[00:01.97]Ayo, what's up, what's up?
[00:02.87]Let's keep it real, son, count this money
[00:05.07]You know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, yeah
[00:06.65]Ayo, put the Grants over there in the safe
[00:08.89]You know what I'm sayin'?
[00:09.95]‘Cause we spendin' these Jacksons
[00:11.66]The Washingtons go to wifey, you know how that go
[00:13.63]I'm sayin' that's what this is all about, right?
[00:15.94]Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes
[00:18.45]You know what I'm sayin'?
[00:19.64]Yo, then what, man, what?!
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[00:21.39]Visualizin' the realism of life in actuality
[00:23.72]**** who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary
[00:26.48]And my mentality is money-orientated
[00:29.03]I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
[00:31.68]‘Cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as Five Percenters
[00:34.95]But somethin' must've got in us, ‘cause all of us turned to sinners
[00:37.46]Now some restin' in peace and some are sittin' in San Quentin
[00:40.06]Others, such as myself, are tryin' to carry on tradition
[00:42.45]Keepin' this Schweppervescent street ghetto essence inside us
[00:45.42]'Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
[00:47.96]Even though we know, somehow we all gotta go
[00:50.18]But as long as we leavin' thievin'
[00:51.90]We'll be leavin' with some kind of dough
[00:53.55]So, until that day we expire and turn to vapors
[00:56.12]Me and my capers will be somewhere stackin' plenty papers
[00:58.79]Keepin' it real, packin' steel, gettin' high
[01:01.30]‘Cause life's a ***** and then you die
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[01:04.01]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we get high
[01:06.88]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[01:09.16]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[01:12.42]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[01:14.32]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we get high
[01:17.62]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[01:19.83]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we puff lye
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[01:25.23]I woke up early on my born day; I'm 20, it's a blessin'
[01:27.88]The essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I'm fresh and
[01:30.74]My physical frame is celebrated ‘cause I made it
[01:33.19]One quarter through life, some godly-like thing created
[01:35.84]Got rhymes 365 days annual, plus some
[01:38.40]Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I pus from
[01:41.16]My skull, ‘cause it's pain in my brain vein, money maintain
[01:44.22]Don't go against the grain, simple and plain
[01:46.13]When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard
[01:48.74]Robbin' foreigners, take they wallets
[01:50.64]They jewels and rip they green cards
[01:52.06]Dipped to the projects, flashin' my quick cash
[01:54.82]And got my first piece of ass, smokin' blunts with hash
[01:57.35]Now it's all about cash in abundance
[01:59.63]****** I used to run with is rich or doin' years in the hundreds
[02:02.74]I switched my motto; instead of sayin', "**** tomorrow!"
[02:04.94]That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto
[02:07.40]Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks
[02:10.45]I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back
[02:13.15]Time is illmatic, keep static like wool fabric
[02:15.76]Pack a 4-matic to crack your whole cabbage
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[02:18.81]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we get high
[02:21.37]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:23.42]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[02:26.93]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:28.83]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we get high
[02:32.09]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:34.15]Life's a ***** and then you die, that's why we puff lye
[02:37.50]‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go
[02:39.31]Life's a ***** and then you die