Life Is What You Make It (feat. DMX) (Album Version)

Song Life Is What You Make It (feat. DMX) (Album Version)
Artist Nas
Artist DMX
Album I Am...

Lyrics

[00:06.950] Yo ill will, ruff ryders
[00:13.280] what what, sraight like that
[00:16.120] You a killer or a hustler, dealer or customer
[00:18.850] Gangsta or buster, youngster or old nigga
[00:21.420] A weed head, a coke sniffer
[00:22.850] You rich or a broke nigga
[00:24.500] Know you all relate to this shit that i wrote niggas
[00:26.870] Lots of my mans trapped up in a max
[00:28.770] Penatentary, sending me letters i answer back
[00:31.340] That eventually, we all be bentley'ed out
[00:33.930] Throwing campaigns, fuck it I'm running for White House
[00:36.520] My niggas control Senate, pipe seats jeeps tinted
[00:39.470] Mad Lewinsky chicks, some kinky shit
[00:41.920] Did dirt now I knew it would come back one day
[00:44.530] So I'm on point, scrap, prepare for gunplay
[00:47.470] Stared at one face, thought it was beef he looked familiar
[00:49.660] Ready to blast ,nigga gave me daps said I feel ya
[00:52.580] Can't believe how my life changed
[00:54.030] From the hood, the first time in my life I can say i did the right thing
[00:58.060] Life is what you make it nigga, I'ma make it
[01:00.370] No matter what it takes my nigga, we gonna take it(uh)
[01:02.970] uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
[01:18.630] Everyday shit, around the way shit got me stressed (what)
[01:21.180] So i keep on the vest in case a nigga wanna test (uh)
[01:23.630] I got no time for games cause I'm all grown up
[01:26.130] You wanna joke nigga? laugh when you get blown up (come on)
[01:28.760] See how funny it is when your kids aint got no father
[01:31.450] Cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor (for real)
[01:34.040] Shit is hectic so respect it for your health (what)
[01:36.570] Didn't think it was right, you should've checked it yourself (come on)
[01:39.190] Life is too short to get caught up in some dumb shit
[01:41.980] Wake up one day, 40 years old on some bumb shit
[01:44.550] Time flew by, you was too fly to see the light
[01:47.340] Everyday it's getting darker then comes the night
[01:49.680] Now what? (what) realize that you ain't got shit (uh)
[01:52.010] Not long ago you was the man on some hot shit
[01:54.610] So just peep the flow yo, cause you already in this
[01:57.470] Make sure your shit is right kid and handle your business (uh huh)
[02:21.320] Make history before you go
[02:23.060] Fuck the misery, you po we gettin doe
[02:25.370] Except the ?dollars? other reasons why I'm living yo (why?)
[02:28.190] Time is viable
[02:29.380] Low and behold the young, black, and powerful
[02:31.450] Got to eat yo, everyday my daughters feet grow
[02:34.180] You wack and cheap with the doe, my heat could blow
[02:36.460] Payin doctors when I'm born, a preacher when I'm buried
[02:39.110] That's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit
[02:41.600] Gotta pay just for living, tax life is a b'ness (business)
[02:44.360] If you catch a bad deal, watch your life deminish
[02:46.770]
[02:50.090] Pawns in the game, can't complain or say shit
[02:52.360] Just strap up and hold on, hope for the best
[02:54.910] prepare for the worse, no fears no nothing on earth
[02:57.260] No tears if I'm dumped in a hearse, I won't be the first
[03:00.500] Nor the last nigga, let's get this cash nigga