We Chose You - Passing Currents

To my niggaz huh, we all we got Let's hold it down though, y'know? However it's gon' go down This what we gotta deal with y'know? Yo It's the life we chose, where friends become foes And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know This is the life we chose, bring fake snakes and hoes And the only way out is death or goin' broke This the life we chose, ain't too many happy endings That's why there ain't too many happy niggaz in it And I'll admit it, this life is fucked up but yo, but yo This life is the only life I know Gold bathtubs, makin' love to my queen Get my back rubbed, Chardonnay, rollin' up green Statues, marble floors, rare paintings on my wall My lifestyle's like the Forbes Magazine Closets, full of rockets and submachines Take this nigga out the projects and his thug team Yo we cruise past street lights, ill rides Mr. Child both coasts with the most loud toast Calicos roast y'all folks, keep y'all dyin' 'Cause it's hard to fuck around when we dealin' with science My enemies got money, so y'all should watch how I play it They never know we enemies until they hear me say it Till they kid's on the phone sayin', "Please, Daddy pay it" Till they brain's on the floor, mixed on the pavement High-class elegance, you respect or you hiss You go against you'd rather piss on an electrical fence It's strategic, how these niggaz want you to think You'd be surprised, who'd be the one to put you to sleep Why you stink? Yo, these streets don't allow you to blink You get showered by lead, comin' out with your mink Bow ties and tuxedos, bust Eagles Dump drugs and acid, then they rush with the Rico It's hard fuckin' with niggaz you hope you can trust You a fool if your main bitch is easy to fuck And you've got money, is these hoes greedy or what? Shit is devious, ex-friends wantin' you stuck It's the life we chose, where friends become foes And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know This is the life we chose, bring fake snakes and hoes And the only way out is death or goin' broke This the life we chose, ain't too many happy endings That's why there ain't too many happy niggaz in it And I'll admit it, this life is fucked up but yo This life is the only life I know Uhh, what's love when you don't give your man enough dough? He wanna stick you What's love, you got beef? Nobody rollin' wit you What's love, you locked up, and your family don't care Is love a four-letter word, that deceives the air? What's real, when you know your man's girl is a hoe And you don't even let him know, 'cause you fucked her befo' What's real, when you talk behind a man's back Then you see him and give him dap, now explain that? What's trust, when they separate your case When you at your court date, your co-de', can't look in your face What's trust, when you keep your wife away from your man? And he never crossed you but you claimin' he's fam'? What's trust, when you get bust, your niggaz don't retaliate? They blaze purple haze with 'em the next day? God forbid one of my niggaz get hit, I'ma go haywire Won't hesitate, I'ma spray fire But everybody's different, you won't know how you react Till you in that position, and that's an actual fact The hearts of men change as time goes on, who's wrong? You was hungry when you stuck Duke, he came back to buck you Who's wrong? Foul all your life, now you 90 On your deathbed you regret bein' grimy What's lust, a bust nut? What's a thug? A ghetto child raised around drugs, till he's old enough to bust slugs? Then what's jail, to rehabilitate or to make a nigga worse When he come home to catch another case? Life's about decisions, you choose it, you gotta live it You did it, heaven or hell or prison Who knows when your clock'll stop tickin', get your weight up Save up before it's over neighbor, I told ya You gettin' older player, look at those who gave up It's the life we chose, where friends become foes And the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know This is the life we chose, bring fake snakes and hoes And the only way out is death or goin' broke This the life we chose, ain't too many happy endings That's why there ain't too many happy niggaz in it And I'll admit it, this life is fucked up but yo This life is the only life I know

Who are you if not the one I met One July night before the town went wet? Jack and Coke in your mama's car You were reading The Bell Jar Where are you if you're not on your own Always lonely, never quite alone Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find After running the last line? Are you living the life you chose? Are you living the life that chose you? Are you taking a grown up dose? Do you live with a man who knows you Like I thought I did back then? But I guess I never did Did I (kid?) I got lucky when I finished school Lost three fingers to a faulty tool Settled out of court, I'm no one's fool You probably knew There's plenty left to make a getaway I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state We could go somewhere where people stay up late Or just somewhere new Are you living the life you chose? Are you living the life that chose you? Are you taking a grown up dose? Do you live with a man who knows you Like I thought I did back then? But I guess I never did Did I (kid?) Here I am inviting you to throw your life away Victim of nostalgia maybe take away Just tonight I realized that I am still in your backseat Nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me Are you living the life you chose? Are you living the life that chose you? Are you taking a grown up dose? Do you live with a man who knows you Like I thought I did back then? But I guess I never did Did I (kid?)

