[ti:Life Is What You Make It (featuring DMX)] [ar:Nas] [al:I Am...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Life Is What You Make It - Nas/DMX [00:04.96]Yo ill will ruff ryders [00:11.49]What what sraight like that [00:16.01]You a killer or a hustler dealer or customer [00:18.96]Gangsta or buster youngster or old ni**a [00:21.49]A w**d head a coke sniffer [00:23.01]You rich or a broke ni**a [00:24.59]Know you all relate to this sh*t that i wrote niggas [00:26.77]Lots of my mans trapped up in a max [00:29.00]Penatentary sending me letters I answer back [00:31.40]That eventually we all be bentley'ed out [00:34.02]Throwing campaigns f**k it I'm running for White House [00:36.89]My niggas control Senate pipe seats jeeps tinted [00:39.48]Mad Lewinsky chicks some kinky sh*t [00:41.89]Did dirt now I knew it would come back one day [00:44.67]So I'm on point scrap prepare for gunplay [00:47.18]Stared at one face thought it was beef he looked familiar [00:51.12]Ready to blast ni**a gave me daps said I feel ya [00:54.15]Can't believe how my life changed [00:55.14]From the hood the first time in my life I can say i did the right thing [00:58.60][Chorus: 4x] [00:59.00]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [01:00.84]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [01:03.35]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [01:05.56]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [01:08.16]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [01:10.60]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [01:13.29]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [01:15.81]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [01:18.67]Everyday sh*t around the way sh*t got me stressed (what) [01:21.74]So i keep on the vest in case a ni**a wanna test (uh) [01:24.35]I got no time for games cause I'm all grown up [01:26.38]You wanna joke ni**a laugh when you get blown up (come on) [01:29.06]See how funny it is when your kids ain't got no father [01:31.47]Cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor (for real) [01:34.61]Sh*t is hectic so respect it for your health (what) [01:36.78]Didn't think it was right you should've checked it yourself (come on) [01:39.49]Life is too short to get caught up in some dumb sh*t [01:42.01]Wake up one day 40 years old on some bumb sh*t [01:44.61]Time flew by you was too fly to see the light [01:47.12]Everyday it's getting darker then comes the night [01:49.75]Now what (what) realize that you ain't got sh*t (uh) [01:52.27]Not long ago you was the man on some hot sh*t [01:54.63]So just peep the flow yo cause you already in this [01:57.33]Make sure your sh*t is right kid and handle your business (uh huh) [02:00.50]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [02:02.80]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [02:05.47]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [02:07.90]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [02:10.58]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [02:13.09]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [02:15.85]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [02:18.34]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [02:21.08]Make history before you go [02:22.56]F**k the misery you po we gettin doe [02:25.27]Except the dollars other reasons why I'm living yo (why ) [02:28.21]Time is viable [02:29.20]Low and behold the young black and powerful [02:31.43]Got to eat yo everyday my daughters feet grow [02:34.05]You wack and cheap with the doe my heat could blow [02:36.69]Payin doctors when I'm born a preacher when I'm buried [02:39.08]That's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit [02:41.78]Gotta pay just for living tax life is a b'ness (business) [02:44.60]If you catch a bad deal watch your life deminish [02:47.03]Deals made by God and the Devil and we in it [02:49.74]Pawns in the game can't complain or say sh*t [02:52.17]Just strap up and hold on hope for the best [02:54.67]Prepare for the worse no fears no nothing on earth [02:57.21]No tears if I'm dumped in a hearse I won't be the first [03:00.35]Nor the last ni**a let's get this cash ni**a [03:02.84]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [03:05.35]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [03:08.10]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [03:10.51]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [03:13.10]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [03:15.62]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh) [03:18.54]Life is what you make it ni**a I'ma make it [03:20.90]No matter what it takes my ni**a we gonna take it(uh)