Live Your Life

T.I.、蕾哈娜合作演唱歌曲

《Live Your Life》是美国说唱歌手T.I.和巴巴多斯歌手蕾哈娜合作的歌曲，由丹·巴伦、克利福德·哈里斯、贾斯汀·史密斯和马克巴等创作。歌曲被收录在T.I.第六张录音室专辑《Paper Trail》，于2008年9月30日发行。

创作背景

《Live Your Life》由肯艾·芬奇负责键盘的演奏，瑞安·维斯特进行混音处理，而保罗·福利则负责歌曲的录制工作。在这首歌曲中，T.I.谈到了自己的成长故事，表明对个人生活的不甘，并谈到了美军攻打阿富汗和伊拉克的内容。T.I.希望能够在歌曲中“听到”蕾哈娜的声音，因而选中了蕾哈娜作为歌曲的合作对象，而蕾哈娜也接受了此次邀请。歌曲副歌部分取样自罗马尼亚音乐组合O-Zone2003年单曲《Dragostea Din Tei》。

歌曲歌词

Hey, this a special what's happenin' to all my

All my soldiers over there in Iraq

Everybody right here, what you need to do

Be thankful for the life you got,

You know what I'm sayin'?

Stop lookin' at what you ain't got

Start bein' thankful for what you do got

Let's give it to 'em baby girl, hey

You're gonna be a shinin' star

In fancy clothes and fancy cars

And then you'll see you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows just who you are

So live your life, hey

You steady chasin' that paper

Just live your life, oh

Ain't got no time for no haters

Just live your life, hey

No tellin' where it'll take ya

Just live your life, oh

(Joss, we did it again homie)

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

Just livin' my life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

My life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

Just livin' my life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

My life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

Just livin' my life

Hey, never mind what haters say

Ignore 'em 'til they fade away

Amazin' they ungrateful

After all the game I gave away

Safe to say I paved the way

For you cats to get paid today

You still be wastin' days away

Now had I never saved the day

Consider them my protg

Homage I think they should pay

Instead of bein' gracious

They violate in a major way

I never been a hater

Still I love 'em in a crazy way

Some say they sold the yay'

And know they couldn't get work on Labor Day

It ain't that black and white

It has an area the shade of gray

I'm Westside anyway

Even if I left today and stayed away

Some move away to make a way

Not move away 'cause they afraid

I brought back to the hood

And all you ever did was take away

I pray for patience but they

Make me wanna melt they face away

Like I once made 'em spray

Now I could make 'em put the K's away

Been thuggin' all my life

Can't say I don't deserve to take a break

You'd rather see me catch a case

And watch my future fade away

You're gonna be a shinin' star

In fancy clothes and fancy cars

And then you'll see you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows just who you are

So live your life, hey

You steady chasin' that paper

Just live your life, oh

Ain't got no time for no haters

Just live your life, hey

No tellin' where it'll take ya

Just live your life, oh

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

Just livin' my life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

My life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

Just livin' my life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

My life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

Just livin' my life

I'm the opposite of moderate

Immaculately polished

With the spirit of a hustler

And the swagger of a college kid

Allergic to the counterfeit

Impartial to the politics

Articulate, but still will

Grab a ni**a by the collar quick

Whoever havin' problems with

Their record sales just holla Tip

If that don't work and all else fails

Then turn around and follow Tip

I got love for the game

But hey, I'm not in love with all of it

Could do without the fame

And rappers nowadays are comedy

The hootin' and the hollerin'

Back and forth with the arguin'

Where you from? Who you know?

What you make? And what kind of car you in?

Seems as though you lost sight

Of what's important when depositin'

Them checks into your bank account

And you up out of poverty

Your values is a disarray, prioritizin' horribly

Unhappy with the riches 'cause you're piss poor morally

Ignorin' all prior advice and forewarnin'

And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden,

Aren't we?

You're gonna be a shinin' star

In fancy clothes and fancy cars

And then you'll see you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows just who you are

So live your life, hey

You steady chasin' that paper

Just live your life, oh

Ain't got no time for no haters

Just live your life, hey

No tellin' where it'll take ya

Just live your life, oh

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

Just livin' my life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

My life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

Just livin' my life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

My life

(Hey)

My life

(Oh)

Got everybody watchin' what I do,

Come walk in my shoes

And see the way I'm livin' if you really want to

Got my mind on my money

And I'm not goin' away

So keep on gettin' your paper and keep on climbin'

Look in the mirror and keep on shinin'

'Til the game ends, 'til the clock stop

We gonna post up on the top spot

Livin' the life, the life

In the Windmill City,

Got my whole team with me

The life, my life

I do it how I wanna do

I'm livin' my life, my life

I will never lose

I'm livin' my life, my life

And I'll never stop it

So live your life

歌曲鉴赏

《Live Your Life》证明了真假音的转换、欧陆流行乐和蕾哈娜的声线是流行乐的黄金配方。一些听众会对T.I歌词的积极寓意和蕾哈娜的副歌演唱所吸引，而一部分的听众则会发现歌曲的采样和机械效果的混合。歌曲的制作融入了更多流行音乐的元素，少了许多匪帮说唱音乐制作的阴暗，精致而又不喧宾夺主的节奏足以承受T.I.的歌词“风暴”。

歌曲MV

音乐录影带由安东尼·曼德勒执导，于2008年10月28日首播。录影带中，T.I.饰演了一位被卷入到黑帮纠缠中的人。而蕾哈娜则饰演夜总会的一位歌者。在视频的一些片段，T.I.穿着昂贵整齐的西装、开着豪华的车辆，但与敌对者同处一组织中的他的生活则极其不易。由于某些原因，他被组织的其他成员无情地殴打。脸部浮肿、衣衫褴褛的他在小镇的街道上漫无目的地走着。在视频的最后，T.I.退出了黑社会集团，并留下了一句，“I get myself in, I get myself out”。

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