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[Male voice]
Fox Five
[Althea]
Ohhh yeahh, yeah, ooh
Yeahhh-yeah-yeah, ohhh, ohhhh
[Verse One: Foxy Brown]
From the cradle til` now, still Fox, just a little more mature
Seen it with my bare eyes, did it all before
Been through hell on earth
Playin` out my role I was given since birth, receptin` it well
Go hard at them critics, they expect me to fail
Work hard for my fans, they expect me to sell
They suspect I`m livin` well
But they don`t know the pain I feel
Five minutes away from gettin` killed, it`s ill
My moms always hug me when I`m leavin`
I wake up cryin` because death bugs me when I`m sleepin`
Jam Master died, it`s like I ain`t done grievin`
Big and Pac gone and look we still beefin`
And son even, we at odds in these days
where niggas die over cars and they chains
I thank God that I`m saved and I`mma hold it down in this game
Now, from the cradle to the grave
[Chorus: Althea]
From the cradle to the grave
I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way
From the cradle to the grave
I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way
[Verse Two: Foxy Brown]
From the cradle til now, I been through it all y`all
Y`all don`t know half the things, I been through it dawg
Pain and sufferation, I been through it all
My heart`s still cold, I been through the storm
Confused all these years, shit, we grew all these years
I remember me and you on the stairs
Talkin` bout what we gonna do when we`re big
Money came into play and best friends went they way, shit
I wish it never had to go that way, uh
The price of fame can cost a whole friendship
Yeah we got dollars, but it`s senseless
So I pray to God for forgiveness and ask him to carry me through
all the stress and the drama in this business
I bare witness, I Fox, and keep going strong until my heart stop
and keep flowing strong with a ?rap pon coc?, c`mon
[Chorus: Althea]
From the cradle to the grave
I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way
From the cradle to the grave
I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way
[Althea]
As a little girl I wish I knew that I
would be goin` through the drama that`s in my life
All the sufferin`, everywhere I been
How I get myself in all this bullshit I`m in
[Verse Three: Foxy Brown]
From now til` the grave, I look back at my life
smile and say wow in amazement
All these roadblocks, wonder how did I make it
wonder how I `came famous, I`m impressed with me
It`s like rumours been obsessed with me
but the truth never told, it was left with me
And what`s left for me, is to extend my hand
If they don`t reach then I`ll let them be
I got to live my life right
but I wouldn`t change how I lived my like
if I could live my life twice
Y`all don`t understand what Inga`s life`s like
A black stressed, I turned my back to the world
and now I`m back to the world, this black girl`s blessed
Yeah, my fans helped me through it
I was destined to blaze from the cradle to the grave
Thank God my fam helped me through it (c`mon)
[Chorus: Althea]
From the cradle to the grave
I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way
From the cradle to the grave
I, wish I knew my life would end up being this way
