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[00:00.00]In The Life (Explicit) - Lisa"Left Eye" Lopes
[00:01.02]From rags to riches riches
[00:02.99]Bet you I'mma be the richest
[00:06.21]From rags to riches riches
[00:08.39]Bet you I'mma be the richest
[00:11.11]From rags to riches riches
[00:13.60]Bet you I'mma be the richest
[00:16.96]From rags to riches riches
[00:18.70]Bet you I'mma be the richest
[00:21.28]I started off as an army brat atten-hut
[00:24.80]Seven months class act
[00:27.27]I was racin' down the block
[00:28.82]As a matter of fact
[00:30.85]I could've been a track star I guess I am
[00:34.04]I stacked bars
[00:35.30]Comin' through your system in them phat cars uh
[00:38.36]Cross country isn't that far
[00:40.23]It's like I'm in the race don't know who you cats are
[00:43.04]See one day I fell from grace landed in this place
[00:46.33]My whole sh*t erased from talkin' back to my momma's face
[00:50.15]Like I was lost in space
[00:51.78]Without a trace cuttin' class bein' mrs fast a**
[00:56.34]Gettin' blasted with dad got caught up in the flash
[01:00.49]My nana goin' mad had to make the dash
[01:02.91]Saw a fell up in the streets
[01:04.26]Did anything for cash
[01:05.61]And anything to crash in anybody's path
[01:08.46]Gave everything I had
[01:09.70]Took what I could grab check it
[01:13.02]It was just a bunch of open rags
[01:14.77]This is the story in the life of a hustler
[01:18.33]Running for the come up
[01:19.92]No one ever thought I would ever blow up
[01:23.26]So I guess I had to show up
[01:25.17]Now everywhere I go
[01:26.73]The people wanna know
[01:28.57]They wanna know where I came from
[01:30.47]Not havin' a pot to piss in
[01:32.08]Stop and listen
[01:33.69]I'll tell you how I came from rags to riches
[01:36.28]I remember sellin' coke
[01:37.02]Can't believe that I was poisonin' my folk
[01:38.83]Now I let my throat be the antidote
[01:40.75]Always kept my hopes high
[01:42.48]Now mama don't cry 'cause I'll be close by
[01:45.11]With the most high
[01:45.96]I was playin' robin hood in the hood
[01:48.31]Little red riding hood
[01:49.63]Til' the barrel pointed where I stood yeah I stood
[01:52.91]But walked away like I was absolutely positively sure I could
[01:56.60]Attitude on f**k it
[01:58.32]Some dollars in the bucket
[01:59.75]Been scheming steady dreaming
[02:00.90]For a chance to make some duckets
[02:02.26]Caused a little ruckus on the sideline
[02:05.10]Fully reconstructed every guideline
[02:07.48]From the alley way to cali on the grammy day
[02:10.05]Went from disarray to mayday mayday mayday
[02:12.77]Ran away from the sickness with a quickness
[02:15.84]And went from rags to richness
[02:17.98]This is the story in the life of a hustler
[02:21.68]Running for the come up
[02:23.42]No one ever thought I would ever blow up
[02:26.55]So I guess I had to show up
[02:28.34]Now everywhere I go
[02:30.02]The people wanna know
[02:31.58]They wanna know where I came from
[02:33.56]Not havin' a pot to piss in
[02:35.49]Stop and listen
[02:36.76]I'll tell you how I came from rags to riches
[02:39.67]Man I struggled so long
[02:41.21]Did whatever it took me for me to get on
[02:44.11]I wouldn't let nobody stop me
[02:46.03]Even if they told me I can't
[02:47.67]I said I'mma do it watch me
[02:49.32]And now I'm just living life lavish
[02:51.91]Money cars and clothes
[02:52.88]Yea I got to have it
[02:54.54]It's been a long hard road to make it
[02:56.94]In this business
[02:58.13]But I told y'all I'll be the bestest
[03:00.45]This is the story in the life of a hustler
[03:03.23]Running for the come up
[03:05.07]No one ever thought I would ever blow up
[03:08.70]So I guess I had to show up
[03:10.62]Now everywhere I go
[03:12.26]The people wanna know
[03:13.90]They wanna know where I came from
[03:15.77]Not havin' a pot to piss in
[03:17.49]Stop and listen
[03:19.00]I'll tell you how I came from rags to riches
[03:21.49]This is the story in the life of a hustler
[03:24.91]Running for the come up
[03:26.47]No one ever thought I would ever blow up
[03:29.70]So I guess I had to show up
[03:31.74]Now everywhere I go
[03:33.29]The people wanna know
[03:34.95]They wanna know where I came from
[03:36.82]Not havin' a pot to piss in
[03:38.57]Stop and listen
[03:40.01]I'll tell you how I came from rags to riches