[Intro]
Yeah (this a cold world) As the world keep spinning (this a cold world) and keep on turning, this world get's colder. (this a cold world) Dress warm baby, dress warm
[Verse 1]
Look, life is a midget, short so you got to watch how you live it
Time ticking, anybody can die in the next minutes
When people reach them double digits, they start making decisions
Life became a collision, or maybe headed to prison
Sixteen years old and he dealing d**
Father left him and his mama, so he want to be a thug
With only one year shy of graduation
He dropped out of school and said "f** an education."
He used to be a good child who always made his mama proud
She no longer smiles cause he's hanging with the wrong crowd
She put him on the streets, since that's where he want to be at
Cause locked down or dead is where he's gonna be at
Wrong place, wrong time
Somebody rolled on him from behind and shot him five times
Then robbed him, but died in transit to the hospital
Left his body cold like a popsicle
It's a cold world
[Hook]
When this world get's cold, you got to dress warm. (This world is so cold)
Cause you don't want to get sick during a cold storm
It's mother nature of living. (This world is so cold)
You can live innocent and still go to prison
It's a cold world
When this world get's cold, don't you ever crumble. (This world is so cold)
Cause this world that we're living in is a jungle
It's mother nature of living. (This world is so cold)
You can die innocent and never get a chance of living
It's a cold world
[Verse 2]
Seventeen with dreams to be a business woman
She very outspoken and she always kept her focus
Discovered things like Columbus when he crossed that ocean
She just hoping that no one will leave her heartbroken
She fell in love with this guy she went to school with
The same guy that every female done fooled with
She was really easy cause she was very lonely
He just wanted to f** her so he can tell his homies
They had s** and they didn't even use protection
Couple weeks later, found out that she was pregnant
He denying his seed
And what he didn't know, he gave his baby mama HIV
Now her dreams are her nightmares that she can't put behind
Life ruined, baby all it takes is one time
Child born and you didn't get to see him grow
Cause you six feet below
Baby it's a cold world
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
It's so many poor, defenseless people on this earth
All these innocent people out here are getting hurt
Live they life, go to school, go to work, go to church
Put God first and still get treated like dirt
Working hard on that education
Then you get into an altercation, and now you on probation
Working hard just to keep your job
You got to feed your family, then end up getting robbed
It's a cold world
Feeling like you neglected by the staff at your school
Getting bullied and they ain't trying to listen to you
Next day you brought a gun from home
Now them bullies want to leave you alone
Damn, got arrested, expelled, and some felony charges
Somebody who was harmless done got into some garbage
And now you got to live with it
Did everything you could now you got to deal with it
Son it's a cold world
[Hook]
When this world get's cold, you got to dress warm. (This world is so cold)
Cause you don't want to get sick during a cold storm
It's mother nature of living. (This world is so cold)
You can live innocent and still go to prison
It's a cold world
When this world get's cold, don't you ever crumble. (This world is so cold)
Cause this world that we're living in is a jungle
It's mother nature of living. (This world is so cold)
You can die innocent and never get a chance of living
It's a cold world
When this world get's cold, you got to dress warm. (This world is so cold)
Cause you don't want to get sick during a cold storm
It's mother nature of living. (This world is so cold)
You can live innocent and still go to prison
It's a cold world
When this world get's cold, don't you ever crumble. (This world is so cold)
Cause this world that we're living in is a jungle
It's mother nature of living. (This world is so cold)
You can die innocent and never get a chance of living
It's a cold world
It's a cold world