Emilio Rojas - This Can't Be Life lyrics

[Verse 1] Single mom I was raised by her, in a place where the hate triumphed Half white, half Latin, so my inner conflict was a race riot She said I'd never be sh**, said I'd die young, said I'd end up in a precinct Where the cops wanna see us dead, now they only looking for a reason Uh, now I'm in the four seasons feet kicked up on the balcony looking at the city lights Thinking of the broads that I did so wrong, now, I was so focused on getting right Put them in a cab and I put them in a song, uh huh I don't know if she got style cause I only seen her in a thong It's a life I lead, no, my life don't lead me Yeah, and I don't need love, and my love don't need me Yeah, that's co-dependent, coulda end up as a co-defendant Coulda spent months in a coldest cell because a code of silence is a code of ethics Where I'm from, everybody sold d**, uh huh We don't wanna die young, and we wanna grow up, uh huh And my homie just OD'ed, had to see it online, no one told me Right, I ain't know he was a dope fiend with kilos in his arm tryna play it off lowkey [?] poking his vein, when I'm back home now it won't be the same Tryna find hope in the rocks like looking for a teardrop soaked in the rain Nothing changes, hate from love or is it love from strangers? Said I'm living on the edge, I just hope it's sharp enough for me to cut the chains [Hook: Emilio Rojas with background singing "It/This can't be life"] Yeah, and this can't be life, and this can't be And this can't be life, and it can't be We deserve more than that, uh huh Gotta make this right, yeah Yeah, and this can't be life Yeah, and this can't be life, and it can't be Yeah, and this can't be life, and it can't be We deserve more than that, uh huh Gotta make this right, yeah Yeah, and this can't be life [Verse 2] And lately I've been praying, amen Tryna box with God but my heart is too heavy to make the weigh in now I'm staying patient, in the study, recording I'm on credit for them hours, knowing that I can't afford it And my cousin started snorting sh**, my little sister pregnant, damn I told her to abort it, since I said it, I regret it now When my niece and nephew enter this world, and it's gonna be guilt When I look into they beautiful eyes and I think of the time I said she should k** them I'm not perfect, I don't pretend to be, I'm my worst f**ing enemy Cause I gave my ex's all they best s** and they worst memories But still they just can't seem to leave me alone That's a cycle of dysfunction man, that sh** just go and go We just kids from broken homes, can't fix sh**, struggling with love and addiction And all the months that we never paid rent on time, landlord threatening eviction When them doors close though, you just gotta break through, right You don't wanna look back with regrets, stressed out 'bout what you ain't do [Hook: Emilio Rojas with background singing "It/This can't be life"] Yeah, and this can't be life, and this can't be And this can't be life, and it can't be We deserve more than that, uh huh Gotta make this right, yeah Yeah, and this can't be life Yeah, and this can't be life, and it can't be Yeah, and this can't be life, and it can't be We deserve more than that, uh huh Gotta make this right, yeah Yeah, and this can't be life