Ain't that DJ Chose over there? Hmm, look like DJ Chose Your mama must be fine (fine) Your granny must be fine (fine) Your auntie must be fine (fine) 'Cause damn, you a dime (dime) Your sister must be bad (bad) Your friends must be bad (bad) Your haters must be mad (mad) 'Cause damn, look at that ass, yeah Five, six, seven, eight, uh Let them bitches hate Seven, eight, nine, ten (ten) You a fuckin' ten Your mama must bе fine (fine) Your granny must be finе (fine) Your auntie must be fine (fine) 'Cause damn, you a dime (dime) Look how she pop it (how she pop it) I'ma do what she say, she can call me Simon (you can call me Simon) She such a fuckin' dime, I'ma call her diamond, yeah (call her diamond), uh If she got that WAP, I'ma take her shoppin' (I'ma take her shoppin') Damn, I seen her mama and her mama thick (thick) I ain't no trick, but if I hit (yeah), I'll pay her mama rent Hol' up, hold up, wait (wait), that's too far (that's too far) She say she drive stick but not the one that's in the car (skrrt) Yeah, I'ma let her ride (I'ma let her ride) And her sister bad too, I can't decide (I can't decide) Haha, but I'm tryin' (but I'm tryin') Don't let me meet your cousins 'cause I know they fine (I know they fine) Your mama must be fine (fine) Your granny must be fine (fine) Your auntie must be fine (fine) 'Cause damn, you a dime (dime) Your sister must be bad (bad) Your friends must be bad (bad) Your haters must be mad (mad) 'Cause damn, look at that ass, yeah Five, six, seven, eight, uh (uh) Let them bitches hate Seven, eight, nine, ten (ten) You a fuckin' ten Your mama must be fine (wow) Your granny must be fine (huh) Your auntie must be fine (fine) 'Cause damn, you a dime (go) Shawty fine as hell (yeah), but she slick as gel (huh?) She got a sugar daddy, he play in the NFL (wow) You know she a dime, you can tell by how she smell (damn) Her ex nigga a killer and he just came home from jail Bitch so bad, you buy her Gucci, YSL, Chanel (it's Gucci) She's super jazzy all the way from her hair down to her nails (nails) All that body, baby, God, can't keep it on the shelf (no) And when she come around, can't keep my hands to myself (yeah) She got me goin' so hard that it got me out of breath Designer sheets for my lil' freak, Versace when we slept Don't sleep on my lil' dime piece, she the best that's quietest kept (woah) Guwop gon' keep a dime, a nine or less fuck up my rep (it's Gucci) Your mama must be fine (fine) Your granny must be fine (fine) Your auntie must be fine (fine) 'Cause damn, you a dime (dime) Your sister must be bad (bad) Your friends must be bad (bad) Your haters must be mad (mad) 'Cause damn, look at that ass, yeah Five, six, seven, eight, uh Let them bitches hate Seven, eight, nine, ten (ten) You a fuckin' ten Your mama must be fine (fine) Your granny must be fine (fine) Your auntie must be fine (fine) 'Cause damn, you a dime (dime) Ain't that DJ Chose over there? Hmm, look like DJ Chose

I cast aside faith You see these hands are trembling so why push me? I can't be bothered being everything that you need Always on about making the right choice But how should I know when I just can't stop what I've pushed away for way too long, the path I know is gone I take this pain as if I could wake up, say I'm done Brush it off and forget it My mind is stuck I bring the worst out within myself There's too many nights I've been kept up that I've had enough Don't tell me that I think too much And I've never felt so out of touch Pull me away from my pain I can't stop this hate, I can't stop this hate I can't stop the shaking and can't stand the sight of my face I can't stop this hate, I can't stop this hate I pray to be back to days where there was substance I can't forgive these feelings that I hold inside, they destroy me No matter what I say, I still feel this fucking hate Nothing gets past you, or so you think Always putting your faith where it shouldn't be So you can pull the claws out from under my skin; I won't let you in I don't want you in my head Wrong from the start, I see right through Everything you hate in me will blow right back on you It's taking over all of me And there goes all the progress that I've made It's taking over all of me And there goes my progress, I'll never leave Pull me away from my pain I can't stop this hate, I can't stop this hate I can't stop the shaking and can't stand the sight of my face I can't stop this hate, I can't stop this hate I take this pain as if I could wake up, say I'm done Brush it off and forget it My mind is stuck I bring the worst out within myself There's too many nights I've been kept up that I've had enough Don't tell me that I think too much

