I remember how it all began

I used to sing dirty raps to my East Side fans

Back then I knew ya couldn't stop this rap

No M.C. could rock like that

Then the new style came, the bass got deeper

Ya gave up the mike and bought you a beeper

Do ya wanna rap or sell coke?

Brothers like you ain't never been broke

People wanna say it's just my time

Brothers like me had to work for mine

Eight years on the mike and I'm not jokin'

Sir Too Short comin' straight from Oakland

California, home of the rock

Eight woofers in the trunk, beatin' down the block

Short dog, I'm that rappin' man

I said it before and I 'll say it again



Life is too short

Too short

Life is too short



Life is to some people unbearable

Committin' suicide and that's terrible

Was it much too much or nothing' big?

If ya live my life, you'd be fightin' to live

Life is to me my main asset

I be doin' all right and keep it just like that

Chill out at the house and pump that bass

I'm tryin' to get rich as I rock the place

Everybody's got that same old dream

To have big money and fancy things

Drive a brand new Benz, keep your banck right here

Never hear me stutter once because I talk real clear

It's on you, homeboy, watcha gonna do?

You can take my advice and start workin', fool

Or you can close your ears and run your mouth

And one day, homeboy, ya soon find out



Life is too short

Too short

Life is too short



Life is too short, would you agree?

While I'm livin' my life, don't mess with me

It's been a long time, baby, since I first got down

But I still keep makin' these funky sounds