T.I. — Live in the Sky

[Intro: T.I.] 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 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? [Chorus: (Jamie Foxx) & T.I.] (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 [Verse 1: T.I.] 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 apartments, 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 [Chorus: (Jamie Foxx) & T.I.] (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 [Verse 2: T.I.] You ever seen a nigga go to jail and sleep 'til day 2? 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 22 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 momma loose, but ha, what can you do? And I got four myself, yuh, 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 [Chorus: (Jamie Foxx) & T.I.] (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 [Verse 3: T.I.] I bet you niggas think I'm livin' it up Til you see polices laughin' as they pickin' me up Went from seeing 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 [Chorus: (Jamie Foxx) & T.I.] (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 [Outro: T.I. & Jamie Foxx] 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 Ay, 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