Intro: The young kid 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 paw, and they living in a shelter Begging with their kids, they're too helpless to help her If you walk in trailer park today Or a park where the ground is too harsh to lay Or the projects where there'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 because the youth is usually used to this And that's strength And you gotta be strong When the dramas 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 [Hook] This one goes out to all of the children Hanging out of them buildings While they just watching the asphalt grow Now some of them got bright futures And some will never know Because they say 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 Working 2 and 3 jobs Ain't got time for play at all This is his life [Children Singing] This is for my people out there hustling To the family that's struggling Living from paycheck to paycheck ? 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 They say no matter what you do Money can't buy you happiness And this is for all we've sacrificed For all of the pains For everyday we cry We just have to keep living our life! [Children Singing]