Meaning Of Life lyrics - Xzibit

 [Shilo Harris:]

My name is staff sergeant Shilo Harris, retired United States army

Unfortunately, while serving our nation

I was hit with a roadside bomb that was estimated at about 800 pounds of explosives

I lost 3 soldiers, my truck was destroyed

My driver and I were the only 2 soldiers out of that vehicle that survived

So what's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I don't know, I don't know

Cuz all I know is when I grab the microphone and they let me up on the stage

Grand larceny, cause I'm stealin' the show

What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I couldn't tell ya, I can't tell ya

All I know if you spend too much time without being refined

Then your life will be described as a failure

Let me tell you about these bitch ass, half cocked, pussy ass niggas

That's never gon' pull the trigger to protect no figures

Never seen a hard time in your life

Beating the shit out of your kids and your wife

Cause what you lack in a fight

That we all fightin' a similar, self-hated mutilation

The lost angel, Los Angeles, congratulations

From admiration, to aggravation, to the highest level

Don't be surprised you all alone when that dust settle

Heart colder than gun metal, I done survived it all

Praying for my downfall, got the fuck from around y'all

No more niggas bringing me down, even including myself

I celebrate life for nobody else

Mountains of wealth ain't really shit without health

My mental shrouded in stealth

Cause hell is crowded with cowards who fell for the dollar

Now watch Xzibit rise to power

I turn these 15 minutes to hours

But still asking

What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I don't know, I don't know

Cuz all I know is when I grab the microphone and they let me up on the stage

Grand larceny cause I'm stealin' the show

What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I couldn't tell ya, I can't tell ya

All I know if you spend too much time without being refined

Then your life will be described as a failure

Let me tell you bout' these hypocrites and halfwits

Caught up in the politics

Work yourself to death, but uncle Sam is taking all of it

Prisoner to the policy, the mark of the beast

Becoming one with technology, surveillance a beach (bitch)

And everyone one of us, some of us got no heart or no backbone

The few will seek freedom while most of the masses will conform

The woman you lust for, is usually not the one

To stick around when you go to war

Immaculate platform

We back and prepared for, attacking the landlords

Cause this shit too hot, we 'bout to get what we came for

And if I should die, may it not be in vain more

Importantly, more to see, keep it cracking and orderly

Got my future in front of me, focus is fucking phenomenal

Nobody can touch us, I turn the impossible possible with it

Do me a favor man, do not try to tell me shit

It's just me and my bitch

What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I don't know, I don't know

Cuz all I know is when I grab the microphone and they let me up on the stage

Grand larceny cause I'm stealin' the show

What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I couldn't tell ya, I can't tell ya

All I know if you spend too much time without being refined

Then your life will be described as a failure

[Shilo Harris:]

When I was injured, I sustained 35% burns over my body

I lost my ears, my nose, and have been through many reconstructive surgeries

My father was there, my wife was there, my children

That was a lot of my motivation, was because

I knew the way that they were looking at me

I had to get stronger, I had to become independent again

And I think that's why I pushed so hard

Let me tell you 'bout these long days and sleepless nights

Penny pinchin' trying to make it to the afterlife

And not to mention time is short, you better make it right

Before you see that final light get all your business tight

This is the gospel, gotta get it or get left alone

So get it on until your destiny is set in stone

The dead and gone can never tell us what comes after death

So make it count and live your life out loud with no regrets

This for the set, this for the ones that's never wakin' up

Livin' a fantasy, insanity, they fake as fuck

They out of touch, they out of line, it's time to face the truth

That I wasn't supposed to make it, now I'm living proof

Excavated mountains of misery, eventually found the fountain of youth

It'd been pissed in, shit in, violated, so they pollute

That's why they shoot, have your ass in a box dressed in a suit

'Bout time you got in touch with your roots

So what's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of life?

Man I don't know, I don't know

Cuz all I know is when I grab the microphone and they let me up on the stage

Grand larceny cause I'm stealin' the show

What's the meaning of life?

[Shilo Harris:]

The best help that you can do, is help yourself

You have to, to step up, you have to find the strength inside of you

To pull yourself through it, because, you know, you can

You can have people pull you everyday

But unless you're willing to move, and you're willing to move forward

Then you're gonna be stuck in a rut

And you're gonna be stuck in that bad place that is depressing

And holding you back

The only person that can set you free is yourself