Life Is Too $hort Lyrics - Too $hort

I remember how it all began 

I used to sing dirty raps to my East side fans 

Back then I knew you couldn't stop this rap 

No M.C. could rock like that 

Then the new style came, the bass got deeper 

You gave up the mike and bought you a beeper 

Do you wanna rap or sell Coke? 

Brothers like you ain't never been broke 

People wanna say it's just my time 

Brothers like me had to work for mine 

Eight years on the mike and I'm not jokin' 

Sir Too Short comin' straight from Oakland 

California, home of the rock 

Eight woofers in the trunk, beatin' down the block 

Short Dog, I'm that rappin' man 

I said it before and I 'll say it again 

Life is too short, too short 

Life is too short, too short 

Life is to some people is unbearable 

Committin' suicide and that's terrible 

Was it much too much or nothing' big? 

If you live my life, you'd be fightin' to live 

Life is to me my main asset 

I be doin' all right and keep it just like that 

Chill out at the house and pump that bass 

I'm tryin' to get rich as I rock the place 

Everybody's got that same old dream 

To have big money and fancy things 

Drive a brand new Benz, keep your bank right here 

Never hear me stutter once 'cause I talk real clear 

It's on you, homeboy, watcha gonna do? 

You can take my advice and start workin', fool 

Or you can close your ears and run your mouth 

And one day, homeboy, you soon find out 

Life is too short, too short 

Life is too short, too short 

Life is too short, would you agree? 

While I'm livin' my life, don't mess with me 

It's been a long time, baby, since I first got down 

But I still keep makin' these funky sounds 

'Cause I don't stop rappin', that's my theme 

I make a lot of money, do you know what I mean? 

Like this, complicated you must stay up 

You asked a simple question boy, don't say, "What?" 

You only live once and you callin' it hell 

Policeman tryin' to take you to jail 

You could give a man time but you don't know 

In a matter of time, I'll be runnin' the show 

Now another young buck wants to be on top 

Makin' big money, slangin' hop 

The task force tryin' to peel your cap 

Turn around, homeboy, you better watch your back 

Life is too short 

Life is 

You can take back all the things you give 

But you can't take back the days you live 

Life is to some people who've been on earth 

Livin' every single day for what it's worth 

I live my life just how I please 

Satisfy one person I know, that's me 

Work hard for the things I achieve in life 

And never rap fake when I'm on the mike 

'Cause if a dream is all you got, homeboy 

You gotta turn that dream into the real McCoy 

No time to waste, just get on that case 

You can't be down 'cause you need to taste 

A good life livin' like a king on a throne 

Gettin' everything you want and tryin' to have all your own 

So life, don't be stupid though 

'Cause when you waste it, you'll know 

Life is, life is 

All right, that's it 

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