I Am...

[Nas]<br>Yo ill will, ruff ryders<br>what what, sraight like that<br><br>You a killer or a hustler, dealer or customer<br>Gangsta or buster, youngster or old nigga<br>A weed head, a coke sniffer<br>You rich or a broke nigga<br>Know you all relate to this shit that i wrote niggas<br>Lots of my mans trapped up in a max<br>Penatentary, sending me letters i answer back<br>That eventually, we all be bentley`ed out<br>Throwing campaigns, fuck it I`m running for White House<br>My niggas control Senate, pipe seats jeeps tinted<br>Mad Lewinsky chicks, some kinky shit<br>Did dirt now I knew it would come back one day<br>So I`m on point, scrap, prepare for gunplay<br>Stared at one face, thought it was beef he looked familiar<br>Ready to blast ,nigga gave me daps said I feel ya<br>Can`t believe how my life changed<br>From the hood, the first time in my life I can say i did the right thing<br><br>Chorus: 4x<br>Life is what you make it nigga, I`ma make it<br>No matter what it takes my nigga, we gonna take it(uh)<br><br>[DMX]<br>uh, uh, uh, uh, uh<br>Everyday shit, around the way shit got me stressed (what)<br>So i keep on the vest in case a nigga wanna test (uh)<br>I got no time for games cause I`m all grown up<br>You wanna joke nigga? laugh when you get blown up (come on)<br>See how funny it is when your kids aint got no father<br>Cause you played it sweet now you floating in the harbor (for real)<br>Shit is hectic so respect it for your health (what)<br>Didn`t think it was right, you should`ve checked it yourself (come on)<br>Life is too short to get caught up in some dumb shit<br>Wake up one day, 40 years old on some bumb shit<br>Time flew by, you was too fly to see the light<br>Everyday it`s getting darker then comes the night<br>Now what? (what) realize that you ain`t got shit (uh)<br>Not long ago you was the man on some hot shit<br>So just peep the flow yo, cause you already in this<br>Make sure your shit is right kid and handle your business (uh huh)<br><br>Chorus<br><br>[Nas]<br>Make history before you go<br>Fuck the misery, you po we gettin doe<br>Except the ?dollars? other reasons why I`m living yo (why?)<br>Time is viable<br>Low and behold the young, black, and powerful<br>Got to eat yo, everyday my daughters feet grow<br>You wack and cheap with the doe, my heat could blow<br>Payin doctors when I`m born, a preacher when I`m buried<br>That`s why cash is needed for my kids to inherit<br>Gotta pay just for living, tax life is a b`ness (business)<br>If you catch a bad deal, watch your life deminish<br>Deals made by God and the Devil, and we in it<br>Pawns in the game, can`t complain or say shit<br>Just strap up and hold on, hope for the best<br>prepare for the worse, no fears no nothing on earth<br>No tears if I`m dumped in a hearse, I won`t be the first<br>Nor the last nigga, let`s get this cash nigga<br> <br>Chorus