Don't think twice We're still in formation Testing the current Already I'm sailing, it's all so sudden Catching a flight You think we're moving too fast, I'm Intoxicated We can move in slow motion if that's what you want, babe I don't want to come on too strong But I'm moving to your room now With every move, with every move you make, babe I'm tumbling In your own time Would you show me something please, babe? Don't wanna wait in vain You're the missing piece I, I been longing for Don't deny, oh no The temperature's rising inside The cracks are showing Show me all your colors, I may not deserve you I don't want to come on too strong But I'm moving to your room now With every move, with every move you make, babe I'm tumbling

Roll up another cigarette Using the minute that it takes To think about the power of your words We're living in the currents you create We're sinking in the pool of your mistakes So stub it out, your podium awaits Oh my God, my God I can't quite believe my ears I'm swimming to the surface I'm coming up for air Cause you're making me feel nervous I need to clear my head I can't believe my ears I don't wanna believe my ears I'm swimming to the surface I'm coming up for air How can you think you're serious? Do you even know what year it is? I can't believe the scary points you make Still living in the currents you create Still sinking in the pool of your mistakes Won't you stop firing up the crazies? Oh my God, my God I can't quite believe my ears I'm swimming to the surface I'm coming up for air Cause you're making me feel nervous I need to clear my head I can't believe my ears I don't wanna believe my ears I'm swimming to the surface I'm coming up for air When anybody preaches disunity, Tries to pit one of us against the other... You know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives Oh, I need a breath I need a breath Fill my lungs Let me fill my lungs Oh, I need a breath I need a breath Fill my lungs Let me fill my lungs Oh, I need a breath I need a breath Fill my lungs Let me fill my lungs Oh, I need a breath I need a breath Fill my lungs Let me fill my lungs I'm swimming to the surface I'm coming up for air Cause you're making me feel nervous I need to clear my head I can't believe my ears I don't wanna believe my ears I'm swimming to the surface I'm coming up for air

Wide awake in clothes I haven't changed For days and days as the sun creeps through the window on my face Just let it go You say I'm like a ghost My skin is white as paper as I haunt the halls of my home, oh-oh I scream like it would stop the ache Your colors start to show (show) I know what I have to do, but it kills me Rewriting all the songs I'd change your name, but I know you'll still take everything to heart Just let it go I wonder if we'll die with hope Or if we'll be counting the sins we carry deeply as we go I just wanted you to have a better life Not always shying away from your thoughts on the inside I, I could set you free I put you on a shelf, knowing that I'd be Too far to reach you from down in hell The sun slumps back as I burn your dreams To the best of my ability, so just let me leave I scream like it would stop the ache Your colors start to show (show) I know what I have to do, but it kills me Sleep, if anything, I'll dream It's only then I'll have you I know what I have to do, but it kills me

Burn it down and forget what I would try to hide so incessantly But I just can't find release For all the pain in my heart and all the ache it causes me While I bleed out for the people who've forgotten me It's time to say what rests on my mind Ever since I fell to pieces, I've never felt so alive Now I find you there staring at the edge of the sun You try to get to safety, but you're losing light This is a force I know I can't fight 'Cause even getting knocked out couldn't make me sleep tonight I hope you scream when you hear my name There's no place on this earth that you can escape I hope you're lost and you never find peace This is the weight of the world and I won't, I'll never let this crash on me Eternal suffering awaits You're just another soul to steal Just because I cannot breathe Doesn't mean I can't feel Now I find you there staring at the edge of the sun You try to get to safety, but you're losing light So you try not to make a sound, no one's saving you now We'll burn it to the ground We'll fucking burn it down Don't leave a trace of evil left in this house Burn it down, burn it down, fucking burn it down Don't leave a trace of evil left in this house Burn It's the only way, burn it down and hope for peace If I ignite it, maybe death will finally save me The pain of being all alone of lessons never learned And of the constant burning pain of always chasing things I don't deserve Don't go looking when you know what's there I promise there's no way to prepare But still I wait to fix this other part of me And there's no way that I can breathe without release Please, let me sleep I'm still haunted in my dreams (I was never ashamed) And everything I've ever come to love has left me (You always tried to keep me locked away) 'Cause not a thing in this world is what it seems (I was never ashamed) I wanna know why you don't want me I beg you to find me I'm haunted by the screaming in the night A fear that drives me to resent my name I put these walls to shame I toss and turn but there's no peace of mind There's no diffusing this eternal hate We'll burn it down in flames Ignite! We'll fucking burn it down Don't leave a trace of evil left in this house Burn it down, burn it down, fucking burn it down Don't leave a trace of evil left in this house