Life Is What You Make It
::Nas::
Yo ill will ruff ryders what what straight like that you a killer or a hustler dealer or customer gangsta or buster youngster or old nigga a weed head a coke sniffer you rich or a broke nigga know you all relate to this shit that i wrote niggas lots of my mans trapped up in a max Penatentary sending me letters I answer back that eventually we all be bentley'ed out throwing campaigns fuck it I'm running for White House my niggas control Senate pipe seats jeeps tinted mad Lewinsky chicks some kinky shit did dirt now I knew it would come back one day so I'm on point scrap prepare for gunplay stared at one face thought it was beef he looked familiar ready to blast nigga gave me daps said I feel ya can't believe how my life changed from the hood the first time in my life I can say i did the right thing.
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(4 times)
Life is what you make it nigga I'mma make it no matter what it takes my nigga we gonna take it uh.
::DMX::
Uh uh uh uh uh everyday shit around the way shit got me stressed what so I keep on the vest in case a nigga wanna test uh I got no time for games cause I'm all grown up you wanna joke nigga? laugh when you get blown up come on see how funny it is when your kids aint got no father cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor for real shit is hectic so respect it for your health what didn't think it was right you should've checked it yourself come on life is too short to get caught up in some dumb shit wake up one day 40 years old on some bomb shit time flew by you was too fly to see the light everyday it's getting darker then comes the night now what? what realize that you ain't got shit uh not long ago you was the man on some hot shit so just peep the flow yo cause you already in this make sure your shit is right kid and handle your business uh huh.
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::Nas::
Make history before you go fuck the misery you po we gettin doe except the ?? dollars? other reasons why I'm living yo why? time is viable low and behold the young black and powerful got to eat yo everyday my daughters feet grow you wack and cheap with the doe my heat could blow payin doctors when I'm born a preacher when I'm buried that's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit gotta pay just for living tax life is a business business if you catch a bad deal watch your life deminish deals made by God and the Devil and we in it pawns in the game can't complain or say shit just strap up and hold on hope for the best prepare for the worse no fears no nothing on earth no tears if I'm dumped in a hearse I won't be the first nor the last nigga let's get this cash nigga.
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� 1999 N.W.T. Productions