The Gambler

Life is a gamble, oh, oh baby
When you win or lose
I'm right, just paid my dues beautiful, huh
Man, I used to gamble with my life every day
Shit, I almost crapped out a couple times
Too
Shit, I even gambled chasin' this rap shit
Now if you ask me, "Ran'
How many Ms you worth?"
Hm, about four, five, six
Heh, four, five, six

Take a risk, life is a gamble
You play or miss
You bet everything on yourself
Nothin' else and just pray you hit
You save your chips and you
Can end up being mediocre
Light your spliffs
Life's a bitch but you don't
Need to poke her
I doubled down, they laughed at me
I don't need thеm jokers
I don't see them vultures
Talkin' likе they high rollers
Ain't even leave the sofa
I was a king before twenty-one
Twenty-two came quickly
And swiftly got busted soon as
The judge hit me
'Magine that? I was defending you
When I grabbed the strap
"Why'd you fold?" Nigga done told
So I couldn't back a rat
Was dealt a bad hand, that's a fact
Couldn't see no future dealin'
A bag of crack so a nigga just had to rap
Niggas rollin' with me was glad to crap, me
I'd rather stack
Rules let you play scared so
A nigga had to black back-to back
Shoot for the stars and aim
For a platinum plaque
They all protectin' they slots 'cause
I'm what these rappers lack
You play it wrong and you could lose it all
But you gotta shoot to score no
Matter what or who's involved
Even when you knew you lost
You had to show 'em who's the boss
Never let 'em see you sweat
Roll and take the deepest breath
Is it life or either death? Feelin'
Like you need a rest
Heart beatin' through your chest
Should've never blew that check
Now we all pissed off, stuck up in this pit
Boss kinda like our daddies was
Tryna get these chips off
Standin' on the old block
I need this shit to lift off
We just tryna make it jump
Don't ever get it criss-cross
Gambled with your life
You knew the price and what that shit cost
Handlin' the dice
I cee-lo twice and then I dip off