Life

"**Life**" (also known as " **Life (L.A. to Chicago)**") is a song by K-Fox featuring Lupe Fiasco, released as a promotional single in 2003 for K-Fox's forthcoming album. It samples the 1980 song "Just as Long as We Have Love" by Wilbert Longmire.

The track's central theme is poverty, which includes the resilience of the people who continue to live and push through their everyday struggles. During this time, Fiasco was signed to Arista Records.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]

K-Fox

Lupe Fiasco

Life

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

From city to city, I really did it for y'all

From the itty bitty small, to the really really tall

Where they poor, and they livin' in a shelter

Beggin' with their kids, they're too helpless to help her

If you woke in the trailer park today

Or the park where the ground is too harsh to lay

Or the projects where it's no park to play

And it's too dark to read

And you're too marked to leave

Where wick only buys juicy juice and kicks

It's a trip 'cause the youth is usually used to this

And that's strength, and you gotta be strong

When the drama's on your back and your clothes don't match

And your father is gone

And on top of all that

The water isn't on and your dishes don't match

The teachers say they only come to school to flunk

But there's some that only go to school for lunch

And that's life

[Verse 2: K-Fox]

This one goes out to all of the children

Hangin' out of them buildings

While they just watchin' the asphalt grow

Now some of them got bright futures

And some will never know

'Cause they say that it's a miracle

If we live to see 24

This is for them babies with no fathers

For the people that's starving

Living out here on these streets

To that man that's working too hard

Just to feed his family

He's working two and three jobs

He ain't got time for play at all

'Cause this is his life

[Hook: K-Fox, *Children Singing*]

*Keep on livin' this life*

From L.A. to Chicago

*Keep on livin' this life*

And it don't mater where you come from

*We keep livin' this life*

There ain't no way to get away from

*Keep on livin' this life*

[Verse 3: K-Fox]

This is for my people out there hustlin'

To the family that's strugglin'

Living from paycheck to paycheck

The rent is due

The baby needs a pair of shoes

And on top of all that

We've got to deal with self-esteem issues

This is for the ones that go and tell

And say no matter what you do

This money can't buy you happiness

And this is for all we've sacrificed

For all of the pains, for every tear we cry

We just got to keep on living our life

[Hook: K-Fox, *Children Singing*]

*Keep on livin' this life*

From L.A. to Chicago

*Keep on livin' this life*

And it don't mater where you come from

*We keep livin' this life*

There ain't no way to get away from

*Keep on livin' this life*

*Keep on livin' this life*

From L.A. to Chicago

*Keep on livin' this life*

And it don't mater where you come from

*We keep livin' this life*

There ain't no way to get away

*Keep on livin' this life*

[Outro: K-Fox]

While the people are dying

Babies are crying

We sit back and pretend to be blinded, yes

## References

1. ↑ "K. Fox – Life (L.A. To Chicago) / Closer". *Discogs*.