Good Life

Album: Graduation (2007)
Charted: 23 7
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  • Like we always do at this time
    I go for mine, I gots to shine
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky
    I go-go for mine, I gots to shine
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky

    I'ma get on this TV mama, I'ma
    I'ma put shit down
    Ayy (ayy), ayy (ayy)
    Ayy (ayy), ayy (ayy)
    I'm good

    Welcome to the good life
    Where niggas who sell D
    Won't even get pulled over in they new V
    The good life, let's go on a living spree
    Shit, they say the best things in life are free
    The good life, it feel like Atlanta
    It feel like L.A., it feel like Miami
    It feel like N.Y., summertime Chi, ahh
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky
    So I roll through good
    Y'all pop the trunk, I pop the hood, Ferrari
    And she got the goods
    And she got that ass, I got to look, sorry
    Yo, it's got to be 'cause I'm seasoned
    Haters give me them salty looks, Lawry's
    50 told me, "Go 'head, switch the style up
    And if they hate then let 'em hate
    And watch the money pile up" the good life

    Now I, I go for mine, I got to shine
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky
    Now I, I go for mine, I got to shine
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky (ayy)

    I'ma get on this TV mama, I'ma
    I'ma put shit down
    Ayy (ayy), ayy (ayy)
    Ayy (ayy), ayy (ayy)
    I'm good

    Welcome to the good life
    Where we like the girls who ain't on TV
    'Cause they got more (ass than the models)
    The good life, so keep it coming with the bottles
    'Til she feel booze like she bombed at Apollo
    The good life, it feel like Houston
    It feel like Philly, it feel like D.C.
    It feel like VA, or the Bay, or Yay
    Ayy, this is the good life
    Welcome to the good life
    Uh, homie, tell me what's good
    Why I only got a problem when you in the hood?
    Welcome to the good life
    Like I'm new in the hood, the only thing I wish
    (I wish a nigga would)
    Welcome to the good life
    He probably think he could, but, but
    I don't think he should
    Welcome to the good life
    50 told me, "Go 'head, switch the style up
    And if they hate then let 'em hate
    And watch the money pile up" the good life

    Now I, I go for mine, I got to shine (yeah)
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky
    Now I, I go for mine, I got to shine
    Now throw yo' hands up in the sky (ayy)

    I'ma get on this TV mama, I'ma
    I'ma put shit down
    Ayy (ayy), ayy (ayy)
    Ayy (ayy), ayy (I'm good)

    Have you ever popped champagne on a plane
    While getting some brain?
    Whipped it out, she said, "I never seen snakes on a plane"
    Whether you broke or rich, you gotta get this
    Havin' money's the everything, not havin' it is
    I was splurgin' on trizz
    But when I get my card back activated
    I'm back to Vegas (welcome to the good life)
    'Cause I always had a passion for flashin' before I had it
    I close my eyes and imagine the good life (hey)

    Is the good life better than the life I live
    When I thought that I was gonna go crazy
    And now my grandmama ain't the only girl calling me baby
    And if you feelin' me now then put your hands up in the sky
    And let me hear you say hey, hey, hey, ooh
    I'm good Writer/s: Aldrin Davis, Faheem Najm, James Ingram, John Stephens, Kanye West, Michael Dean, Quincy Jones
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Royalty Network, Sentric Music, Shapiro Bernstein & Co Inc, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Collections Publishing
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Comments: 2

  • Jon from Jackson, NjI think this is about Kanye West's long, stugglesome path to fame. IN the lyrics, when he says " i'm gonna be on the tv mamma, im gonna, im gonna put s*** down" I think he means that when he get's his first big break, he decides to take a chance on it. -Jon
  • Nikki from Chicago, IlJohn Legend and Ne-Yo are doing background vocals on this song.
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