[Intro: Phonte (Cesar Comanche)]
Yeah, yeah (Word)
Tigga
Son of Squirrel (Uh), collaboration (Shit, check it out)
My n***a D-Brock in here (What, check me out)
Wanna talk to y'all a lil bit about that road life, rap life, whatever you wanna call it (Yeah)
It's goin' down (Come on)

[Verse 1: Cesar Comanche]

[Chorus: Darien Brockington]
Been around the world and sacrifice
Losing endless days and sleepless nights
Every day, I choose to pay the price
That's the way I gotta live the life
Been around the world and seen the sight
Drugs are offering my dreams tonight
Crowded rooms and fourteen-hour flights
That's the way I gotta live the life

[Verse 2: Phonte]
I came from the bottom of the barrel
No name brands, logos on my apparel
Played out like a Blue Note, just ask Harold
Hard times and then some
A broken home, with a fixed income
Until I started puttin' words together
Adjectives and verbs together, and put them to beats
Record label hear my sounds, say my shit sounds sweet
And so they throw me on the road for a couple of weeks
So the world can hear my devilish raps
California, New York, New Orleans, Philly, Texas and back
The delicate fact, is that they show me all these chicks and doe
And I ain't never had shit before
So I'm wildin', snortin' blow, smokin' cancer sticks
And fuckin' these groupie hoes every chance I get
Supermodels, gettin' next to them
And catchin' easy head from white broads cause that's safe sex to them
Now I, travel the world and my records been played
And people tellin' me that hip hop's been saved
And on the, finest of linens, my head's been laid
But I get home and find none of my bills been paid?!
And that's part of the game, you gotta respect it
N***as don't see the lights, till it's disconnected
And that can have a sobering effect
It's the rap life
But man, that shit can all be over in a sec
Better live it
[Chorus: Darien Brockington]
Been around the world and sacrifice
Losing endless days and sleepless nights
Every day, I choose to pay the price
That's the way I gotta live the life
Been around the world and seen the sight
Drugs are offering my dreams tonight (Around the world)
Crowded rooms and fourteen-hour flights
That's the way I gotta live the life

[Outro: Cesar Comanche (Darien Brockington)]
(The life) And that's the life we live
(The li-ife)
Yeah (Sounds so beautiful), sing it
(The life)
Word up, just giving you a glimpse
(The life, the life)
9th Wonder, Phonte, D-Brock, Son of Squirrel
Yeah, the life
Peace (Yeah)
One, two
One, two
One, two