[Lyric] How My Life Is (Rip Nice)

You ask me how I’m living, what’s the condition of my existence/
How can I convey, the position of my persistence
It’s simply my persistent attitude that keeps me living/
No matter how resistant or consistent opposition
I thrive on adversity, at this point, it’s a certainty/
I’ll probably find myself, fully immersed in perversity
What you consider perverse, I consider urgent/
It’s truly who I am, and who I am is divergent
They call me Rip Nice, ‘cause I cut words like a surgeon/
I channel verbally, my mind cascading into surges
In neuron activity, speeding up synapses/
Perhaps there’s an app for tracking lapses
Conceptual or otherwise, either way I won’t lie/
Openly bisexual, guess what, so’s my wife
Both Polyamorous, she’s black, and I’m white-ish/
Most can’t handle this, but that’s how my life is

Allow me to begin, before the gossip/
I live my life open, no closets
Before any questions, I’ve decided/
These are the sessions, on how my life is
Allow me to begin, before the gossip/
I live my life open, no closets
Before any questions, I’ve decided/
These are the sessions, on how my life is
So what does this mean to you, I know what it means to me/
I know this could make you, want to be, mean to me
But this is just the tip of it, the scratching of the surface/
If another can relate, then the hate is all worth it
First it’s like therapy, airing out my laundry/
Put ‘em on the clothesline, let ‘em see all me
And while we’re on the subject, I have depression/
I still suffer from it but I see it as a blessing
It’s taught me many lessons on, how to overcome it/
I struggle every day, but I won’t run from it
And when I was a youth, a fool out of school again/
Trying too hard, to be a young hooligan
From petty B & E, to assault charges/
Even spent some time locked up behind bars with
Juvenile murderers, who were serving life bids/
As the story goes, that’s how my life is

Allow me to begin, before the gossip/
I live my life open, no closets
Before any questions, I’ve decided/
These are the sessions, on how my life is
Allow me to begin, before the gossip/
I live my life open, no closets
Before any questions, I’ve decided/
These are the sessions, on how my life is
Back from the past, my path is finally open/
Found peace at last, basking in the moment
Came up from poverty, got my College Degree/
Nothing in my way, on my way to succeed
Rebuilding all from scratch, now my wife’s got my back/
Feeling overwhelmed, too afraid to relax
Every time I do, something always seems to falter/
Every line is true, nothing left at the alter
Sacrificed a lot of days, just to find serenity/
Suffice it all to say, something keeps preventing me
Holding me back, ‘cause I’m my own worst enemy/
Knowing all that, my wife’s my chosen remedy
My partner-in-step, keeps my mind in check/
Pushes me to my best, she’ll accept no less
So, shout out to Jasmine, that’s really how my wife is/
Puts my mind to action, that’s how my life is

Allow me to begin, before the gossip/
I live my life open, no closets
Before any questions, I’ve decided/
These are the sessions, on how my life is
Allow me to begin, before the gossip/
I live my life open, no closets
Before any questions, I’ve decided/
These are the sessions, on how my life is