Quality Of Life Lyrics - The Great Escape - Joe Budden

[joe budden] 

some niggas drink away the pain 

i think of ways to gain 

and it happens so naturally you think it's pre-ordained 

straight? escape from that ball and chain 

can't tell if i was in it for the long hall of fame wait 

i'm laying low on the island 

been learnt that saying no is a talent 

niggas want beef but keeping up is a challenge 

can't tell if i'm tryna get even or find a balance 

but i'm much closer i won't front 

hoes love it, so so yet he's so blunt 

a charming asshole, want him all the same 

tell him i feel the ice as its forming in my veins 

chasing the high so much that we both hurting 

to the point it aint even about the other person 

so we're even, i'm in love with her ray and her pussy 

and she in love with the idea of what i could be 

on top of the world but it's higher to fall 

whats the point in dreaming big if you acquired it all 

but if lyricism is back, i helped it spearhead 

if we order ? make mine a year ahead 

i skip the club line and don't get turned around 

for girls come at a high volume i don't turn them down 

no pregnant hoes and no minors 

81 bars with em as a co-signer 

i fill the counter up without checking the cost yet 

i ain't rich my nigga but check the way i offset 

don't get confused by the bentleys and the corvettes 

got stories from my hood that'll rival those of war vets 

jersey city helped 'im mould to what i amounted to 

my only beef is that they don't hold itself accoutanble so 

a few resent me, but i'm cool with it 

they handed me the city before i knew what to do with it 

this last chick that i put under the wing 

has taught me the younger the age, the younger she think 

i mean she shaped like a stallion with bomb sex but don't understand me 

when i'm trying not to be complex 

done raising my voice, i aint with it 

whats the point of arguing if she aint gonna get it 

plus my future's now, her's is down the pipline 

and thats the difference between a good time and a lifetime 

but my current situation 

is i keep meeting chicks that need a way outta their current situation 

some cool, some silly, some serious 

they tryna come up, i'm tryna cum period 

nah, i don't do the pick up lines 

i give her the number to the chauffer with a pick up time 

one week and it's vegas, the next week it's ? 

hard to love a dude from ? when it come with that many perks 

i need a sign she attracted to more than designer fabrics 

if by chance i'm passed my prime i'm tryna lap it 

too many checks to deposit 

smoke too many bones, no skeletons in my closet 

we're talking rap off the work that i got 

if i aint crack your top 10 you should reserve me a spot 

till then, i play the strip club and ? rocking 

so when life flash before my eyes, it's all worth watching 

i'm 'bout honor and respect and boredom just made me rent a condo on the edge 

if god gave me anything i was hoping for a ? 

try to quit, smoking more, just met her going raw 

so how could we end up trusting eachother 

when our bond started out with us judging eachother 

both fronting like yeah, we just fucking each other 

but nobody getting fooled while we bluffing each other 

got one girl, got too much history with 

another thats never happy, too much misery with 

another that'll gussle shots til she literally sick 

and another that only text me to say "give me some dick" 

i swear, how could you ever say joe went soft 

when if i tell you my problems, you think i'm showing off 

i keep it quiet, it's all covered at my end 

my quality of life is pretty high end