Price of Life

Lyrics

[Produced by Sean Anderson] [Intro: DJ Drama] All or Nothing Please don't let them turn this country into the purge So we can all live it up for the rest of our lives As usual Banks with the wise words Ya boy Dram', and like that... we gone [Verse 1: Lloyd Banks] Uh, I rather chop mine up for solo than eat off a Shady plate My wisdom potent enough for two juniors My babies' babies straight Trust no body on my plates, me and my crazy steaks Celebrating, I'd rather blow my candles out Mercedes cake This for my doubters gave me hate Second guessing I caned them down 10 toes Niggas you thought was fly I had to lend clothes Called it a day I'm blowing Cadillac and Porsche, Benz, Rolls Pause in my favorite moments Getting money turns friend foes, uh Lied in your face red nose Trouble they near you cut my ties wide Niggas rather support the unfamiliar Armored wearer gun concealer Catch you slipping you breathe wrong Dough beginner, you got to bend hundreds to put the sleeves on Insults ain't even on best, sneak dissing the flow God I clean out all these new niggas, remixing my old bars Timing is a big plus, streets missing me so far Dragging them by their feet, added to my mystique, uh [Chorus: Lloyd Banks] I got my ears all on the street The strong appraise the weak I always got the time to take it there Most'll face defeat Schemers out here on the creek Waiting for you to sleep Everybody bought a dollar the price of life is cheap If you been the places I've been You know a thing about surviving Keep it on cause niggas recognizing You prosper from the striving They want you down when you rising But I ain't with the duckin or the dodging The devil sneaking 5s in They rob still cheat and lie when, you get on they gon' seek Providing I'm mobbing I'm ready for the problem, riding Window open up for enterprising [Verse 2: Lloyd Banks] I had the closest ones that love me took from me That hurt my heart, scarred the boy in me Now pain's here hoping we grow apart The ghetto gruesome after dark The ghouls let vials loose in the park Hear the spark won't stop us there Careful how you choose your remarks I'm back killing 'em, approach the studio the track shivering My ancient jewelry glow subtracts middlemen Rings up to the sky 'cause they wanna full clip your health Crooked copper want my ID, gotta reach for that shit yourself More than 15 years of shining, dip my microphone in diamonds I'm in Lex McQueen linen, lining these MCs up Home where the demons ride November Politics disguise agenda, end of the world as we know it Poet, pen what I remember Sense some tension now you turning Concerned that they might switch Bullets for my ghost, pillow covered burner like quick Red soles under my Louie loafs 'cause slipping's detrimental Met you niggas with my grip on Fake love always sits you wrong [Chorus: Lloyd Banks] I got my ears all on the street The strong appraise the weak I always got the time to take it there Most'll face defeat Schemers out here on the creek Waiting for you to sleep Everybody bought a dollar the price of life is cheap If you been the places I've been You know a thing about surviving Keep it on cause niggas recognizing You prosper from the striving They want you down when you rising But I ain't with the duckin or the dodging The devil sneaking 5s in They rob still cheat and lie when, you get on they gon' seek Providing I'm mobbing I'm ready for the problem, riding Window open up for enterprising