Album: The Basketball Diaries Soundtrack

What a Life

Yeah, everybody gonna say yeah
Big Daddy boutya

Didn't know where, didn't know when
Just asked to answer at ten
To the local go-learn
Put up my hand, wait my turn
But it never comes, I have to shout out
That's life and that's what it's all about
So through the comfort and the strife
What a life

Life, the ultimate stage
Learning to act from a very early age
Nothing is wrong 'cause nothing is right
Living your life, that's the ultimate fight now
I've grown a bit since ten
Even though I look back now and then
There were good times, there were bad
Some serious living to be had
No ties, some lies, and now and then some strife
Yeah, oh, yeah
What a life

Sometimes to look ahead, you need to look back
So you know where you're going and you're on the right track
So never lose your vision, displace your goal
Keep it running, don't allow it to get cold

And there in the distance
Where you can cut it without a knife
Can you feel it, can you hear it, oh, yeah
What a life

Do you feel in yourself that it's time to go
Live a life to lead, not go with the flow
And bring yourself to a promised land
In a world of choice, one you understand
You can be the narrator
Never the destroyer, more the creator
Like a scientist, explore your mind
Whether in a collage bar or standing on the front line
And through all the discomfort and through all the strife
Yeah, you know it
What a life

Original rockers on the case
Large, but not too in your face
Plenty of rhythm, big with the bass
Take your time 'cause there's no haste
To live the life you lead
Live the life you lead
What a life