of life, like a snapshot taken

Just believe you can make it, have faith, be patient

[Chorus: John Legend]

'Cause life is like a slideshow

All the places that I go

And aIl the things that I know

Through all the highs and lows

'Cause life is like a slideshow

And all the things that I've seen

And all the things that I've dreamed

You can't take away from me

'Cause life is like a slideshow

[Bridge: John Legend]

Oh, oh, oh

Looking back on my lifetime

See the slides go by, trying to wonder why

Looking back on where I've been

I remember when

Do you remember then

[Chorus: John Legend]

'Cause life is like a slideshow

All the places that I go

And aIl the things that I know

Through all the highs and lows

'Cause life is like a slideshow

And all the things that I've seen

And all the things that I've dreamed

You can't take away from me

'Cause life is like a slideshow