(feat. Amerie)    [Royce talking]  Come here Royce    [Royce talking over chorus]  Come over here, sit down, let me talk to you  Right here, over here  Sit on daddy's lap  I want to tell you something    [Chorus: Amerie (Royce)]    Life is a moment in space  When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place  (This is life)  Life is a moment in space  When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place    [Royce]  Listen, yo  Little Royce Nickel Nine, eyes wide with sight  With a future as bright as the light in the eyes of Christ  Ready to take on the world and whatever is in it  Proof read, sign, and seal whatever you finish  I can only lead you while you're on your quest for knowledge  I'ma teach you to have sense and to respect the dollar  Hope for the best, and you'll see, your world will be solid  I'ma teach you the truth, even behind worldly logic  This is life, cut and dry, days is bright, nights is dark  Fights get sparked, it's almost like to get ahead  You got to be twice as smart, the realities of life is harsh  Just know that God's keeping you level  He'll even speak through the ghetto to reach you  Just to teach you that the streets is the devil  Everybody's dishonest, different  Which means that we're dying by livin'  Oblivious to the time that we're given  So you don't prepare for the death, you live for the life  And live right like, do right by your kids and your wife  Have fun as a child, yo them years is precious   The future brings fear and stresses as the year progresses  You're gonna turn a lot of them down, you're gonna feel rejection  You're gonna tell a lot of lies and you're gonna hear confessions  It's a two way street when you deal in his presence   Only your life can show that everything is real in this message  This is life    [Chorus: Amerie (Royce)]    Life is a moment in space  When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place  (This is life)  Life is a moment in space  When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place    [Royce]  Yo, the whole world is upon you, the pressure is on  And you can probably sum your life up the best when you're gone  Upon the creation of all men, destiny's born  For us to reproduce, so you can keep the legacy goin'  I know you think I'm Superman, but I got weaknesses too  I keep a firm leash on things by believing in you   And after I'm gone I live on breathing through you   And anything I had in this life, I leave it to you  Aim for the sky and fly till you come back down  I had you the baton and you run, till you come back 'round  Let your heart tell your temper, "Put that gun back down!"  Dry your tears up and turn that frown upside-down  It'd be plenty to cry for, think life, not death  You got much more to live for than to die for  But you got to stay humble   Cause just as hard as your work to get it  There's people working harder to take it from you  Cause life, something that people take for granted  As time passes, you're gonna want something back  But you won't get it cause history is made every second  So you crave every lesson and save every blessin'  No matter how you view the world yo, you never will get it  The world will be the world through the eyes of whoever is in it  But things ain't gonna always go right  Look at it like, yo this ain't your day, but this your life, and live  Life    [Chorus: Amerie (Royce)]    Life is a moment in space  When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place  (This is life)  Life is a moment in space  When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place    [Amerie]  There will be trials and tribulations  But don't let them, don't let them, don't let them bring you down  I said you better keep going to your destination  After your darkest hour the sun will come around    [Royce talking]  This is life  Yo I don't care, I don't care if this song don't sell one copy  That's not even what it's for  It's for you, my boy  This is life    [Amerie singing in the background]  You gotta keep going on, you gotta keep moving on  Be strong, be strong, be strong  Cause this is life