The LOX - Livin' The Life

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Song Lyrics

Yeah, the game of life
In this game, it's not whether you win or lose
But how you played the game, come on

Everything involves The LOX
Ask the niggas with the money in the safe and the cats on cell blocks
Car parked in the lot, door is locked
And the only time the phone is blocked is when home is hot
I announce the bounce, smooth like an ounce
Blow more ways than one y'all niggas count

One Mississippi, you can't get with me
Two Mississippi, you never gon' hit me
Three Mississippi, can't no bitch trick me
Four Mississippi, won't no dog sick me
Five Mississippi, we in Mississippi
Twenty deep in the block, real niggas rock with me

Blazing, revving in the black 9/11
Lox out of sight like Michael Knight and Kevin
Living dead, hoes giving head to the Feds
Catch him with the Calico, light him up in bed

Livin' the life, either you rise or fall
It's a two way street, be large or small
Livin' the life, either you die or ball
It's a two way street, be rich or poor

Livin' the life, either you rise or fall
It's a two way street, be large or small
Livin' the life, either you die or ball
It's a two way street, be rich or poor

My niggas order parts for cars
Like motherfuckin' pizza for years
While you get all yours from Sears
What nigga even my guns be German
Links, Cuban, rugs, Persian

Now we can take this another level papa
And simply bust your pinata, you hot sa
LOX take blocks, turn 'em into Fort Knox
Cake wasn't blowin' here, till we started going there

What I ain't hating you 'cause you's a little richer
But you old and I'm young, so that mean I think quicker
When bitch drunk, I'm bent up, I bounce with the land blow
[Incomprehensible] pump the missile, black berry molassi

Flossin' with the bad mama sita
My chi ca, be ten cent
Job with the government
Tap the Fed line so when they raid I'll be lovin' it

Livin' the life, either you rise or fall
It's a two way street, be large or small
Livin' the life, either you die or ball
It's a two way street, be rich or poor

Livin' the life, either you rise or fall
It's a two way street, be large or small
Livin' the life, either you die or ball
It's a two way street, be rich or poor

I swear under oath, no bullshit will any lock take
'Cause we stop drama like anti lock brakes
High stakes, politic, pies and cakes
Real niggas do dirt, tell lies then skate

What up, son? What you bullshittin' 'bout now, huh?
Where we from? Don't matter 'cause we gettin' it done
Land Rover, double sun roof, bulletproof
Tangaray and grapefruit, got me hurlin' on my boots

Man, please spit it out, twist the trees
5:40 I fly when I'm dissin' the D's
Deep Dish P., Sip Dom P. with ease
First two words I ever learn, cock and squeeze

Ain't about that, trying to do without that
Makin' niggas fuck up their budget
Time to get their paper route back
L O X three letter word, black mall

With every last member of the team on the job
Whether it be controllin' the street, holdin' the heat
Really don't matter to me, long as we eat

Livin' the life, either you rise or fall
It's a two way street, be large or small
Livin' the life, either you die or ball
It's a two way street, be rich or poor

Livin' the life, either you rise or fall
It's a two way street, be large or small
Livin' the life, either you die or ball
It's a two way street, be rich or poor

Livin' the life

Release History

13 January 1998

Money, Power & Respect

1. Yonkers Tale (intro) (1:45)
2. Livin' The Life (3:36)
3. If You Think I'm Jiggy (4:41)
4. The Interview, Part I (interlude) (0:39)
5. Money, Power & Respect (feat. DMX & Lil' Kim) (4:31)
6. Get This $ (3:59)
7. Let's Start Rap Over (4:28)
8. Mad Rappe (1:16)
9. I Wanna Thank You (4:02)
10. Goin' Be Some Shit * (4:21)
11. The Heist, Part I (2:51)
12. Not To Be Fucked With (4:24)
13. The Set-Up (interlude) (0:49)
14. Bitches From Eastwick (4:13)
15. Can't Stop, Won't Stop (3:38)
16. All For The Love (3:34)
17. So Right (3:30)
18. The Snitch (Interlude) (1:31)
19. Everybody Wanna Rat (4:17)
20. The Interview, Part II (interlude) (0:15)
21. We'll Always Love Big Poppa (4:60)

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Money Power Respect

1. All For The Love (3:34)
2. Bitches From Eastwick (4:13)
3. Can't Stop, Won't Stop (3:38)
4. Everybody Wanna Rat (4:17)
5. Get This $ (3:59)
6. Goin' Be Some Shit * (4:21)
7. I Wanna Thank You (4:02)
8. If You Think I'm Jiggy (4:41)
9. Let's Start Rap Over (4:28)
10. Livin' The Life (3:36)
11. Mad Rapper (Interlude)
12. Money, Power & Respect
13. Not To Be Fucked With (4:24)
14. So Right (3:30)
15. The Heist (part 1)
16. The Interview (Pt. 1)
17. The Interview (Pt. 2)
18. The Set-Up
19. The Snitch (Interlude) (1:31)
20. Yonkers Tale