[00:00.000] 作词 : Anthony Cruz/Olu Dara/Ronnie Wilson/Nasir Jones/Oliver Scott[00:01.000] 作曲 : Anthony Cruz/Olu Dara/Ronnie Wilson/Nasir Jones/Oliver Scott[00:02.410]Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son[00:04.450]Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin?[00:06.170]Yea yea[00:07.180]Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin?[00:11.450]Yea yea[00:11.760]Cause we spendin these Jackson's[00:12.260]The Was*ington's go to wifey, you know how that go[00:14.070]I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right?[00:16.790]Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin?[00:19.840][00:22.050]Visualizin the realism of life and actuality[00:24.300]**** who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary[00:27.060]And my mentality is, money orientated I'm destined to live[00:30.360]the dream for all my peeps who never made it cause yeah,[00:32.680]we were beginners in the hood as five percenters But somethin[00:35.210]must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners Now some,[00:37.920]restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin Others such[00:40.670]as myself are tryin to carry on tradition Keepin the schwepervesence[00:43.690]street ghetto essence inside us Cause it provides us with the[00:46.810]proper insight to guide us Even though, we know somehow we[00:49.500]all gotta go but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin[00:52.810]with some kind of dough so, and to that day we expire and[00:54.530]turn to vapors me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty[00:58.990]papers Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high[01:01.730]Cause life's a ***** and then you die[01:03.770][01:04.960]Life's a ***** and then you die;[01:06.320]that's why we get high Cause you never know[01:08.420]when you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die;[01:11.610]that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when[01:13.880]you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die;[01:16.980]that's why we get high Cause you never know when[01:19.260]you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die;[01:22.240]that's why we puff lye[01:25.320][01:25.780]Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a ***** and then you die[01:25.950][01:26.590]I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years[01:28.130]of blessing The essence of adolescent leaves my[01:29.940]body now I'm fresh in My physical frame is celebrated[01:32.220]cause I made it One quarter through life some God-ly[01:35.130]like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual plus[01:38.120]some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs[01:41.400]from my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money[01:44.050]maintain Don't go against the grain simple and plain[01:46.460]When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard[01:49.260]Robbin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip[01:50.980]they green cards Dipped to the projects flas*in my quick[01:54.510]cash and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with[01:57.140]hash Now it's all about cash in abundance, ****** I[01:59.890]used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds[02:02.930]I switched my motto -- instead of sayin **** tomorrow[02:05.170]That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the[02:07.530]lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce[02:10.310]stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot[02:13.400]back Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric[02:16.390]Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cabbage