[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 n***a 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 n***a 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 n***as 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 sum 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 n***as 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)