Dead Silence, Mariah Ivey, Okara Imani - Double Life Lyrics

From black bodies on magnolia, to black bodies in oval offices
From black association with darkness, to black encompassing its life we stand
And full Acknowledgment of the power we posses to always and always, be more

All I knew was basketball and rap
Drug game watching me and brought me to the trap
Walked away and hit a couple licks I loved my strap
Yeah I got to eat I want it all no coming back
I suffered too much, I finally learned my lesson
Always tread light, especially walking with weapons
Swear I'm still good, but temptation found me
This for all the times I cheated death and everybody who doubted me

I been through hell, but still alive
Yeah I done lived, that double life
Live by the gun, die by the knife
For the day I be straight, until its night
I been through hell, but still a alive
Yeah I done lived, that double life
Live by the gun, die by the knife
For the day I be straight, until its night

I live with no regrets, just thankful that I'm living
My ribs was touching my stomach I blacked and started tripping
Got to get it by any means I got a lot of pride
Going broke ain't a joke, I ain't gone let it slide
From getting caught up in a scheme
To finding out I had like forty-three dollars to my name
Self esteem dropped so fast I guess my time is my time
Had a helicopter watching me I'm reevaluating crime

I been through hell, but still alive
Yeah I done lived, that double life
Live by the gun, die by the knife
For the day I be straight, until its night
I been through hell, but still alive
Yeah I done lived, that double life
Live by the gun, die by the knife
For the day I be straight, until its night

And so we vow to never live on our knees, but to die on our feet
To give vision to the village for as long as we breathe we bleed, more

I done been through things you would never know about
Yeah I rap about it, you would never know everything that happen
Don't ever make it seem like you know me
That goes for anybody
Yeah