From the recordings Music Therapy Vol 1, A&R Music List, and Soul R&B Test
Lyrics - Lennox Armstrong
Music - TJ Lopes
Drum sequencing Dennis "D.J." Johnson
Bongo programming Dennis "D.J." Johnson
Derek Scott - Guitar
Production Bob Baldwin & Lennox Armstrong
I wrote this song one early evening. I was thinking about what I was doing with my life and if I was adding substantial value to anything. The question I was asking myself was "what the hell am I doing with my life and what should I be doing...I forced myself to consider... If I had 7 lives 2 live would it be enough...
After a while this song had gone thru multiple arrangements. Many of the songs from this EP project were written to acoustic guitar. TJ Lopes is a gifted and soul guitarist and we just vibe so well together. As an artist almost any creative expression has a valid place it can come from. Grooming the original creation into a finished work of art is a process so when Bob "BB" Baldwin) and I were ready to approach making a record of this song the first thing BB did was call me and say Hey Bruh' we might have to tweak the arrangement on this one to get this down to sub 4 minutes...I remember saying almost before he finished his sentence...I said...Man, this is art let's let it be what it is...No changes...let's just do it as is...He somewhat reluctantly said...ummm okay man...when we got in the studio Bob just let the song come to us...eventually he got where we were coming from artistically and we followed the message and let the song live exactly as the creator sent it...
Lyrics
I’m sitting here thinking about the life I live
And what I could be doing with it that Would make it better still
And only when I think about the love I have Do I feel fulfilled
Well… I have the love of my boys
And that makes me so full with joy
But deeper still I think about the life I live And I know I have more to give
If I had 7 lives to live with the 1st one I’d try To be a better man
Hey I don't know everything but I know I am From him that comes from above
Well…I'd take the 2nd chance at life and I’d be...Be happier in the moment
So often I find myself wanting for something else to be somewhere else...
I would relish in the moment that I had that Was created for me to experience Something more than being frustrated About where I’m not
…If I had a 3rd life to live I’d do more for Others with simply no thought of Benefitting anyone but the person, the People, the things
Well…
If I had 7 lives to live would it be enough?
If I 7 lives to live would it be enough?
If I had 7 lives to live
Could I find a way to be the best that I Could be?
Well… with the 4th life I’d find more ways to love...To Be loved more, make love, share love more
I know something about a little bit of love and it feels good …it ain’t nothing wrong with it
With the 5th life I’d make more time for family make work hold off just for a little bit more
oh because when its over …there gone
Verse 4
and I’d pray more with my 6th life I …I know I’m not the meat suit that I wear
And my soul was made to edify The Father… yes I’d pray more
and I would…Sing... as often as I could…I’d live in my purpose
yeah…with my 7th life I would...I would live in my purpose
Chorus / Vamp
If I had 7 lives to live would it be enough?
If I 7 lives to live would it be enough?
If I had 7 lives to live
could I find a way to be the best that I could be?
If I had 7 lives to live….3x
Could I find a way to be the best that I could be
If I had 7 lives to live would it be enough?
If I 7 lives to live would it be enough?
If I had 7 lives to live
Could I find a way to be the best that I Could be?