Life Is What You Make It (Explicit) - Nas/DMX

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 ni**a

A w**d head a coke sniffer

You rich or a broke ni**a

Know you all relate to this sh*t 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 f**k it I'm running for White House

My niggas control Senate pipe seats jeeps tinted

Mad Lewinsky chicks some kinky sh*t

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 ni**a 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

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Everyday sh*t around the way sh*t got me stressed (what)

So i keep on the vest in case a ni**a wanna test (uh)

I got no time for games cause I'm all grown up

You wanna joke ni**a laugh when you get blown up (come on)

See how funny it is when your kids ain't got no father

Cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor (for real)

Sh*t 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 sh*t

Wake up one day 40 years old on some bumb sh*t

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 sh*t (uh)

Not long ago you was the man on some hot sh*t

So just peep the flow yo cause you already in this

Make sure your sh*t is right kid and handle your business (uh huh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Make history before you go

F**k 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 sh*t

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 ni**a let's get this cash ni**a

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)

Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it

No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)