[00:02.01]Dear god, I'm gonna teach you in this prayer
[00:06.96]And I thank you for all the food you've given me
[00:09.81]And all the health and strength
[00:12.90]And may my family be held safely and strong
[00:15.06]As well as myself
[00:18.09]And I thank you for everything you've given me thus far, lord
[00:24.00]And I beg your forgivness
[00:25.17]For I sin everyday
[00:28.08]In your sons name, Christ Jesus
[00:31.23]Amen
[00:31.68][Chorus: Ja Rule]
[00:32.22]They all want me dead or alive
[00:34.20]But they'll never take me alive
[00:36.21]I'll get even before I die
[00:37.77]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[00:38.67]They all want me dead or alive
[00:42.18]But they'll never take me alive
[00:44.19]I'll get even before I die
[00:46.32]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[00:49.50][Ja Rule]
[00:49.86]****ed up look at what the streets have done to me man
[00:52.08]Hustlin and strugglin
[00:54.06]I deserve a better hand
[00:56.01]Cuz I'm runnin these streets under they say
[00:57.99]Mother****ers like you can't relate
[01:00.21]Cuz you ain't all about the hustling all about the bustin
[01:03.18]All about the thuggin, baby
[01:05.01]Never let it go
[01:05.91]If you gotta die, lie, shake it wit a fo'-fo'
[01:08.10]Then do so, cuz that's the life you chose
[01:11.01]Shoul've fallowed the cracks in the road
[01:12.72]You heart and your soul
[01:13.62]Cuz if there's one thing I know
[01:14.94]Good mother****ers come and they go
[01:16.95]****ed up mother****ers actin like ho's, merely needed to get treated like one
[01:21.03]Hope you got yourself a gun mother****ers
[01:22.98]Cuz you know I smoke and blow mother****ers
[01:25.02]And if right silent the temp, get on some gangsta shit
[01:27.15]Go on out, six feet deep and slump mother****ers
[01:29.07]Cuz I'm a survivor like Destiny's Children
[01:32.16]To the day of my demise
[01:33.99]I'ma ask the lord why
[01:35.40][Chorus: Ja Rule]
[01:36.09]They all want me dead or alive
[01:38.19]But they'll never take me alive
[01:40.20]I'll get even before I die
[01:42.21]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[01:44.37]They all want me dead or alive
[01:46.17]But they'll never take me alive
[01:48.18]I'll get even before I die
[01:50.31]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[01:53.91][Ja Rule]
[01:54.18]Take a look at what this worlds done made me
[01:56.13]All I really want to do is be happy, and raise my family
[02:00.06]But I'm strong, mother****ers can't break me down
[02:03.99]Mother****ers really gonna hate me now
[02:06.06]As I'm giving a ****
[02:08.19]I'm tryna get my life together
[02:09.57]Thug life a mother****er can't ride forever
[02:11.13]Tryna see a hundred mil' or better
[02:12.51]Befo' I die
[02:13.53]Don't ask me why, I
[02:16.17]Got a fasination wit for freak ho's
[02:18.09]New whips wit two seats and two do's
[02:20.13]I've been waitin so long to explode
[02:22.05]Now watch me **** back and unloa
[02:24.12]Bullets goin threw the chest and out the back
[02:26.01]Bitch is usually how the babry acts
[02:27.99]Now the look in your face is so relaxed
[02:30.03]Now your family moans and deals wit that
[02:32.04]But me, I'm a survivor like Destiny's Children
[02:36.15]Til the day of my demise
[02:38.13]I'm gonna ask the lord why
[02:39.51][Chorus: Ja Rule]
[02:40.05]They all want me dead or alive
[02:42.18]But they'll never take me alive
[02:44.19]I'll get even before I die
[02:46.20]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[02:47.58]They all want me dead or alive
[02:50.19]But they'll never take me alive
[02:52.17]I'll get even before I die
[02:54.33]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[02:58.14][Ja Rule]
[02:58.35]They all want me...Dead
[03:00.06]Why the **** would they want to see me live?
