life

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 God-ly 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

Robbin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards

Dipped to the projects flashing my quick cash

And got my first piece of ass smoking blunts with hash

Now it's all about cash in abundance,

****** I used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds

I switched my motto

Instead of sayin **** 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 four-matic that crack your whole cabbage

Life's a ***** and then you die;

That's why we get high Cause you never know

When you're gonna go

Life's a ***** and then you die;

That's why we puff lye Cause you never know when

You're gonna go

Life's a ***** and then you die;

That's why we get high Cause you never know when

You're gonna go

Life's a ***** and then you die;

That's why we puff lye Cause you never know when

You're gonna go

Life's a ***** and then you die;