Lifes a Bitch-Nas/J.Period

[ti:Lifes a Bitch] [ar:Nas/J.Period] [al:Best of Nas (Anniversary Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lifes a Bitch - Nas/J.Period [00:00.68]AZ/Nas： [00:00.91]Yo then what man what [00:01.96]AZ： [00:02.72]Visualizin' the realism of life in actuality [00:05.16]F**k who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary [00:07.67]And my mentality is money-orientated [00:10.30]I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it [00:12.80]'Cause yeah we were beginners in the hood as Five Percenters [00:15.52]But somethin' must've got in us 'cause all of us turned to sinners [00:17.99]Now some restin' in peace and some are sittin' in San Quentin [00:20.89]Others such as myself are tryin' to carry on tradition [00:23.43]Keepin' this Schweppervescent street ghetto essence inside us [00:25.98]'Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us [00:28.72]Even though we know somehow we all gotta go [00:31.01]But as long as we leavin' thievin' [00:32.67]We'll be leavin' with some kind of dough [00:34.04]So until that day we expire and turn to vapors [00:36.55]Me and my capers will be somewhere stackin' plenty papers [00:39.63]Keepin' it real packin' steel gettin' high [00:41.98]'Cause life's a b***h and then you die [00:44.56]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we get high [00:47.50]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [00:49.81]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we puff lye [00:52.66]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [00:55.02]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we get high [00:57.89]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [01:00.18]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we puff lye [01:04.21]Nas： [01:05.12]I woke up early on my born day [01:06.60]I'm 20 it's a blessin' [01:07.79]The essence of adolescence leaves my body now I'm fresh and [01:10.46]My physical frame is celebrated 'cause I made it [01:13.08]One quarter through life some godly-like thing created [01:15.62]Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some [01:18.34]Load up the mic and bust one cuss while I pus from [01:20.84]My skull 'cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain [01:23.87]Don't go against the grain simple and plain [01:26.09]When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard [01:28.28]Robbin' foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards [01:31.67]Dipped to the projects flashin' my quick cash [01:33.60]And got my first piece of a*s smokin' blunts with hash [01:36.47]Now it's all about cash in abundance [01:38.77]N***as I used to run with is rich or doin' years in the hundreds [01:41.61]I switched my motto instead of sayin' "F**k tomorrow" [01:44.19]That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto [01:46.82]Once I stood on the block loose cracks produce stacks [01:49.60]I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back [01:52.27]Time is illmatic keep static like wool fabric [01:54.85]Pack a 4-matic to crack your whole cabbage [01:57.40]AZ： [01:57.77]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we get high [02:00.40]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:02.75]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we puff lye [02:05.62]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:07.96]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we get high [02:10.84]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:13.18]Life's a b***h and then you die that's why we puff lye [02:16.04]'Cause you never know when you're gonna go [02:18.39]Life's a b***h and then you die