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Verse 1
Em
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C
Em
Ayo,
what's up, what's up?
Let's keep it real, son,
count this money
You know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, yeah
G
D
Em
Ayo, put the Grants over there in the safe
You know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause we spendin'
these Jacksons
G
The Washingtons go to wifey,
Em
I'm sayin' that's what this is all about,
right?
Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes
D
You know what I'm sayin'?
Em
D
Em
Yo, then what, man, what?
Verse 2
C
Em
Visualizin' the realism of life in actuality
Fuck who's the baddest,
a person's status depends on salary
G
And my mentality is money-
Em
I'm destined to live the dream for all my
D
Em
peeps who never made it
'Cause yeah, we were beginners in
G
Em
the hood as Five Percenters
But somethin' must've got in us, 'cause
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Em
all of us turned to sin ners
Now some restin' in peace and some
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are sittin' in San Quentin
Em
Oth ers, such as myself,
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Em
are tryin' to carry on tradition
Verse 3
Keepin' this Schweppervescent street
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D
ghetto essence inside us
Em
'Cause it provides us with the proper
insight to guide us
G
Even though we know, somehow
But as long as we leavin' thievin'
We'll be leavin' with some kind of dough
So, until that day we expire
G
Em
and turn to vapors
D
Me and my capers will be somewhere
Em
stackin' plenty papers
G
C
Keepin' it real, packin' steel,
G
Em
and then you die
Verse 4
G
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
'Cause you never know when
you're gonna go
G
Life's a bitch and then you die,
D
Em
that's why we puff lye
'Cause you never know when
you're gonna go
C
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
'Cause you never know when
you're gonna go
C
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
that's why we puff lye
Verse 5
Em
I woke up early on my born day; I'm
Em
The essence of adolescence leaves my body,
now I'm fresh and
G
My physical frame is celebrated
Em
One quarter through life, some
godly- like thing created
Got rhymes 365 days annual,
plus some
Load up the mic and bust one,
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Em
cuss while I pus from
My skull, 'cause it's pain in my brain vein,
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Em
money maintain
Don't go against the grain,
simple and plain
Verse 6
Em
When I was young at this,
I used to do my thing hard
Robbin' foreigners, take they wallets,
they jewels and rip they green cards
Em
And got my first piece of ass,
smokin' blunts with hash
G
Now it's all about cash in abundance
Em
Nig gas I used to run with is rich or doin'
years in the hundreds
Verse 7
Em
G
I switched my motto; instead of sayin',
Em
That buck that bought a bottle
could've struck the lotto
Once I stood on the block,
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Em
loose cracks produce stacks
I cooked up and cut small pieces
to get my loot back
Time is illmatic, keep static
Em
Pack a 4- matic to crack
Verse 8
your whole cabbage
Em
C
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
that's why we get high
'Cause you never know when
you're gonna go
C
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
that's why we puff lye
'Cause you never know when
you're gonna go
G
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
that's why we get high
G
'Cause you never know when
G
Life's a bitch and then you die,
Em
that's why we puff lye
'Cause you never know when
you're gonna go
G
Em
Life's a bitch and then you die
Outro 1
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Bm
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