Life's 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