Life & Luxury

Lyrics

[Intro: MC Lyte] Yeah Here to shed some light You or them, out here getting your paper In this industry [Verse 1: MC Lyte] Sometimes it feels like the walls be closing in I stay praying for the door and the opening I see a lot of fakeness, and ya'll toast to them But I'm real, I never claim to be close to them I live a privileged life, I get chauffeured in Follow rules, good girl, I'm supposed to win But in between times, some of the lines, they gеt blurred Words and doubt can leave you so discouragеd Nothing good could ever come by way of a hurry And I'm sure God don't move quicker just cause you worry But the pitfalls that I saw, the time with the see-saws The blind leading the blind, the creed with the cheap talk The traps they set, life ain't tough enough They wanna test you, see if you're walking [?] Of all I sacrificed, truth is all is a I got And the plaques I stock, some of ya'll forgot? (forgot?) [Chorus] Life and luxury, so ambitious Always hustling, don't lose sight of what you dream Things ain't always what they seem Life is full, full of messes Now it's hard, I see the blessing I'm driven, I have vision Life proof that I'm the author of my dream [Verse 2: MC Lyte] I lived the finest of life, but understand it came with Playing the pawn, in the palm of the underhanded So the summer plan is to gain the upper hand Come harder than the 3, the new lots in Sutter Ave Got my feelings on my sleeve, but they sure to cut a hand When they hear the goal is for me to blow up and expand Been planning while I'm tanning down in Ocho Rios Eternal with my journal and a mug of miso Keep it trim with the keto and the shot of titos Feeling like I'm home with a flock of my amigos Been so on my grind, every line is lethal Sitting in a bistro, crowded, I can see though My future bright, I can see it from the smallest peephole And no matter how you play it, baby, we ain't equal It's whatever, be this, not one instead of me One of one, get it done, I run from no one [Chorus] Life and luxury, so ambitious Always hustling, don't lose sight of what you dream Things ain't always what they seem Life is full, full of lessons Now it's hard, I see the blessing I'm driven, I have vision Life proof that I'm the author of my dream [Verse 3: MC Lyte] Forget excepting anything that they hand to you It's a shame, some of them programmable Oh, put your ethics aside, along with your pride Now they got you doing things you can't stand to do Monkey see, monkey - you been the tail on the donkey doo I call them out, call me rude, sistas with this bad attitudes I did that, hope you never burn a bridge Fire hit and you toast cause the ghost is permanent Free yourself on the way up. Why you play tough? They'll pop you like a GoodYear and watch you shake up Spend the rest of your days tryna get it back No more fly cars or Cartier bags The game chewed you up and spit you out Never thought there'd be a day that it's you they talk about So ungrateful. You were the best But the best can become the most hated for less I seen it with my own eyes [Chorus] Life and luxury, so ambitious Always hustling, don't lose sight of what you dream Things ain't always what they seem Life is full, full of lessons Now it's hard, I see the blessing I'm driven, I have vision Life proof that I'm the author of my dream [Outro: MC Lyte] Don't lean back Homie, lean into it Groove so [?] Gotta move to it Got everything to prove Everything's on the line every time Everything's on the line every time Bring your best to it Bring you to it Be you with it Yeah Telling the shit someone told me, y'know? Be on your best game Yeah This is dedicated to all the kings And all the soon-to-be kings