Aiyyo, wassup wassup let`s keep it real son
Count this money, you know what I`m saying?
Yea yea
Aiyyo, put the Grant`s over there in the safe you know what I`m saying?
Yea yea
`Cause we spendin` these Jackson`s
The Washington`s go to wifey, you know how that go
I`m sayin`, that`s what this is all about right?
Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes you know what I`m saying?
Yo then what man, what?

Visualizin` the realism of life and actuality
F**k who`s the baddest a person`s status depends on salary
And my mentality is, money orientated
I`m destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it

`Cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters
But somethin` must of got in us `cause all of us turned to sinners
Now some, restin` in peace and some are sittin` in San Quentin
Others such as myself are tryin` to carry on tradition

Keepin` the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us
`Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go
But as long as we leavin`, thievin` we`ll be leavin` with some kind of dough

So and to that day we expire and turn to vapors
Me and my capers, I`ll be somewhere stackin` plenty papers
Keepin` it real, packin` steel, gettin` high
`Cause life`s a bitch and then you die

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
Life`s a bitch and then you die, that`s why we puff lye

I woke up early on my born day, I`m twenty years of blessing
The essence of adolescent leaves my body now I`m fresh in
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 puffs 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 at this I used to do my thing hard
Droppin` foreigners take they wallets
They jewels and rip they green cards
Dipped to the projects flashin` my quick cash
And got my first piece of ass smokin` blunts with hash

Now it`s all about cash in abundance, ni**az I used to run with
Is rich or doin` years in the hundreds
I switched my motto, instead of sayin`, "F**k tommorrow"
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 four-matic that crack your whole cavity

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
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