So We Can Live
2 Chainz Lyrics

Honey, we got off on the wrong foot, baby
I think things started off badly between us.

'Cause the relationship has been so good lately
But lately things have been good between us.

If I don't do what I do
If I don't keep doing what I'm doing

Then who's gon' put food on the table?
Then who will provide for us?

It is what it is, I'm just handling biz
I'm just taking care of business, that's all.

But I do what I do so we can live
But I do what I do so we can survive.

I only do what I do so we can live
I only do what I do so we can keep going.

Mama don't work, heater don't work
My mom doesn't work, the heater doesn't work

Police pulled me over and said
I got pulled over by the police and they said

He seen weed on my shirt
He saw weed on my shirt

I pray to the lord and ask for forgiveness
I prayed to God and asked for forgiveness

If he popped my trunk I can get a life sentence
If he searched my trunk, I could get a long prison sentence

He came a little closer and told me that he smellin' it
The officer came closer and said he could smell the weed

I said "I rolled one up
I told him I smoked a joint

I won't insult your intelligence
I'm not going to lie to you

But I threw it out the window half a mile ago"
But I threw it out the car window a while ago

He asked me when the last time I smoke
He asked me when was the last time I smoked

I said a while ago
I told him it had been a while

Forgive me officer
I asked the officer for forgiveness

I'm stressin' and my pockets sore
I'm stressed and broke

Hurtin'
In pain

Chillin' with my dog like a fuckin' Labrador
Relaxing with my friend like a Labrador dog

He said he ain't with the bull, matador
The officer said he's not playing games.

Looked at the top of my car
He looked at the roof of my car

Like what this ladder for?
Wondering why there's a ladder on my car.

I told him I was puttin' goals up in the mornin'
I told him I was putting up basketball hoops in the morning.

And I'm goin' to my uncle's house
And I'm headed to my uncle's house

To see if he can join me
To see if he wants to come with me

The officer got a call so he was needed
The officer got a call and had to leave

And he told me slow it down
And he told me to slow down

And I told him please believe it
And I reassured him that I was telling the truth.

Then I proceeded to go to my uncle's house
Then I went to my uncle's house

Well it really wasn't my uncle
Actually, it wasn't my uncle's house

It was a junkie's house
It was a house where drug addicts hang out.

He got a badass niece with a donkey now
He has a cool nephew with a nice car now

Pullin' out the parking lot
Driving out of the parking lot

Headed to the other spot
Going to a different location

Out all night, addict with the addicts
I've been out all night with other drug addicts

'Causin' Havoc, I'm a Prodigy
Causing trouble, I'm really good at it

Niggas know we Mobbin' Deep
People know we're hanging out in a big group

Gotta stay up when everyone fall asleep
I need to stay awake even when everyone else is sleeping

The good die young, and promises are hard to keep
Good people often die young and keeping promises is difficult

I left my old job, and now them niggas hardly speak
I quit my old job and hardly talk to my old coworkers

I got a new job, and plus I'm making more a week
I have a new job and make more money per week

The girl that I'm with is like a young Kimora Lee
The girl I'm dating reminds me of a young Kimora Lee Simmons

I got them folks fiendin', pumpin' that Jodeci
People are addicted to my music and listening to Jodeci

Sippin' and my soda pink, you niggas is toilet seat
I'm drinking pink soda and you guys are weak

Check my resume, it used to say I sold quarter keys
Look at my experience, I used to sell drugs in small quantities

Conduct disorderly, stayin' in the trap house
Acting recklessly, staying in a house where illegal activities take place

Trips went to work, I'm so glad that it mapped out
My drug runs went smoothly, I'm happy things worked out

Simon says, monkey see monkey do
People copy what they see others doing

I wore the shirt, you wore the same shirt too
I wore a shirt and you copied my style

See me with my bitch
See me with my girlfriend

You buy your bitch the same purse
You bought your girlfriend the same purse

Shoot you and your nigga
I'll shoot you and your friend

Y'all can share the same hearse
You can share the same funeral

This that murder 1, mixed with the bubblegum
This is a serious crime, mixed with a lighter element

Kept working my dun dun duns
I kept perfecting my rhymes

Come get your mama some
Come give some of my music to your mom

Nigga, this that slum talk, some say we talks slums
This is talk from the slums, some people say we talk that way

I rarely finish the end of my words
I often don't finish the last syllable of my words

Watch the rims hit on the curve
See the rims on my car hit the curb

And what a nigga really care about a lisp?
Why should I care about having a lisp?

People arguin' over me while I'm layin' in a bitch
People are arguing over me while I'm lying with a woman

Death to a snitch
I hate people who snitch or tell on others

Get it while you can and, oh shit
Take what you can get, and oh no

Its 3:30 in the A.M.
It's very early in the morning

We're just gettin' started like when I had the van
We're just getting started, just like when I started out with a van

Bought the tour bus and put some niggas in the pass
I bought a tour bus and put some people in the passenger seats

Your style good enough to put in a glass bag
Your style is good enough to be admired

And you know I'm getting' mine
And you know I'm getting what's mine

You should use a hashtag
You should use a hashtag when talking on social media

Flow off the hinges tryna fuck all her friendses
My rhymes are crazy while I try to sleep with all of her friends

Just killed her pussy
I just had sex with her

You gon' have to use forensics
You'll have to look hard to find evidence of what we did

Organized crime, you can put me in a lineup
I'm part of an organized crime syndicate, you can line me up with others

Plus I got dreads
Plus, I have dreadlocks

I'll pay a hundred for the line up
I'll pay a hundred dollars to get my hair lined up.