[Verse 3: Nas]
Make history before you go
Fuck the misery, you living po' we gettin dough
Except the dollars other reasons why I'm living yo (why?)
Time is valuable
Low and behold the young, black, and powerful
Got to eat yo, everyday my daughter feet grow
You wack and cheap with the doe, my heat could blow
Paying doctors when I'm born, a preacher if I'm buried
That's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit
Gotta pay just for living, tax life is a bid'ness
If you catch a bad deal, watch your life diminish
Deals made by God and the Devil, and we in it
Pawns in the game, can't complain or say shit
Just strap up and hold on, hope for thе best
Prepare for thе worst, no fears no nothing on earth
No tears if I'm dumped in a hearse, I won't be the first
Nor the last, n***a, let's get this cash, n***a

[Chorus: Nas (DMX)]
Life is what you make it n***a, I'ma make it
No matter what it takes my n***a, we gon' take it (uh)
Life is what you make it n***a, I'ma make it
No matter what it takes my n***a, we gon' take it (uh-huh)
Life is what you make it n***a, I'ma make it
No matter what it takes my n***a, we gon' take it (uh)
Life is what you make it n***a, I'ma make it
No matter what it takes my n***a, we gon' take it (uh-huh)