UGK - How Long Can It Last Lyrics
[Intro: Pimp C - as Charlie Wilson harmonizes]Dear Lord,I know You don't condone the things I be doin out here in these streets(Help me, Lord) And I hope that, I pray that You can overlook(Help me, Lord) the wrong that I had done in my life...I don't know no other way to survive out here(Wrap your arms around me, Lord)I got a whole bunch of people dependin on me...Just walk with me...Walk with me...Busslin and gamblin, hit licks scramblinBricks I'm out here handlin, I'm pimpin and I'm payin the rentDidn't choose this dirty game, this dirty game it chose meEvery city love cocaine, they'll get it from him if they don't get it from meSo I get cross-country with that thang, makin that crisp, lettin 'em hangBangin that 'Pac, if I die tonight, least mama know I didn't die in vainCause I put up sum from every sale, so all my chil'ren can live wellMight go to heaven, might go to hell, but just put me in wood grain lane DevilleI wonder sometime how life would be, if it was no such thing as DBut then I put that Sweet down, cause that bullshit don't apply to meCause out here on the real streets, a dreamer always stay sleepCause out here the strong survive, and now they didn't die from thankin weakGotta play for keeps, gotta play it HARD, still tryna get right with GODStill read my Bible lone, cause Reverend do wrong, still livin fraudTonight if I get down on my knees and ask the Lord to forgive me, pleaseYou thank He gon' hear me? Cause tomorrow I'm still gon be slangin keyyyyys...(Ohhhh Lorrrrd...)[Chorus: Charlie Wilson]Lord, I'm just a G (Lord, I'm just a G)Out here livin fast (livin fast)How long can it last? (I don't know, I don't know)I juuuust can't give it up (But I'm prayin to Your love right now)I'm riskin all out in the streets (I'll give it all up for Your love right now)Out here livin fast (livin too fast)How long can it last? (How long, how long, how long, will it last, baby?)[Bun B:]See I was born in the ghetto manye I was raised in the hoodAnd unless you lived it yourself, it just can't be understoodPeople think hustlin is cool (cool), all hustlin is liveThey don't understand hustlers only hustlin to surviveThey wished they lived in the 'burbs ('burbs), wished they didn't have to hang (hang)Out on corners in low-income house in projects and slangThey wish their daddy was home (home), mama wasn't on drugs (drugs)And they didn't have to grow up to be dealers and thugs (thugs)Po' children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthy (wealthy)But it's hard when that environment you live in ain't healthy (healthy)You ain't givin no hope (hope), nobody showin you pride (pride)And you live with all this anger and frustration inside (side)Dog, don't let nobody tell you what you can or you cain't doJust cause they funky ass couldn't do it - (Why?) They ain't youYou can be who you wanna be (uh), live life how you feelJust put your faith in the Lord (yep), now that's keepin it Trill, fo' real!(Ohhhh Lorrrrd...)[Chorus: Charlie Wilson]Lord, I'm just a G (Just a G)Out here livin fast (Out here livin fast)How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it LA-AST?)I juuuust can't give it upI'm riskin all out in the streets (I risk it all)Out here livin fast (livin too fast, livin too fast)How long can it last? (How long can it last, how long can it last right now?)[Pimp C:]UHHHHH! I wonder if it's a heaven up there for real G'sFor all the niggaz in the game that's been slangin cheeseFor all them boys on them swangers and the fifth wheelI'm out here riskin my life, niggaz shife but I stay TrillI pray so much, I wonder if the Lord love meI think He do, but I'm so caught up in my thug deepThe feds bug me, followin me around for threeNiggaz couldn't catch me so they hit me with conspiracy(Uh) You know that that's the other level of the GAMEAin't got shit on me but some niggaz said my NAAAAAME...So here they COOOME, they thang TIIIIIIGHTThey playin shife, no Bun givin me life(Uhh!) I ain't goin back, I'm a make 'em kill me(Uhh!) I'm a bust back, ***** the pen, you FEEL ME?Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girlI know it's a better place than livin in this dirty WOOOORLD(Lorrrrd...)[Chorus: Charlie Wilson]Lord, I'm just a G (Lord I'm just a G)Out here livin fast (Out here livin fast)How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it last?)I juuuust can't give it up (HOW LONG can it last?)I'm riskin all out in the streets (PLEASE FORGIVE ME, LORD)Out here livin fast (I don't mean to disrespect You right now)How long can it last? (I'm out here in the streets, tryna make a mil for a better deal)[Singing interlude: repeat]Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)Some al-ways cryin the blues...Yeah...Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)Some al-ways bein misused...[Chorus: repeats many times during the remainder of the song][Charlie Wilson overlaps]Yeeaaaaaaaahhhh-yeaaha...What am I supposed to do, Lord?...I'm tryin my best out hereBut it's getting kinda HARD for me, LordWhat am I supposed to do?WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?Can you WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, LORD?Cause I need You, Lord right noooooowww...I NEED You, right nowNEED ya, I NEED ya, I NEED YaI NEED YA, cause I'm goin and livin too fastYEAH-EEEEEEEHHH...Oooooohhhhhhhhh, yeah... Lord have mercyCharlie Wilson, Pimp C, Bun, I need YouCan You help us, Lord?Can You help us rightRight now, right now, right now, right noooowwwwwwwwww, yeah... woo![Outro: Charlie Wilson]Out here livin too fast, how long can it last? I can't get up, Lord can You help me?LORD, can You help me?Can You help me? Can You HELP meRight noooooowwwww, yeahMmmmm... mmmm...Hmmmmm... hmmm...
