Chorus:

A real life it ain't no after school special (special)
You got to learn to play with the essentials (the essentials)
Because every steps another shake & roll of the dice (roll the dice, roll the dice)
A real life yeah that's the only life I'm living (living)
You got to learn to play with what your given (what your given)
Because every steps another shake & roll of the dice (roll the dice, roll the dice)

Verse One:

Yeah
I roll the dice
I live my life
Sometimes wish that I could live it twice
Sometimes wish that I could end it now
G-g-get caught up in those who's, what's, when's, where's why's & how's
Just try try to live my life but others want to tell me how
But who's there when I need someone to hold me down?
& where's the love, what's the reason that you come around?
When I'm doing good but never when the chips are down
I'm good in the hood & on the other side of town
But really I'm just trying to keep my two feet on the ground
Because it's my life, my life, my life, my life
whether or not the not the sun come out
Yeah

Chorus: (Repeat)

Verse Two:

Yeah
The up's & down's , the in's & out's
The regrets & the karma that comes back around
These are the making of a real life
The only thing I'm living every day & every night
stay focused & try not to lose my sight
But feel hopeless when nothing seems to go right
The good, the bad, the ugly that's the story of my life
& if you don't include it all your not telling the story right
Because I've seen sunny days & stormy nights
But still had to live my life no matter what the weather's like
Because it's my life, my life , my life , my life
whether or not the sun comes out
A yeah