The Straight Life Lyrics - Zetty-z

First verse 

Let me take you back in time, let us rewind the mix, 

to find, what went down, in the year of 86. 

I was born in the sticks, then we moved to the ghetto, 

I was raised in the sewage, woke me up like a ristretto. 

Stickin' round with my homies from the projects in the slum, 

no kiddin', should have guessed I was gonna be a bum, 

twenty years down the road, sippin' beers, lotta rum, 

smoking trees, doing blow, living hard on skid row. 

You know, it was all for the best, how come? 

Cause you'll brake and you'll rise and let go, 

in the long run, uh, but before I asked for help, 

I had to put myself, on the god-damn shelf, yo! 

And I used to be a hoe, sold my body and my soul, 

to a pimp king alcohol. 

For not so long ago, going solo vertigo, 

you are sitting on first row, so enjoy the freak-show. 

But on 1348, we had food on the plate, 

had no axes to grind, back in 1999. 

I should have lived straight and we could have been fine, 

had trouble with the law, the self-will of mine. 

We were stealing from the stores, and decoration walls, 

no wonder I felt bad at the time. 

Cause it is as they say, as you sow, you shall reap, 

so look before you leap, should have left the driving seat, so zetty-z! 

Chorus 

It's the infinite G, you're headin' for the lights, 

I'm enlightened to see, you're risin' up from the nights. 

When you're twisting the key, and you're livin' the life, 

then it's you and me, cause we're hittin' new heights. 

Second verse 

Mom told me to behave, but I must have misheard her, 

cause I went out camping, and became a duck-murderer. 

Tried to grill the wet bird, I guess I wanted a burger, 

or I needed the fur, should have used a good serger. 

And in the next decade, I moved to the capitol, 

while most people upgrade I was living like an animal, 

but after all, I went to university, to gain knowledge, 

while I displayed some uncertainty. 

Most certainly, the absentee was me, 

so I flunked, moral sunk like a ship at sea. 

You must be shittin' me I paid the admission fee, 

always drunk, mind defunct, like some ship debris. 

So is this it for me, cause I was afraid to be a bore, 

livin' in the HP-drawer, like the usual A4. 

Was a loose cannon, started workin' in a store, 

like an abused handgun, lotta drinkin' i ensured. 

Was downing beer low quality, my drinking policy, 

and equipping me with beer and sipping to complete the odyssey. 

A dino in the wild, five-o's being fine with me, 

calling in a 3 and 9-0, lonely, dark, despondency. 

Yo, we got a desperado, was the cops motto. 

A prey to misery, looking like a painting by Picasso. 

Psychiatry some times, couldn't help me stay in line, 

wake up zetty-z, shake it off, go rise and shine. 

Chorus 

It's the infinite G, you're headin' for the lights, 

I'm enlightened to see, you're risin' up from the nights. 

When you're twisting the key, and you're livin' the life, 

then it's you and me, cause we're hittin' new heights. 

Third Verse 

Now I'm chillin' with some celery and some cashew nuts, 

living cleverly, not taking short-cuts, with doors shut, better memory, 

to draw, take pictures and compose melodies, 

saying whats-up to my foreclosed enemies. 

Jogging is the remedy, learned that from them Hollywood celebrities, 

learning steadily, finally living exemplarily. 

I'm clean as a whistle and free of nicotine, 

transparent as a crystal, Putin's parrot is obscene. 

It's apparent Trump is mean, tryina fuck up everybody on this planet, 

tryina rip-off Charlie Sheen, cufflinks weren't real carats, 

so it's time to leave the scene, can't believe you are a parent, 

you're acting like a teen. 

As for me, I'm a different breed, living by the creeds, 

I got a 12 step recipe which is the open sesame, 

I got a friend up in the sky named G.O.D. 

Helps me benefit society and do good deeds. 

Gives us everything we need on a daily basis, 

to embrace us, and to lead us to be aces. 

To live in harmony with friends and family, so 

please God help us, to be an asset for humanity. 

I did some mistakes in the past I regret, 

would go back and erase, I wish in retrospect. 

Now I follow the light and I take good advice, 

the future looks bright, cause I'm livin' the straight life! 

Chorus 

It's the infinite G, you're headin' for the lights, 

I'm enlightened to see, you're risin' up from the nights. 

When you're twisting the key, and you're livin' the life, 

then it's you and me, cause we're hittin' new heights.