Life's a ***** (Arsenal Mix|Explicit)-Nas/AZ

[ti:Life's a *** (Arsenal Mix|Explicit)] [ar:Nas/AZ] [al:From Illmatic To Stillmatic The Remixes (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Life's a ***** (Arsenal Mix|Explicit) - Nas/AZ [00:00.20]Lyrics by：O. Scott [00:00.30]Composed by：O. Scott [00:00.40] [00:00.95]Visualizin' the realism of life in actuality [00:03.49]**** who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary [00:06.16]And my mentality is money-orientated [00:08.13] [00:08.72]I'm destined to live the dream [00:09.99]For all my peeps who never made it [00:11.49]'Cause yeah we were beginners [00:12.69]In the hood as five percenters [00:13.95]But somethin' must've got in us [00:15.26]'Cause all of us turned to sinners [00:16.64]Now some restin' in peace and [00:18.06]Some are sittin' in san quentin [00:19.58]Others such as myself are tryin' [00:20.88]To carry on tradition [00:21.98]Keepin' this schweppervescent [00:23.16]Street ghetto essence inside us [00:24.56]'Cause it provides us with the [00:26.03]Proper insight to guide us [00:27.34]Even though we know somehow we all gotta go [00:29.69]But as long as we leavin' thievin' [00:31.14]We'll be leavin' with some kind of dough [00:32.88]So until that day we expire and turn to vapors [00:35.33]Me and my capers will be somewhere stackin' plenty papers [00:38.26]Keepin' it real packin' steel gettin' high [00:40.72]'Cause life's a ***** and then you die [00:43.01] [00:43.56]Life's a ***** and then [00:44.65]You die that's why we get high [00:46.48]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [00:48.89]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we puff lye [00:51.85]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [00:54.17]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we get high [00:57.10]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [00:59.20]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we puff lye [01:02.40] [01:05.01]Time's is Illmatic [01:05.91]Time's is Illmatic [01:07.30]Time's is Illmatic [01:08.25] [01:09.05]Time's is Illmatic [01:10.14]Time's is Illmatic [01:10.86] [01:11.47]Time's is Illmatic [01:12.41] [01:12.94]Destined to live the dream for [01:14.19]All my peeps who never made it [01:15.76]You gotta get the ground beneath your feet partner [01:17.92]Get the wind behind your back [01:19.71]Go out in a blaze of glory if you've got to [01:21.87]Otherwise you ain't **** [01:23.47]You might as well be dead your d**n self y'all [01:25.79]I woke up early on my born day [01:27.32]I'm 20 it's a blessin' [01:28.60]The essence of adolescence leaves my body now I'm fresh and [01:31.37]My physical frame is celebrated 'cause I made it [01:33.82]One quarter through life some godly-like thing created [01:36.48]Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some [01:39.29]Load up the mic and bust one cuss while I pus from [01:42.01]My skull 'cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain [01:44.66] [01:45.17]Don't go against the grain simple and plain [01:47.18]When I was young at this [01:48.38]I used to do my thing hard [01:49.54]Robbin' foreigners take they wallets [01:51.36]They jewels and rip they green cards [01:52.87]Dipped to the projects flashin' my quick cash [01:55.47]And got my first piece of [01:56.92]A*s smokin' blunts with hash [01:58.08]Now it's all about cash in abundance [02:00.25]N***as I used to run with is [02:01.56]Rich or doin' years in the hundreds [02:03.36]I switched my motto instead of sayin' **** tomorrow [02:05.83]That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto [02:08.51]Once I stood on the block loose cracks produce stacks [02:11.48]I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back [02:14.05]Time is illmatic keep static like wool fabric [02:16.64]Pack a 4-matic to crack your whole cabbage [02:19.43]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we get high [02:22.54]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:24.51]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we puff lye [02:27.81]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:29.67] [02:30.20]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we get high [02:33.08]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:35.36]Life's a ***** and then you die that's why we puff lye [02:38.51]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:40.88]Time's is Illmatic [02:41.93]Time's is Illmatic [02:43.23]Time's is Illmatic [02:44.17] [02:46.13]Time's is Illmatic [02:47.27]Time's is Illmatic [02:48.77]Destined to live the dream for [02:49.84]All my peeps who never made it [02:51.55]Time's is Illmatic [02:52.61]Time's is Illmatic [02:54.00]Time's is Illmatic [02:54.86] [02:55.62]Time's is Illmatic [02:56.67]Time's is Illmatic [02:57.88]Time's is Illmatic [02:59.34]Destined to live the dream for [03:00.51]All my peeps who never made it [03:01.83] [03:02.64]Yeah you know the flavor [03:03.70] [03:04.43]Nas and AZ on the remix joint [03:06.39] [03:07.01]This is another explosion from the Arsenal [03:10.87] [03:12.52]Watch me