Common - Goodlife lyrics

[Hook] (T.I.) I keep telling myself Man I'm living the good life (Pharrell) I'm living the good life {*2X*} I'm on top of the world I'm on top of the world {*2X*} [T.I.] I was born into poverty raised I the sewerage Streets always would be a part of me, it made me the truest And even when my days were the bluest I never ran from adversity, instead I ran to it Fear ain't in the heart of me I learned just do it You get courage in your fears right after you go through it Now I come through in a Coupe on 22's That ain't bad for a n***a who ain't even finish school Don't get me wrong I never been a fool I just put off graduating for a pair of tennis shoes I used to use the beat to paint my pain But nowadays man I can't complain I got several automobiles and they all on thangs Several with solid tags and they all in one chain Used to see me in the mall I'm the same And gettin brains from a couple of broads on the plane [Hook] [Common] I come from Chi-Town lost and found in the struggle Where dudes say stay safe and stay out of trouble Speak is muffed the law and B gon try to cuff you Those with duffles move weight and have muscles I came through the dirt with a verse for the people Open up for Daddy Kane and Eazy up at the Regal The radio rarely put their needle on my record They ain't see how the hood and heaven were connected Sounds projected, ain't show how effective Lessons learned, sessions turned to life reflected And everything I found real in life know I kept it They say life's a teacher, you're gonna get tested When a n***a changed they keep saying that n***a strange They couldn't see how my mind want bigger things Ahead of my time now I caught up with the game Making good music making paper making change And it's good [Hook] [T.I.] I put on gasoline drawers I stood in the fire With enough heat to set the hood on fire Man you n***as think Suge was off the wire You should've seen the squad before I had Messiah We a**umed the title as the number one supplier Felt like I was selling blow since I was in diapers And wish a n***a would come try us We was cool with the k**ers, best friends with the lifers Quick to up and scrap with n***as who want to deny For what we considered then as a lucrative empire But like that pimping time flash by you Now I wonder what the judge think as he reading my priors Prison ain't full and the reaper ain't bias Anybody tell ya different's a damn liar Gave the jail hell and shot birds at the hearse Lived through worse and reversed the curse [Hook]