Youand've got to live and learn
youand've got to live and learn
before your bridges burn
youand've got to live and learn
Hereand's a little story about life
everybody that lives surely dies
a lot of people ask the questions why
some people have to go through so much more
before they really learn about lifeand's score
the subject is not to be ignored (kick it to 'em, joe)
I donand't wanna be the one
to tell you how itand's gotta be
livinand' is the only way
youand're ever really gonna see
Youand've got to live and learn
youand've got to live and learn
before your bridges burn
youand've got to live and learn
Ah, yeah
yand'all, check it
kick this one for the public
now break it down
Thereand's so much wrong and negativity
enough for the whole world to see
i know thereand's still a possibility
you raise a little kid, he turns out bold
it may be from the way you treat him cold
i guess thatand's how the storyand's told (tell 'em what it is)
I donand't wanna be the one
to tell you how itand's gotta be
livinand' is the only way
youand're ever really gonna see
Youand've got to live and learn
youand've got to live and learn
before your bridges burn
youand've got to live and learn
Youand've got to live and learn
(i donand't wanna be the one)
youand've got to live and learn
(to tell you how itand's gotta be)
before your bridges burn
(livinand' is the only way)
youand've got to live and learn
(that youand're ever gonna see)
(large) if large is how ya livinand'
why youand're livinand' large, are you takinand' what is given
to you, in the form of true experience
'cause if youand're not your whole life could be spent
doinand' time for a crime you say you didnand't even do
the only fool that youand're foolinand' is the fool that is you
didnand't even turn around to check and see if your bridge is burninand'
i guess itand's true what they say that without livinand' thereand's no learninand'
And this is from the j, the o, and the e
Mary, mary, mary, itand's quite contrary
yoand', how did you earn your dough
you didnand't finish school, you ainand't got no job
but to the human eye itand's pretty simple
youand're always talkinand' about what you want is respect
but never thinkinand' about the little boy you neglect
spendinand' his formative years in a livinand' hell
not realizinand' one day heand'd end up in jail
now on the other hand, thereand's dan my man
who planned a scam and iand'll be damned
it was the ultimate flim flam
he was sayinand' that it was easy as pie
but little did dan know he was about to die
Youand've got to live and learn
(i donand't wanna be the one)
youand've got to live and learn
(to tell you how itand's gotta be)
before your bridges burn
(livinand' is the only way)
youand've got to live and learn
(that youand're ever gonna see)
Youand've got to live and learn
(i donand't wanna be the one)
youand've got to live and learn
(to tell you how itand's gotta be)
before your bridges burn
(livinand' is the only way)
youand've got to live and learn
(that youand're ever gonna see)
Youand've got to live and learn
(i donand't wanna be the one)
youand've got to live and learn
(to tell you how itand's gotta be)
