fea. Snoop Dogg, Uncle Reo



[DJ Premier]

Word up

Aiyyo Rome' (yo)

Yo life ain't what it's cracked up to be these days, y'knahmean?



[Rome]

Word! Knahmsayin?

Life hard out this muh'fucker, y'knahmsayin?



[DJ Premier]

So you gotta make the best of a bad situation, and hold your head



[Rome]

Knahmsayin? You gotta progress through the struggle man



[Chorus]

[Guru] In this life.. (ohhh, this life)

[DJ P] "You better wake up"

[Guru] In this life.. (talkin bout this life)

[DJ P] "R-R-Remember this"

[Guru] In this life.. (whoah-ohhh)

[DJ P] "S-S-Survival of the fittest" -> Nas

[Guru] In this life..

[DJ P] "I go all out" - "Y'knahmsayin?"



[Verse One: Guru]

From New York to Cali it remains the same

Bitch niggaz always wanna go against the grain

The strong will survive, the weak shall perish

Y'all need more courage, I keep y'all nourished

Get in line, I let you know right now

You need to slow right down or you get blown right now

From what I see it's systematic how we push to addicts

Demographics make the street life hell or drastic

In the hood we see oppressive genocide

Cause if it's on it's on, you know at least 10 men'll ride

But on the other side, corruption runs deep

I'm aware of the conspiricies, discussion is brief

They're building more prisons, spendin less on schools

On the block Smith