(v1)
Under fire cuz my style is undefined
I don’t wonder why, nevermind, I’m just stayin true
Unrefined all the while I’m inclined
Never slumber til I’m underground, coffin like the flu
Often what I do troubles you
Utter through the top of my mind while y’all plottin like a coup
But I don’t gotta think about I just be about it, I should be up outta here from talking like I do

(hook)
Life is a free throw
And I tell them all the same
it isn’t a game
ain’t nobody standin in your way
Life is a free throw
And you ain’t really gotta search for what you deserve
Long as you work, you’re gonna earn
Life is a free throw
Every time I turn around somebody’s throwin a pound
the value’s going down
Life is a free throw
But I don’t let it bother me
I keep movin logically
Ain’t nobody stopping me
Life is a free throw

(v2)
Ain’t no stayin the same or fadin away, just sayin my name
I’m changing the aim and aiming for fame, psyche, I’m just playin a game
Makin a change and I’m breakin away
Cookin tomorrow and bakin today
What can I say?
Stuck in a phase
Arts & crafts
Paper mache
You could see me writin poems at my home like I’m homer
Not Simpson, that’s a misnomer
Think I miss homework?
No sir
I’m Icarus, closer to the sun than most are
I don’t need a postmark on my letters
I don’t need a loan shark, lendin money to my creditors
Editing my editors
Sentencing the predators
Sentences and characters and references to senators
No Clay Davis
Thou shalt remain nameless
I stay gracious
Over plates I say graces
Your aim’s heinous
Shame on your playlist
Loquacious with statements I say that this

(hook)
Life is a free throw
And I tell them all the same
it isn’t a game
ain’t nobody standin in your way
Life is a free throw
And you ain’t really gotta search for what you deserve
Long as you work, you’re gonna earn
Life is a free throw
Every time I turn around somebody’s throwin a pound
the value’s going down
Life is a free throw
But I don’t let it bother me
I keep movin logically
Ain’t nobody stopping me
Life is a free throw

(v3 - Marquis Daniels)

(hook)
Life is a free throw
And I tell them all the same
it isn’t a game
ain’t nobody standin in your way
Life is a free throw
And you ain’t really gotta search for what you deserve
Long as you work, you’re gonna earn
Life is a free throw
Every time I turn around somebody’s throwin a pound
the value’s going down
Life is a free throw
But I don’t let it bother me
I keep movin logically
Ain’t nobody stopping me
Life is a free throw