[00:02.21]Aiyyo  wassup wassup
[00:02.96]Let's keep it real son
[00:04.34]Count this money
[00:05.31]Ya know what I'm sayin
[00:05.89]Yea yea
[00:06.90]Aiyyo  put the Grant's over there
[00:08.61]In the safe ya know what I'm sayin
[00:10.09]Yea yea
[00:10.36]Cause we spendin' these Jackson's
[00:11.57]The Washington's go to wifey
[00:12.95]You know how that go
[00:13.81]I'm sayin'  that's what
[00:15.02]This is all about right
[00:16.32]Clothes  bankrolls
[00:18.17]And hoes ya know what I'm sayin
[00:19.39]Yo then what man  what
[00:21.19]Visualizin the realism
[00:22.70]Of life and actuality
[00:23.89]F**k who's the baddest a
[00:25.35]Person's status depends on salary
[00:26.61]And my mentality is  money
[00:28.49]Orientated I'm destined to live
[00:29.61]The dream for all my peeps who
[00:31.05]Never made it cause yeah
[00:32.51]We were beginners in the hood
[00:33.86]As five percenters But somethin
[00:35.11]Must of got in us cause all of
[00:36.62]Us turned to sinners Now some
[00:37.84]Restin in peace and some are
[00:38.95]Sittin' in San Quentin Others such
[00:40.09]As myself are tryin to carry
[00:41.81]On tradition Keepin the schwepervesence
[00:43.11]
[00:44.01]Street ghetto essence inside
[00:45.29]Us Cause it provides us with the
[00:46.99]Proper insight to guide us
[00:48.10]Even though  we know somehow we
[00:49.60]All gotta go but as long as we
[00:51.43]Leavin thievin we'll be leavin
[00:52.70]With some kind of dough so
[00:53.89]And to that day we expire and
[00:55.62]Turn to vapors me and my capers-ll
[00:57.22]Be somewhere stackin plenty
[00:58.60]Papers Keepin it real
[01:00.02]Packin steel  gettin high
[01:01.32]Cause life's a bitch and then you die
[01:03.80]Life's a bitch and then you die;
[01:06.16]That's why we get high
[01:07.37]Cause you never know
[01:08.28]When you're gonna go
[01:09.21]Life's a bitch and then you die;
[01:11.51]That's why we puff lye
[01:12.66]Cause you never know when
[01:13.90]You're gonna go Life's
[01:15.04]A bitch and then you die;
[01:16.87]That's why we get high
[01:17.86]Cause you never know when
[01:19.21]You're gonna go Life's a
[01:20.61]Bitch and then you die;
[01:22.03]That's why we puff ly
[01:23.52]
[01:25.18]I woke up early on my born day
[01:26.60]I'm twenty years
[01:27.76]Of blessing The essence of
[01:28.85]Adolescent leaves my
[01:29.83]Body now I'm fresh in My
[01:31.07]Physical frame is celebrated
[01:32.49]Cause I made it One quarter
[01:34.06]Through life some God-ly
[01:34.95]Like thing created Got rhymes
[01:36.45]365 days annual plus
[01:38.42]Some Load up the mic and bust one
[01:40.25]Cuss while I puffs
[01:41.28]From my skull cause it's pain
[01:42.78]In my brain vein money
[01:44.10]Maintain Don't go against the
[01:45.22]Grain simple and plain
[01:46.20]When I was young at this
[01:47.57]I used to do my thing hard
[01:48.92]Robbin' foreigners take they
[01:50.08]Wallets they jewels and rip
[01:51.58]They green cards Dipped to
[01:53.14]The projects flashin' my quick
[01:54.26]Cash and got my first piece
[01:55.60]Of ass smokin' blunts with
[01:57.05]Hash Now it's all about cash in
[01:58.52]Abundance  niggaz I
[01:59.72]Used to run with is rich or
[02:00.92]Doin' years in the hundreds
[02:02.00]
[02:02.65]I switched my motto
[02:03.91]Instead of sayin f**k tomorrow
[02:05.34]That buck that bought a
[02:06.53]Bottle could've struck the
[02:07.67]Lotto Once I stood on the
[02:09.21]Block  loose cracks produce
[02:10.69]Stacks I cooked up and cut
[02:12.07]Small pieces to get my loot
[02:13.52]Back Time is Illmatic keep
[02:14.97]Static like wool fabric
[02:15.83]Pack a four-matic that crack
[02:17.57]Your whole cabbage
[02:19.14]Life's a bitch and then you die;
[02:20.75]That's why we get high
[02:21.90]Cause you never know
[02:22.71]When you're gonna go
[02:23.91]Life's a bitch and then you die;
[02:26.04]That's why we puff lye
[02:27.23]Cause you never know
[02:28.18]When you're gonna go
[02:29.30]Life's a bitch and then you die;
[02:31.37]That's why we get high
[02:32.54]Cause you never know
[02:33.52]When you're gonna go
[02:34.70]Life's a bitch and then you die;
[02:36.59]That's why we puff lye
[02:37.77]Cause you never know
[02:38.83]When you're gonna go
[02:40.03]Life's a bitch and then you die