Nas — Lifes A Bitch Live

[Spoken: Nas] You know, it's life Life as I know it man This life is crazy I realize that we're all here for a purpose I was lucky to find mine I didn't come from a privileged family I didn't read no fancy books like Outliers or Bounce, and found my way We just rise, right? With no help, we can rise in the wave For me, I needed more than money though I wanted to be heard man [Verse: Nas] 20, it's a blessin' The essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I'm fresh and My physical frame is celebrated ‘cause I made it One quarter through life, some godly-like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual, plus some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I pus from My skull, ‘cause it's pain in my brain vein, money maintain Don't go against the grain, simple and plain When I was young, I used to do my thing hard Robbin' foreigners, take they wallets, they jewels and rip they green cards Dipped to the projects, flashin' my quick cash Got my first piece of ass, smokin' blunts with hash Now it's all about cash in abundance Niggas I used to run with is rich or doin' years in the hundreds I switched my motto; instead of sayin', "Fuck tomorrow!" That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back Time is illmatic, keep static like wool fabric Pack a 4-matic to crack your whole cabbage [Chorus: Nas] Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high ‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high ‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye ‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high ‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go [Spoken: Nas] Shoutout to my father Olu Dara This is his horn part right here he wrote Can we hear the horn? He played that shit so right [Chorus: Nas] Life's a bitch and then you—then you get high You never know, it's real shit, right? Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye ‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high ‘Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die [Spoken: Nas] Y'all making me high right now, we don't need no weed Yeah, oh Thank you for that