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 fla***n my quick cash
and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with hash
Now it's all about cash in abundance, *****z 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