[Nas]
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Yo ill will, ruff ryders
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what what, sraight like that
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You a killer or a hustler, dealer or customer
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Gangsta or buster, youngster or old nigga
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A weed head, a coke sniffer
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You rich or a broke nigga
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Know you all relate to this shit that i wrote niggas
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Lots of my mans trapped up in a max
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Penatentary, sending me letters i answer back
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That eventually, we all be bentley'ed out
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Throwing campaigns, fuck it I'm running for White House
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My niggas control Senate, pipe seats jeeps tinted
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Mad Lewinsky chicks, some kinky shit
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Did dirt now I knew it would come back one day
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So I'm on point, scrap, prepare for gunplay
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Stared at one face, thought it was beef he looked familiar
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Ready to blast ,nigga gave me daps said I feel ya
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Can't believe how my life changed
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From the hood, the first time in my life I can say i did the right thing
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Chorus: 4x
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Life is what you make it nigga, I'ma make it
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No matter what it takes my nigga, we gonna take it(uh)
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[DMX]
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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
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Everyday shit, around the way shit got me stressed (what)
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So i keep on the vest in case a nigga wanna test (uh)
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I got no time for games cause I'm all grown up
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You wanna joke nigga? laugh when you get blown up (come on)
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See how funny it is when your kids aint got no father
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Cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor (for real)
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Shit is hectic so respect it for your health (what)
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Didn't think it was right, you should've checked it yourself (come on)
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Life is too short to get caught up in some dumb shit
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Wake up one day, 40 years old on some bumb shit
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Time flew by, you was too fly to see the light
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Everyday it's getting darker then comes the night
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Now what? (what) realize that you ain't got shit (uh)
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Not long ago you was the man on some hot shit
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So just peep the flow yo, cause you already in this
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Make sure your shit is right kid and handle your business (uh huh)
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Chorus
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[Nas]
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Make history before you go
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Fuck the misery, you po we gettin doe
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Except the ?dollars? other reasons why I'm living yo (why?)
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Time is viable
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Low and behold the young, black, and powerful
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Got to eat yo, everyday my daughters feet grow
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You wack and cheap with the doe, my heat could blow
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Payin doctors when I'm born, a preacher when I'm buried
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That's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit
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Gotta pay just for living, tax life is a b'ness (business)
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If you catch a bad deal, watch your life deminish
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Deals made by God and the Devil, and we in it
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Pawns in the game, can't complain or say shit
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Just strap up and hold on, hope for the best
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prepare for the worse, no fears no nothing on earth
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No tears if I'm dumped in a hearse, I won't be the first
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Nor the last nigga, let's get this cash nigga
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Chorus
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Life Is What You Make It (Feat. DMX)
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| Nas |
