you’ve got to live and learn
you’ve got to live and learn
before your s burn
you’ve got to live and learn
here’s a little story about life
everybody that lives surely dies
a lot of people ask the questions why
some people have to go through so much more
before they really learn about life’s score
the subject is not to be ignored kick it to ’em joe
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i don’t wanna be the one
to tell you how it’s gotta be
livin’ is the only way
you’re ever really gonna see
ah yeah
y’all check it
kick this one for the public
now break it down
there’s so much wrong and negativity
enough for the whole world to see
i know there’s still a possibility
you raise a little kid he turns out bold
it may be from the way you treat him cold
i guess that’s how the story’s told tell ’em what it is
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you’ve got to live and learn
i don’t wanna be the one
you’ve got to live and learn
to tell you how it’s gotta be
before your s burn
livin’ is the only way
you’ve got to live and learn
that you’re ever gonna see
large if large is how ya livin’
why you’re livin’ large are you takin’ what is given
to you in the form of true experience
’cause if you’re not your whole life could be spent
doin’ time for a crime you say you didn’t even do
the only fool that you’re foolin’ is the fool that is you
didn’t even turn around to check and see if your is burnin’
i guess it’s true what they say that without livin’ there’s no learnin’
and this is from the j the o and the e
mary mary mary it’s quite contrary
yo’ how did you earn your dough
you didn’t finish school you ain’t got no job
but to the human eye it’s pretty simple
you’re always talkin’ about what you want is respect
but never thinkin’ about the little boy you neglect
spendin’ his formative years in a livin’ hell
not realizin’ one day he’d end up in jail
now on the other hand
there’s dan my man
who planned a scam and i’ll be damned
it was the ultimate flim flam
he was sayin’ that it was easy as pie
but little did dan know he was about to die
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Artist: Joe Public
Year: 1992
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 198