Dead Prez - This Is Life lyrics

[Intro] 9 months in darkness, total darkness Then we born into the light, giving thanks For the days and the nigths This is life [Hook] We born today, and gone the next, this is life Take your soldier steps, have no regrets this is life The sun will rise, the sun will set, this is life We born to live so don't forget this is life When you've done your best, you'll have no regrets, this is life [Verse 1:] Sperm to an egg, prince to a king It was sent through my genes, run thick through my veins The seed, the tree, the Ying and the Yang It's the God within, I reject your King James No chains on my neck but my mind bling bling My future it's not defined by street dreams The sky is the limit gotta spread my wings And soar, like brainwaves throughout the cosmos As above, so below to the crossroads Bringing strength to a heart that has lost hope Life is a methapor of the seasons It's a time in your life for some spring cleaning You got to live it to understand it We only get a moment on the planet Don't take it for granted When you fall into a winter And your heart turn cold like December The summer gon' come back remember, this is life [Hook] (Mr Curtis, you have been Lawfully tried in this court And found guilty on all charges I do hereby sentence you to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States For a period of 15 years to life.) [Verse 2:] The gavel slam down, f** you your magistrate Another man down for a year and a date To hibernate, a manchurian candidate f**ed by the state or is he touched by the hand of fate? It ain't the end, it's a start Depend on your heart, it's a dark, like nightvision in darkness Against the odds like the lotus in the forest Concrete and bars is just soil for the harvest You 'bout to incubate, rewind but think your fate Reinvigorate, reach out for bigger stakes Reinvent yourself, turn your worries into wealth 180 degrees, you gon' pinch yourself In your chromosomes, buried in your DNA Is somebody that's waiting to get free today Either man up or you could take the easy way Ain't nobody promised tomorrow, that's why you gotta live life [Hook]