[AZ] Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son
Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin?
[Nas] Yea yea
[AZ] Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin?
[Nas] Yea yea
[AZ] Cause we spendin these Jackson's
The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go
[Nas] I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right?
Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin?
Yo then what man, what?? *echoes*
Verse One: AZ the Visualiza
Visualizin the realism of life and actuality
Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary
And my mentality is, money orientated
I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters
But somethin must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners
Now some, restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin
Others such as myself are tryin to carry on tradition
Keepin the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us
Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go
but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin with some kind of dough
so, and to that day we expire and turn to vapors
me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty papers
Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high
Cause life's a bitch and then you die
Chorus: AZ the Visualiza
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
Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye
--] chorus #1 echoes at the end
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a bitch and then you die
--] chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes Tonight,
Do we have to fight again, tonight?
I just want to go to sleep, turn out the light.
But you want to carry grudges,
Oh, nine times out of ten,
Oh, I see the storm approaching long before the rain starts falling.
Tonight,
Does it have to be the old thing, tonight?
Oh, it's late, too late
To chase the rainbow that you're after.
I'd like to find a compromise
And place it in your hands.
Oh, my eyes are blind, my ears can't hear,
Oh, and I cannot find the time.
Tonight,
Just let the curtains close in silence, tonight.
Why not approach with less defiance
The man who'd love to see you smile,
who'd love to see you smile.
Tonight.
Tonight, just let the curtains close in silence, tonight.
Why not approach with less defiance
The man who'd love to see you smile,
The man who'd love to see you smile,
The man who'd love to see you smile,
Tonight.