Life's a *****-Hardline

[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]**** 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 ***** and then you die [01:03.77] [01:04.96]Life's a ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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, ****** 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 **** 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