Some live the good life loungin' by the pool
Catching a suntan and everything's cool
Male or female you want to be set
In the big mansion drinking Moet
You read the Wall Street Journal
Far from dumb because you practice logic
You lived poor in the ghetto
Never had the money easily
So you your girl and your kids could have a better opportunity
And teach them all about unity
Cultivating in the brains the words of Allah the master
But, you still go visit your old stomping ground
Indeed to help another that's down
A tough situation cuts like a knife
In search of the good life
From the church, the home, on down to the prison
People want to know how is he and she living
Do you wonder if his life will bloom?
Is the girl going to have the kid anytime soon?
Do they ever go visit the brother?
I heard he drinks undercover
Some are still shooting up, another on crack
Just the other day trooper got sent back
What type of life do you lead?
'Cause you can be anything you want to be
Some will strive for the good life in any case
The mind is a terrible thing to waste
On drugs, violence, and hatred of another color
All around the world the husband and wife
Work night and day in search of the good life
Knowledge and quickly you vacate the city
From a paranoid mental delusion
'Cause I put the bad like mo to a halt
My destiny I define is heavenly
So, Fort Knox, open sesame
Light shines and the birds keep singing
As I still cling to my positive upbringing
With the need to succeed, right?
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