Aiyyo wassup wassup Let's keep it real son Count this money Ya know what I'm sayin Yea yea Aiyyo put the Grant's over there In the safe ya know what I'm sayin Yea yea Cause we spendin' these Jackson's The Wa***ngton's go to wifey You know how that go I'm sayin' that's what This is all about right Clothes bankrolls And hoes ya know what I'm sayin Yo then what man what Visualizin the realism Of life and actuality **** 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 ***** and then you die Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we get high Cause you never know When you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we puff lye Cause you never know when You're gonna go Life's A ***** and then you die; That's why we get high Cause you never know when You're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we puff ly
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 fla***n' my quick Cash and got my first piece Of ass smokin' blunts with Hash Now it's all about cash in Abundance *****z I Used to run with is rich or Doin' years in the hundreds
I switched my motto Instead of sayin **** 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 Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we get high Cause you never know When you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we puff lye Cause you never know When you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we get high Cause you never know When you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die; That's why we puff lye Cause you never know When you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die
[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 Wa***ngton'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]**** 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 ***** and then you die [01:03.80]Life's a ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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]***** 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 fla***n' 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 *****z 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 **** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** and then you die
