Performed by Left Eye featuring Carl Thomas
From Left Eye's 2001 solo debut, Supernova.
(All vocals performed by Left Eye unless otherwise indicated)
What is life?
To live is to believe
To love is to receive
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Check it out now
Come on
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
What what
What what
Life, life, life, life
Life, life, life, life
Yeah yeah, yeah
Verse One:
Young woman confused
Young woman abused
You must understand
It's never too late
To lose who you are
And choose who you are
Supposed to be
Supposed to become
You've been in and out
Up and down
Back and forth
Backwards, around
Not a friend
Not a mother
Not a father
Just God and you
Should make the choice
What you are to do
Matter most who you are to you
Opinions of the old and young
Shouldn't matter to you
Take advice
Think it over twice
While you make the choice
That helps you sleep at night
That is decent
But recently
Things have shown us
We have done the wrong things often
Never suicide
That's the easy route
There's always another way out
Think about it
Think about it
Chorus (Carl Thomas):
Life is like a park
See-saws, merry-go-round
And though you may swing high sometimes
You may even fall down
And though you may get stuck
You must get back up
You are bloomed in love
Verse Two:
Now see if you went through life
With your eyes closed
You never would've known
There was a high road
Let people get the best of you
And get mad at them
Instead of being mad at yourself
You're only number-one in your life
And you will decide
If it goes right
Everytime time you digress
Defeat your progress
Feed you knowledge
But you must digest
The controversy
Yo, can get personal
They don't understand
'Til the role reversal
Seekin' fame
Play their games
Gave a whole lot
For a whole little gain
When push comes to shove
Do you push or shove?
When the choice is yours
Do you leave or love?
All the tears you cried
You're dyin' inside
When will you decide to survive?
Think about it
Chorus 2x
Carl Thomas:
Clap your hands this evening
Everybody clap your hands
Why don't you clap your hands everybody?
Everybody clap your hands
Why don't you clap your hands for Left Eye?
Everybody clap your hands
Why don't you clap your hands everybody?
Everybody clap your hands, y'all
Clap your hands, y'all
Oh, clap your hands
If you believe it
Clap your hands
Bloomed in love
Chorus