T.I.: Live Your Life

What you need to do is be thankful for the life that you got.You know what I'm sayin'.Stop lookin' at what you ain't gotand start bein' thankful for what you do got.Let's give it to 'em baby girl.You're gonna be a shining starWith fancy clothes and fancy ca-arsAnd then you'll see, you're gonna go far'Cause everyone knows who you a-areSo live your life (ay), ay ay ayInstead of chasing that paperJust live your life (oh), ay ay ayAin't got no time for no hatersJust live your life (ay), ay ay ayNo telling where it'll take yaJust live your life (oh), ay ay ay'Cause I'm a paper chaserJust living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)Never mind what haters say, ignore 'em 'til they fade awayAmazing they ungrateful after all the game I gave awaySafe to say I paved the way for you cats to get paid todayYou'd still be wasting days away, now had I never saved the dayConsider them my protg, homage I think they should payInstead of being gracious they violate in a major wayI never been a hater still I love them in a crazy waySome say they sold yay and no they couldn't get work on Labor dayIt ain't that they black or white, it has an area the shade of greyI'm west side anyway, even if I left today and stayed awaySome move away to make a way, not move away 'cause they afraidI brought back to the hood and all you ever did was take awayI pray for patience but they make me want to melt their face awayLike I once made them spray, now I could make 'em put the K's awayBeen thugging all my life, can't say I don't deserve to take a breakYou would rather see me catch a case and watch my future fade awayYou're gonna be a shining starWith fancy clothes and fancy ca-arsAnd then you'll see, you're gonna go far'Cause everyone knows who you a-areSo live your life (ay), ay ay ayInstead of chasing that paperJust live your life (oh), ay ay ayAin't got no time for no hatersJust live your life (ay), ay ay ayNo telling where it'll take yaJust live your life (oh), ay ay ay'Cause I'm a paper chaserJust living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)I'm the opposite of moderateImmaculately polished with the spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kidAllergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politicsArticulate but still I'll grab a nigga by the collar quickWhoever having problems with their record sales just holla T.I.P.If that don't work and all else fails then turn around and follow T.I.P.I got love for the game but ay I'm not in love with all of itCould do without the fame and rappers nowadays are comedyThe hooting and the hollering, back and forth with the arguingWhere you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you inSeems as though you lost sight of what's important when depositingThem checks into your bank account and you up out of povertyYour values is in disarray, prioritizing horriblyUnhappy with the riches 'cause you piss poor morallyIgnoring all prior advice and fore warningAnd we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden, aren't we?You're gonna be a shining starWith fancy clothes and fancy ca-arsAnd then you'll see, you're gonna go far'Cause everyone knows who you a-areSo live your life (ay), ay ay ayInstead of chasing that paperJust live your life (oh), ay ay ayAin't got no time for no hatersJust live your life (ay), ay ay ayNo telling where it'll take yaJust live your life (oh), ay ay ay'Cause I'm a paper chaserJust living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)Got everybody watching what I doCome walk in my shoesAnd see the way I'm living if you really want toGot my mind on my money and I'm not going nowhereSo keep on getting your paper and keep on climbingLook in the mirror and keep on shining'Till the game ends, 'till the clock stopsWe gon' post up on the top spotLiving the life, the lifeIn a brand new city got my whole team with meThe life, my lifeI do what I wanna doI'm living my life, my lifeI will never lose,I'm living my life, my lifeAnd I'm not stoppingSo live your life!