Life

ft Amerie
 (Royce talking)
 Come here Royce
 (Royce talking over)
 Come over here, sit down, let me talk to you
 Right here, over here
 Sit on daddy's lap
 I want to tell you something
 (Amerie) Life is a moment in space
 When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
 Life is a moment in space
 When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
 Listen, yo
 Little Royce Nickel Nine, eyes wide with sight
 With a future as bright as the light in the eyes of Christ
 Ready to take on the world and whatever is in it
 Proof read, sign, and seal whatever you finish
 I can only lead you while you're on your quest for knowledge
 I'ma teach you to have sense and to respect the dollar
 Hope for the best, and you'll see, your world will be solid
 I'ma teach you the truth, even behind worldly logic
 This is life, cut and dry, days is bright, nights is dark
 Fights get sparked, it's almost like to get ahead
 You got to be twice as smart, the realities of life is harsh
 Just know that God's keeping you level
 He'll even speak through the ghetto to reach you
 Just to teach you that the streets is the devil
 Everybody's dishonest, different
 Which means that we're dying by livin'
 Oblivious to the time that we're given
 So you don't prepare for the death, you live for the life
 And live right like, do right by your kids and your wife
 Have fun as a child, yo them years is precious
 The future brings fear and stresses as the year progresses
 You're gonna turn a lot of them down, you're gonna feel rejection
 You're gonna tell a lot of lies and you're gonna hear confessions
 It's a two way street when you deal in his presence
 Only your life can show that everything is real in this message
 This is life
 (Amerie) Life is a moment in space
 When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
 Life is a moment in space
 When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
 Yo, the whole world is upon you, the pressure is on
 And you can probably sum your life up the best when you're gone
 Upon the creation of all men, destiny's born
 For us to reproduce, so you can keep the legacy goin'
 I know you think I'm Superman, but I got weaknesses too
 I keep a firm leash on things by believing in you
 And after I'm gone I live on breathing through you
 And anything I had in this life, I leave it to you
 Aim for the sky and fly till you come back down
 I had you the baton and you run, till you come back 'round
 Let your heart tell your temper, "Put that gun back down!"
 Dry your tears up and turn that frown upside-down
 It'd be plenty to cry for, think life, not death
 You got much more to live for than to die for
 But you got to stay humble
 Cause just as hard as your work to get it
 There's people working harder to take it from you
 Cause life, something that people take for granted
 As time passes, you're gonna want something back
 But you won't get it cause history is made every second
 So you crave every lesson and save every blessin'
 No matter how you view the world yo, you never will get it
 The world will be the world through the eyes of whoever is in it
 But things ain't gonna always go right
 Look at it like, yo this ain't your day, but this your life, and live
 Life
 (Amerie) Life is a moment in space
 When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
 Life is a moment in space
 When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
 There will be trials and tribulations
 But don't let them, don't let them, don't let them bring you down
 I said you better keep going to your destination
 After your darkest hour the sun will come around
 (Royce talking)
 This is life
 Yo I don't care, I don't care if this song don't sell one copy
 That's not even what it's for
 It's for you, my boy
 This is life
 (Amerie singing in the background)
 You gotta keep going on, you gotta keep moving on
 Be strong, be strong, be strong
 Cause this is life