Live This Way

Lyrics

I don't want to live this way ... [Chorus] I got friends need picking up Clothes need stitching up Beats need kicking up Neighbors spitting wicked stuff Tummy needs filling up My insurance really sucks And I don't want to live this way I got dreams I wanna live Some money I wanna give Some rules I gotta respect Some wins I gotta collect Some albums I wanna tease Victories I wanna seize That I don't want to give away [Verse 1] In my room alone, waiting for jazz samples to buffer on my Pentium 4, I had so much to discover And so much freedom to pursue it so fully and honestly I'll forever be grateful for all the food at the table This country's been at war since I was old enough to think Didn't start to really think till I was old enough to drink Now that I'm on the right track I'm running faster playing catch up With my homies looking on, planning weddings playing dress up Buying houses that they don't expect to share with fifteen people Worrying 'bout Star Wars sequels, not keeping rights equal Who's gonna take the weight, it's me, pile it on Got a list of worries longer than wingspan of pteranodon Might as well stay in hell with all my dunnies Who I fight for the same money, but at least we find it funny Even on my best days, I can't keep the dread at bay Hear a part of me say, I don't want to live this way [Chorus] I got friends need picking up Clothes need stitching up Beats need kicking up Democrats don't give a fuck my Tummy needs filling up My insurance really sucks And I don't want to live this way I got dreams I wanna live Some money I wanna give Some rules I gotta respect Some wins I gotta collect Some albums I wanna tease Victories I wanna seize That I don't want to give away [Verse 2] I can look at Twitter for three minutes and lose three years Hard pressed to find three reasons to be here But y'all are one of them, it's stunning how you bundle me If I ever fall I know you're pushing out from under me You'll be bright, you'll have energy, you'll do the right thing Make your noise and be poised when the lightning strikes To ride it past the city lights into the night Yes, I want you to feel that way First job at fourteen, since then I've taken two weeks off I thought it would pay off, my art would support me Used to push carts in a parking lot and regret that there ain't a lot in my Check and yet the beats I was wreckin' em sweatin' and checking 'em While I was inspecting my path, if they gave me ten seconds they Would hire my ass I would even work for free and wait while they did the math But now, you ain't gonna eat that way [Chorus] I got friends need picking up Clothes need stitching up Beats need kicking up You want me to be civil, what? Tummy needs filling up My insurance really sucks And I don't want to live this way I got dreams I wanna live Some money I wanna give Some rules I gotta respect Some wins I gotta collect Some albums I wanna tease Victories I wanna seize That I don't want to give away I don't want to live this way I don't want to live this way [Bridge] Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why now Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why now Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why now Tell me why, tell me why Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why now Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why now Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why now Why my throat so dry [Outro] Where's the love? Where's the love? Where's the love? Where's the love? Where's the love? Where's the love? Where's the love? Where's the love?