Life Is What You Make It Lyrics by NAS

Life Is What You Make It Lyrics

    [Nas]
    Yo ill will, ruff ryders
    what what, sraight like that

    You a killer or a hustler, dealer or customer
    Gangsta or buster, youngster or old nigga
    A weed head, a coke sniffer
    You rich or a broke nigga
    Know you all relate to this shit that i wrote niggas
    Lots of my mans trapped up in a max
    Penatentary, sending me letters i answer back
    That eventually, we all be bentley'ed out
    Throwing campaigns, fuck it I'm running for White House
    My niggas control Senate, pipe seats jeeps tinted
    Mad Lewinsky chicks, some kinky shit
    Did dirt now I knew it would come back one day
    So I'm on point, scrap, prepare for gunplay
    Stared at one face, thought it was beef he looked familiar
    Ready to blast ,nigga gave me daps said I feel ya
    Can't believe how my life changed
    From the hood, the first time in my life I can say i did the right thing

    [Chorus: 4x]
    Life is what you make it nigga, I'ma make it
    No matter what it takes my nigga, we gonna take it(uh)

    [DMX]
    uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
    Everyday shit, around the way shit got me stressed (what)
    So i keep on the vest in case a nigga wanna test (uh)
    I got no time for games cause I'm all grown up
    You wanna joke nigga? laugh when you get blown up (come on)
    See how funny it is when your kids aint got no father
    Cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor (for real)
    Shit is hectic so respect it for your health (what)
    Didn't think it was right, you should've checked it yourself (come on)
    Life is too short to get caught up in some dumb shit
    Wake up one day, 40 years old on some bumb shit
    Time flew by, you was too fly to see the light
    Everyday it's getting darker then comes the night
    Now what? (what) realize that you ain't got shit (uh)
    Not long ago you was the man on some hot shit
    So just peep the flow yo, cause you already in this
    Make sure your shit is right kid and handle your business (uh huh)

    [Chorus]

    [Nas]
    Make history before you go
    Fuck the misery, you po we gettin doe
    Except the ?dollars? other reasons why I'm living yo (why?)
    Time is viable
    Low and behold the young, black, and powerful
    Got to eat yo, everyday my daughters feet grow
    You wack and cheap with the doe, my heat could blow
    Payin doctors when I'm born, a preacher when I'm buried
    That's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit
    Gotta pay just for living, tax life is a b'ness (business)
    If you catch a bad deal, watch your life deminish
    Deals made by God and the Devil, and we in it
    Pawns in the game, can't complain or say shit
    Just strap up and hold on, hope for the best
    prepare for the worse, no fears no nothing on earth
    No tears if I'm dumped in a hearse, I won't be the first
    Nor the last nigga, let's get this cash nigga

    [Chorus]

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