[03:02.04]So I'm gearing up to get into some gangsta shit
[03:04.02]Mother****ers better kiss the wife and kids
[03:06.15]It's just the way us mother****ers live
[03:08.10]And I run wit real mother****ers that run wit big guns
[03:10.14]That are designed to pop ya lid (mother****er)
[03:12.12]Never met a real mother****er I didn't like
[03:14.01]Never met a mother****ing bitch that I didn't fight
[03:16.05]Now mother****ers gon get down, and a mother****er gon lay down
[03:18.30]Depending on how mother****ers view life
[03:20.16]And you'll never look in my eyes
[03:22.20]And you'll never, ever smile
[03:24.24]Cuz your high, is comin down
[03:26.40]And you can't touch me
[03:28.95]But if you really wanna **** wit me
[03:30.57]C'mon and get your heat my mother****ers
[03:33.06]Don't you ever provoke my mother****ers
[03:35.01]Don't ever doubt this mother****er
[03:36.96]Cuz I'm a survivor like Destiny's Child
[03:40.17]Til the day of my demise
[03:42.09]I'm gonna ask the lord why
[03:43.50][Chorus: Ja Rule]
[03:44.04]They all want me dead or alive
[04:02.16]But they'll never take me alive
[04:12.15]I'll get even before I die
[04:14.31]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[04:51.84]They all want me dead or alive
[04:55.08]But they'll never take me alive
[04:59.01]I'll get even before I die
[05:01.02]Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
[05:04.11](Repeat once)

Dear god, I'm gonna teach you in this prayer
And I thank you for all the food you've given me
And all the health and strength
And may my family be held safely and strong
As well as myself
And I thank you for everything you've given me thus far, lord
And I beg your forgivness
For I sin everyday
In your sons name, Christ Jesus
Amen
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
****ed up look at what the streets have done to me man
Hustlin and strugglin
I deserve a better hand
Cuz I'm runnin these streets under they say
Mother****ers like you can't relate
Cuz you ain't all about the hustling all about the bustin
All about the thuggin, baby
Never let it go
If you gotta die, lie, shake it wit a fo'-fo'
Then do so, cuz that's the life you chose
Shoul've fallowed the cracks in the road
You heart and your soul
Cuz if there's one thing I know
Good mother****ers come and they go
****ed up mother****ers actin like ho's, merely needed to get treated like one
Hope you got yourself a gun mother****ers
Cuz you know I smoke and blow mother****ers
And if right silent the temp, get on some gangsta shit
Go on out, six feet deep and slump mother****ers
Cuz I'm a survivor like Destiny's Children
To the day of my demise
I'ma ask the lord why
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
Take a look at what this worlds done made me
All I really want to do is be happy, and raise my family
But I'm strong, mother****ers can't break me down
Mother****ers really gonna hate me now
As I'm giving a ****
I'm tryna get my life together
Thug life a mother****er can't ride forever
Tryna see a hundred mil' or better
Befo' I die
Don't ask me why, I
Got a fasination wit for freak ho's
New whips wit two seats and two do's
I've been waitin so long to explode
Now watch me **** back and unloa
Bullets goin threw the chest and out the back
Bitch is usually how the babry acts
Now the look in your face is so relaxed
Now your family moans and deals wit that
But me, I'm a survivor like Destiny's Children
Til the day of my demise
I'm gonna ask the lord why
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
They all want me...Dead
Why the **** would they want to see me live?
So I'm gearing up to get into some gangsta shit
Mother****ers better kiss the wife and kids
It's just the way us mother****ers live
And I run wit real mother****ers that run wit big guns
That are designed to pop ya lid (mother****er)
Never met a real mother****er I didn't like
Never met a mother****ing bitch that I didn't fight
Now mother****ers gon get down, and a mother****er gon lay down
Depending on how mother****ers view life
And you'll never look in my eyes
And you'll never, ever smile
Cuz your high, is comin down
And you can't touch me
But if you really wanna **** wit me
C'mon and get your heat my mother****ers
Don't you ever provoke my mother****ers
Don't ever doubt this mother****er
Cuz I'm a survivor like Destiny's Child
Til the day of my demise
I'm gonna ask the lord why
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
They all want me dead or alive
But they'll never take me alive
I'll get even before I die
Cuz this world wants me...Dead or alive
(Repeat once)