Life Is What You Make It lyrics

Artist  : Nas Featuring DMX 
Song : Life Is What You Make It
 


[Nas]
Yo ill will, ruff ryders
what what,
sraight like that

You a killer or a
hustler, dealer or customer
Gangsta or buster,
youngster or old nigga
A weed head, a coke
sniffer
You rich or a broke nigga
Know you
all relate to this shit that i wrote
niggas
Lots of my mans trapped up in a
max
Penatentary, sending me letters i answer
back
That eventually, we all be bentley'ed
out
Throwing campaigns, fuck it I'm running
for White House
My niggas control Senate, pipe
seats jeeps tinted
Mad Lewinsky chicks, some
kinky shit
Did dirt now I knew it would come
back one day
So I'm on point, scrap, prepare
for gunplay
Stared at one face, thought it was
beef he looked familiar
Ready to blast ,nigga
gave me daps said I feel ya
Can't believe how
my life changed
From the hood, the first time
in my life I can say i did the right
thing

Chorus: 4x
Life is what you make
it nigga, I'ma make it
No matter what it takes
my nigga, we gonna take it(uh)

[DMX]
uh,
uh, uh, uh, uh
Everyday shit, around the way
shit got me stressed (what)
So i keep on the
vest in case a nigga wanna test (uh)
I got no
time for games cause I'm all grown up
You
wanna joke nigga? laugh when you get blown up
(come on)
See how funny it is when your kids
aint got no father
Cause you played it sweet
now you floating in the harbor (for real)
Shit
is hectic so respect it for your health
(what)
Didn't think it was right, you
should've checked it yourself (come on)
Life
is too short to get caught up in some dumb
shit
Wake up one day, 40 years old on some
bumb shit
Time flew by, you was too fly to see
the light
Everyday it's getting darker then
comes the night
Now what? (what) realize that
you ain't got shit (uh)
Not long ago you was
the man on some hot shit
So just peep the flow
yo, cause you already in this
Make sure your
shit is right kid and handle your business (uh
huh)

Chorus

[Nas]
Make history
before you go
Fuck the misery, you po we
gettin doe
Except the ?dollars? other reasons
why I'm living yo (why?)
Time is viable
Low
and behold the young, black, and powerful
Got
to eat yo, everyday my daughters feet grow
You
wack and cheap with the doe, my heat could
blow
Payin doctors when I'm born, a preacher
when I'm buried
That's why cash is needed for
my kids to inherit
Gotta pay just for living,
tax life is a b'ness (business)
If you catch a
bad deal, watch your life deminish
Deals made
by God and the Devil, and we in it
Pawns in
the game, can't complain or say shit
Just
strap up and hold on, hope for the
best
prepare for the worse, no fears no
nothing on earth
No tears if I'm dumped in a
hearse, I won't be the first
Nor the last
nigga, let's get this cash nigga

Chorus