Facts of Life 12"

* send corrections to the typist<br><br>[Juelz Santana]<br>Lemme see you do this<br>C`mon, lemme tell you about the facts of life<br><br>[Chorus: Theme song from "Facts of Life"]<br>You take the good, you take the bad<br>You take em both and there you have<br>The facts of life, the facts of life<br><br>You take the good, you take the bad<br>You take em both and there you have<br>The facts of life, the facts of life<br><br>[Juelz Santana]<br>Aiyyo I tried to take the good, I tried to take the bad<br>I tried to take em both man, look what I have - nothin<br>Look what I`m stuck with, dirty streets corrupted<br>Nothin to do but sell drugs to the public - fuck it<br>I`m on these corners hustlin eighths of crack<br>From the day to the night, to the day come back<br>and these hoes`ll try to get you for cribs and get you for loot<br>Stick you with kids you didn`t produce<br>Sorry lady but I`m just spittin the truth<br>Yeah I know niggaz do creep shit too - fuck em<br>See it`s a fact niggaz is dogs<br>Just like it`s a fact that if I can`t rap, I`m in the kitchen whippin the raw<br>Gettin it hard on the corners, dishin it off<br>Hopin the cops never catch me and ship me up north<br>The hustle`s inside me, no one or nothin can guide me<br>Stuck in this lobby with crack, that`s my life, that`s the facts, c`mon<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Cam`ron]<br>Killa, facts of life, facts of life, facts of life<br>I got a ROC habit, I copped karits, how could I not have it?<br>Ice drippin down my neck, even the lock lavish<br>But my most prized possession - cop badges<br>That I got from a scuffle with these cop bastards<br>I unlock handcuffs, my cockmatics<br>I don`t wanna talk to y`all if ya not attics<br>I`m not average, my old school, stop passed it<br>Seen my principal, showed off my fox fabric<br>No hard feelings though sir, got passed it<br>See y`all failed me in math but I got passed it<br>Guns, credit cards dog - got plastic<br>When I floss in the street, man I stop traffic<br>You should stop carriage and pay homage<br>How I got cabbage I tell you I love you ma, it`s not marriage<br>But hell wit the speech you spit<br>You`ll have ya own beach and six and that`s the fact of life<br><br>[Chorus 2x]<br><br>[Juelz Santana]<br>Yo, now you could catch me holla`n at every bitch walkin my way like "Hey"<br>Ma, you feel like talkin today?<br>My name is Juelz, I promise I will feed you the ice<br>If anything I`ll teach you, I lead you though life<br>I`ll tell you not to go down that 11th street pad<br>I`ll keep you from the losers and deadbeat dads<br>I`m just tryna live the facts of my life<br>But I realized, yo it`s just a few facts in my life<br>This rap, this mic, this pack I got strapped in my Nikes<br>Damn my ankle hurt, these straps is too tight<br><br>[Cam`ron]<br>I know just how it is dog, I`m still pitchin<br>Right around the corner from Bill Clinton<br>Beef and brocllii`s on, you know the grill chickens<br>You need sixteen, Cam is down<br>How you want it - rhymes, O`s, grams or pounds?<br>Come though ban-damn it down<br>Putcha hammers down, from now on its Santana`s town<br><br>[Juelz Santana]<br>You take the coke, you take the bake<br>You shake and scrape and there you have<br>The crack and right, the crack and right<br>You hit the block with the rock, watch for cops and there you get<br>The stacks in life, stacks in life<br>Mommy always said "Will you ever grow up"<br>I think I`ll never grow up, I think I`d rather blow up<br>Cuz I love to run the streets, chasin ladies, gettin money<br>That`s a matter of fact, life`s a matter of fact<br>Cuz when you liivviinn up to ya dreeaamms<br>I`ll show what my hood`s about, I`ll tell you what my hood`s about<br>When you liivviinn up to ya dreeaamms<br>I`ll show what my hood`s about, I`ll tell you what my hood`s about