- Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son
- Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin?
- Yea yea
- Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin?
- Yea yea
- Cause we spendin these Jackson's
- The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go
- I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right?
- Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin?
- Visualizin the realism of life and actuality
- Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary
- And my mentality is, money orientated I'm destined to live
- the dream for all my peeps who never made it cause yeah,
- we were beginners in the hood as five percenters But somethin
- must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners Now some,
- restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin Others such
- as myself are tryin to carry on tradition Keepin the schwepervesence
- street ghetto essence inside us Cause it provides us with the
- proper insight to guide us Even though, we know somehow we
- all gotta go but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin
- with some kind of dough so, and to that day we expire and
- turn to vapors me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty
- papers Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high
- Cause life's a bitch and then you die
- Life's a bitch and then you die;
- that's why we get high Cause you never know
- when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die;
- that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when
- you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die;
- that's why we get high Cause you never know when
- you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die;
- that's why we puff lye
- --> chorus #1 echoes at the end
- Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die --> chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end
- I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years
- of blessing The essence of adolescent leaves my
- body now I'm fresh in My physical frame is celebrated
- cause I made it One quarter through life some God-ly
- like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual plus
- some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs
- from my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money
- maintain Don't go against the grain simple and plain
- When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard
- Robbin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip
- they green cards Dipped to the projects flashin my quick
- cash and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with
- hash Now it's all about cash in abundance, niggaz I
- used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds
- I switched my motto -- instead of sayin fuck tomorrow
- That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the
- lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce
- stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot
- back Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric
- Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cabbage
- [ti:]
- [ar:]
- [al:]
- [00:02.41]Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son
- [00:04.45]Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin?
- [00:06.17]Yea yea
- [00:07.18]Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin?
- [00:11.45]Yea yea
- [00:11.76]Cause we spendin these Jackson's
- [00:12.26]The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go
- [00:14.07]I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right?
- [00:16.79]Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin?
- [00:19.84]
- [00:22.05]Visualizin the realism of life and actuality
- [00:24.30]Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary
- [00:27.06]And my mentality is, money orientated I'm destined to live
- [00:30.36]the dream for all my peeps who never made it cause yeah,
- [00:32.68]we were beginners in the hood as five percenters But somethin
- [00:35.21]must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners Now some,
- [00:37.92]restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin Others such
- [00:40.67]as myself are tryin to carry on tradition Keepin the schwepervesence
- [00:43.69]street ghetto essence inside us Cause it provides us with the
- [00:46.81]proper insight to guide us Even though, we know somehow we
- [00:49.50]all gotta go but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin
- [00:52.81]with some kind of dough so, and to that day we expire and
- [00:54.53]turn to vapors me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty
- [00:58.99]papers Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high
- [01:01.73]Cause life's a bitch and then you die
- [01:03.77]
- [01:04.96]Life's a bitch and then you die;
- [01:06.32]that's why we get high Cause you never know
- [01:08.42]when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die;
- [01:11.61]that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when
- [01:13.88]you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die;
- [01:16.98]that's why we get high Cause you never know when
- [01:19.26]you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die;
- [01:22.24]that's why we puff lye
- [01:25.02]--> chorus #1 echoes at the end
- [01:25.32]
- [01:25.78]Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die --> chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end
- [01:25.95]
- [01:26.59]I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years
- [01:28.13]of blessing The essence of adolescent leaves my
- [01:29.94]body now I'm fresh in My physical frame is celebrated
- [01:32.22]cause I made it One quarter through life some God-ly
- [01:35.13]like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual plus
- [01:38.12]some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs
- [01:41.40]from my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money
- [01:44.05]maintain 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
- [01:49.26]Robbin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip
- [01:50.98]they green cards Dipped to the projects flashin my quick
- [01:54.51]cash and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with
- [01:57.14]hash Now it's all about cash in abundance, niggaz I
- [01:59.89]used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds
- [02:02.93]I switched my motto -- instead of sayin fuck tomorrow
- [02:05.17]That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the
- [02:07.53]lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce
- [02:10.31]stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot
- [02:13.40]back Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric
- [02:16.39]Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cabbage