Live in the Sky
by T.I.

Album: King (2006)
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  • What's happenin', man? This TIP, you know?
    I'd like to dedicate this song to anybody who done ever lost somebody
    To the grave, to the streets, to the jail cell
    I done been in situations where I done had to cope with all three, you know what I'm sayin?
    I feel like the only thing I ain't done yet is die, you know?
    But it ain't how I live while I'm here, it's how I live when I leave, ya dig?

    (Life's ups and downs, they come and go)
    But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't alive, hope they live in the sky
    Pray to God when I die, that I live in the sky
    (It's true what goes around, comes back you know)
    So when I die I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't survive, may they live in the sky
    Tell God, I wanna fly, and let me live in the sky

    My cousin Toot ain't have to die right in front of his son
    And his wife, he lost his life struggling over a gun
    Give a damn what he done, that's my muhfuckin' folk
    And I love that nigga to death, no muhfuckin' joke
    I can feel my eyes fillin', the Lord is my witness
    If I catch him, I'ma kill him, I made it my business
    Back in the day, you stayed in my business
    Taught me I ain't have to incorporate yay in my business
    Coincidentally, that's why today you not with me
    My cousin died over some yay, and I miss him
    Plus he at his family house, let's say she the eyewitness
    But her boyfriend did the shootin', judge gave a life sentence
    I heard that, now I'm dressed up in all black
    Shot up the whole apartment, he still ain't brought back
    The best friend I had in Tremell, I lost that
    Guess your death was a lesson in life, it taught me that

    (Life's ups and downs, they come and go)
    But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't alive, I hope they live in the sky
    Pray to God when I die, that I live in the sky
    (It's true what goes around, comes back you know)
    So when I die I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't survive, may they live in the sky
    Tell God, I wanna fly, and let me live in the sky

    You ever seen a nigga go to jail and sleep 'til day two?
    Well, that's how sick I was when Jay-Ru
    Found out the hard way, that wasn't powder that they were tootin'
    Overdosed on heron, died at twenty-two
    If you ain't heard about your daughter, she smile just like you
    So cute, even resorts to violence like you
    You know your baby mama loose, but ha, what can you do?
    And I got four myself, yeah, it's been a few
    Now everything I do is for King, Messiah, Deyjah, Domani
    Tell the Lord they all I've got, so please don't take them from me
    From me standin' in the trap, with carryin' this here cap
    Laughin' at the niggas who serve with no strap
    Tell them niggas, man, y'all trippin' with no maps
    Get robbed and ask to borrow my pistol ain't gon' happ'
    Me, you, the crew just fell out over dough and a lil' crack
    Never could apologize, you died, that's why they say that

    (Life's ups and downs, they come and go)
    But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't alive, I hope they live in the sky
    Pray to God when I die, that I live in the sky
    (It's true what goes around, comes back you know)
    So when I die I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't survive, may they live in the sky
    Tell God, I wanna fly, and let me live in the sky

    I bet you niggas think I'm livin' it up
    'Til you see polices laughin' as they pickin' me up
    Went from seein' how many bitches I could fit in the truck
    To three hots and a cot, is you kiddin' or what?
    Fuck how many millions I got, nigga, so what if I'm hot?
    When I got prices on my head, Feds rushin' my spot
    A million haters want me dead, forced to carry a gat
    "But you's a seven-time felon, what you doin' with that?"
    It's a Catch-22, either you lose or you lose
    That's the way the game structured, for real niggas to suffer
    And I ain't never been a buster, always stood on my feet
    Like a man prepared to take whatever coming for me
    A pussy nigga or polices with a warrant for me
    I'm a G, prepared to die for what's important to me
    Look anybody in the eye who say he want it wit' me
    Put up the house and bet the odds if it's comin' from me
    OG's say I need to learn to be patient
    You telling me with these seven years of probation
    Pistol charges and a host of other open cases
    If niggas only knew the kind of time I was facin'
    I try to keep it to myself, but sometimes I couldn't take it
    Got four kids, the smiles on they faces
    Mean more to me than my crown and my bracelet
    Take that away from me, and my life is butt naked

    (Life's ups and downs, they come and go)
    But when I die, I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't alive, I hope they live in the sky
    Pray to God when I die, that I live in the sky
    (It's true what goes around, comes back you know)
    So when I die I hope I live in the sky
    All my folk who ain't survive, may they live in the sky
    Tell God, I wanna fly, and let me live in the sky

    Hey man, I'd like to dedicate this song to my cousin Toot
    Alejandro Tremell Morgan, man
    I miss the shit out you, my nigga
    I'd also like to dedicate this to my homeboy Jay-Ru
    Jamar Hendrix, what's happenin'?
    Also my partner Bankhead, Man Lee Horton, what it is, nigga
    P$C for life, and death
    And my lil' homeboy Poncho, and my lil' homeboy Rico
    I shed tears writin' this song, homeboy
    That's real talk man
    Ayy, I wanna live in the sky
    Let me live in the sky
    Pray to God that I live in the sky
    I want to live in the sky
    I want to live in the sky
    I want to live in the sky
    Why can't we live in the sky?
    The sky Writer/s: Clifford Joseph Harris, Keith McMasters
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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