Mos Def (yasiin Bey) - Life Is Real lyrics

[Intro + shout outs] Boogie man, boogie man, boogie man BOOGIE MAN! (Hello children!) My whole life is real My life [4X] A-ha, Brooklyn you know My life [4X], it's a real thang [Mos Def] Listen My whole life is real, morning news and nights is real What I spit and I write is real, cuz my life is real My own life is ILL!! filled with magic's strife to scale Sun bright, no time to chill, got all type of bills I got seeds I gotta feed with this They be needin sh**, I got ex-wife beef and sh** That's how deep it get My whole life is real, my whole life is ill A fantastic, a beautiful mess And life n***a in America: the usual stress I do it to the up, low, the east and the west, I Do it to most, I do it to d**h I do so it good they don't know what to do with theyselves Well do this: MOVE! Back, forward, mo' Life is real, let's move on [Hook] My whole life is real, morning news and nights is real What I spit and I write is real, cuz my life is ILL Filled with magic's strife to scale Sun bright, no time to chill Got all type of bills I got seeds I gotta feed with this I got streets I gotta reach with this That's how deep it get [Mos Def] My whole life is ill, my whole life is real Mornings, noon's, nights Birthdays, workdays, holidays, funerals. the usual Life is real! Sunday to Monday, school, your gunplay, politics, bullsh** Life is real! Shootings, stabbing, free tray, arrest crush, k**, destroy, cheques d**h. rebirth Reach the world but touch the street first Life goin in every direction but rewind n***az is waiting for the light to dive down On a park a hustler plays the hide out Somebody's gotta notice it's a matter of time before the world fine out The earth dry out and push the hintin to high ground,life style--Hostile Real, life real real So real, too real, news real--edited The close up block out the rest of it True evident, false measurement Crunk superstar, thug president Tricks allegiance, M-def payment ship Scribe lively, so timely,that is timeless And is lovely, and is ugly, as it must be [Hook] [Outro] My whole life is real, ha-haa! Brooklyn know My life my [4X] B.X. know My life my [4X] Real n***az all over the world My life my [4X], it's a real thang whoooo! Boogie man!