Nas, AZ, Olu Dara - Life's a Bitch(2007)

[00:01.69] Ayo, what's up, what's up?
[00:02.86] Let's keep it real, son, count this money
[00:05.04] You know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, yeah
[00:06.60] Ayo, put the Grants over there in the safe
[00:08.79] You know what I'm sayin'?
[00:09.43] 'Cause we spendin' these Jacksons
[00:11.01] The Washingtons go to wifey, you know how that go
[00:13.76] I'm sayin' that's what this is all about, right?
[00:16.09] Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes
[00:18.27] You know what I'm sayin'?
[00:19.19] Yo, then what, man, what?
[00:21.15] Visualizin' the realism of life in actuality
[00:23.90] Fuck who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary
[00:26.52] And my mentality is money-orientated
[00:29.09] I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
[00:31.82] 'Cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as Five Percenters
[00:34.22] But somethin' must've got in us, 'cause all of us turned to sinners
[00:37.11] Now some restin' in peace and some are sittin' in San Quentin
[00:39.63] Others, such as myself, are tryin' to carry on tradition
[00:42.56] Keepin' this Schweppervescent street ghetto essence inside us
[00:45.10] 'Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
[00:47.82] Even though we know, somehow we all gotta go
[00:50.33] But as long as we leavin' thievin'
[00:51.75] We'll be leavin' with some kind of dough
[00:53.43] So, until that day we expire and turn to vapors
[00:55.76] Me and my capers will be somewhere stackin' plenty papers
[00:58.81] Keepin' it real, packin' steel, gettin' high
[01:01.20] 'Cause life's a bitch and then you die
[01:03.96] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high
[01:06.88] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[01:09.29] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[01:12.36] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[01:14.64] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high
[01:17.54] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[01:19.95] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[01:24.84] I woke up early on my born day; I'm 20, it's a blessin'
[01:27.78] The essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I'm fresh and
[01:30.54] My physical frame is celebrated 'cause I made it
[01:33.02] One quarter through life, some godly-like thing created
[01:35.88] Got rhymes 365 days annual, plus some
[01:38.63] Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I pus from
[01:41.22] My skull, 'cause it's pain in my brain vein, money maintain
[01:44.15] Don't go against the grain, simple and plain
[01:46.46] When I was young at this, I used to do my thing hard
[01:48.67] Robbin' foreigners, take they wallets, they jewels and rip they green cards
[01:51.99] Dipped to the projects, flashin' my quick cash
[01:54.38] And got my first piece of ass, smokin' blunts with hash
[01:57.02] Now it's all about cash in abundance
[01:59.33] Niggas I used to run with is rich or doin' years in the hundreds
[02:02.48] I switched my motto; instead of sayin', "Fuck tomorrow!"
[02:05.19] That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto
[02:07.60] Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks
[02:10.61] I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back
[02:13.37] Time is illmatic, keep static like wool fabric
[02:15.94] Pack a 4-matic to crack your whole cabbage
[02:18.66] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high
[02:21.52] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:23.96] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[02:26.95] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:29.29] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high
[02:32.18] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:34.67] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[02:37.57] 'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:39.96] Life's a bitch and then you die
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