The Life I Chose - Walter Trout & The Radicals

Oya Dammy, just drop am "pow" I wan hear one now, one now, oga mi A sample, a sample Gbé sókè Small! One more, one more, one more, one more One more, one more, one more, one more Mi ò gbó paa! (It's Kel-P Vibes) Sapele water shack pass liquor Gbàgbé first impression Many, many blessings otun tí lè kan Oya, ki lẹ fẹ sọ? (Nothing) That's what I thought Baddie to gbé wà Poco o ti lọ We finna pack up, pack up some more Èmi ti mọ like ki n má fàájì gan-an Ti o baby ma lo, ko ṣòfò fò, fò, fò (Yeba) Another one mo tún ti ṣe 'mi New sound design by Kel-P Pool side, sippin Don Peri' All the fine girls wọn fẹ gum-body Okanlọmọ Motivation for my man dem all Change of status Dem no go reach us Destinambari O yàtọ' This is the life I chose This is the life I chose Ayé mọ wá jẹ, mi o wa jẹya This is the life I chose This is the life I chose This is the life I chose Ayé mọ wá jẹ, mi o wa jẹya This is the life I chose All of a sudden Everybody act like they love me (fake love) Men dey active If you fuck with my team, it's risky If no be you, Baba Dem for don dey laugh me for their corner Shout out to me, me, me, I stay believing Every day is a pay day A-a-a-amen Another one mo tun ti ṣe 'mi New sound design by Kel-P Pool side, sippin' Don Peri' All the fine girls wọn fẹ gum-body Okanlọmọ Motivation for my man dem all Change of status Dem no go reach us Destinambari O yàtọ' This is the life I chose This is the life I chose Ayé mọ wá jẹ, mi o wa jẹya This is the life I chose This is the life I chose This is the life I chose Ayé mọ wá jẹ, mi o wa jẹya This is the life I chose

Let them see them in Early days I was in a basement Placement payment came in That shit was bananas Bustin' through my homie door like Costanza Think we ready To fuck these niggas up With my nigga Freddie In a checkered pickup truck Pickin' up hella Henny Lookin' for the hoes I'm wildin' 'cause it's all I know I'm hoping I don't waste it Just tryna to buy my mama clothes Pray my prayers to the Base God 'Cause mama say she think I'm chose I'm hoping I don't waste it I always picture picture-perfect Must have been out of my mind Tried to figure if this shit was really worth it But is it worth this? Probably not, probably got Worse off my few shots I hit "The Boondocks" Play me off the boombox Bombaclast bastards Making music for the masses But I'm zooted off this gas And I be trippin' off this acid Apple at my last show Bitches in my bathroom Hit the stage with my hands full of liquor I'm wildin' 'cause it's all I know I'm hoping I don't waste this Just tryna to buy my mama clothes Pray my prayers to the Base God 'Cause mama say she think I'm chosen I'm hoping I don't waste- Kick it in the back Feelin' black and broke Sittin' in the back Sipping Jack and coke Kick it in the back With them background folk Joke on you She like background folks Kick it in the back Feelin' black and broke Sittin' in the back Sipping Jack and coke Kick it in the back With them black man folk Joke on you She like black man (black man) Apple at my last show Bitches in my bathroom Hit the stage with my hands full of liquor I'm wildin' 'cause it's all I know I'm hoping I don't waste this Just tryna to buy my mama clothes Pray my prayers to the Base God 'Cause mama say she think I'm chosen I'm hoping I don't waste this I'm hoping I don't waste this I'm hoping I don't waste this

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?)

It's just another round, just another fight They try to knock me down, but you know I'm still all right And I know down inside, that I'm not like other men So I pick myself up, and I'm back on my feet again And I swear, I'm gonna go the distance, oh yeah So many times, I been down there on the ground But I gather up my strength and I go another round So many times I just wanna shout You may knock me down, but you still ain't knocked me out 'Cause I swear, I swear I'm gonna go the distance, yes I am Now I may be bleeding, but I'm on my feet I may be beaten up, but still I ain't been beat I may stumble and fall, and be tired as hell But I'm determined to be standing, when they ring the final bell 'Cause I swear, I wanna go the distance, yes I am Yes I swear, I'm gonna go the distance I'm going all the way with it I ain't gonna let nobody get me down I'm gonna go the distance. baby

Hooo It's '97, why aren't things wild? You said you was a flower child I can respect your soul-searching But now's the time for questioning I'm sure you've been misled before And once you'd trust they'd slam the door But I'm everything I've claimed to be You just need vodka and honesty Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am? My love is real As real as the flowers you smoke to get high Our love is real As real as our God who has spoken on how we can fly Our love is real As real as the flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers You're 22 why aren't you free? You're Mom and Daddy's victory A soul that's lived a thousand lives [Oooh oooh] Don't hide behind a child's eyes [No no no no no] Yeah I'm sure you've been misled before And once you'd trust they'd slam the door But I'm everything I've claimed to be You just need vodka and honesty All right Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am? My love is real As real as the flowers you smoke to get high Our love is real As real as our God who has spoken on how we can fly Our love is real As real as the flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers I love you, you hate me I took math class that ain't fair exchange I call you, you hang up Don't have to be bitch get your number changed I'm sorry, forgive me I never meant to call you those names But I'm lonely, so lonely, please Ow I love you, you hate me I took math class that ain't fair exchange I call you, you hang up Don't have to be bitch get your number changed I'm sorry, forgive me I never meant to call you those names But I'm lonely, so lonely, please Slow that Our love is real As real as the flowers you smoke to get high Our love is real As real as our God who has spoken on how we can fly

There's clouds on the horizon And lightening in the sky I see clouds on the horizon And lightening in the sky yeah, yeah I can see a storm approaching With a teardrop in my eyes Well there's many people crying Can you hear them when they fall So many people crying Do you hear 'em when they fall Well they needed someone to talk with Someone to catch them when they fall... woah, woah... I can't help believin' There's something going wrong No I can't help believing There is something going wrong Well I know it's coming down baby And it won't be very long... *scream*