[Verse 1: AZ]

Visualizin' the realism of life in 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've 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' this Schweppervescent 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, until that day we expire and turn to vapors

Me and my capers will be somewhere stackin' plenty papers

Keepin' it real, packin' steel, gettin' high

‘Cause life's a bitch and then you die

[Chorus: AZ]

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, slowed down: AZ]

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

(Puff lye, puff lye, puff lye, puff lye, puff lye, puff lye, puff lye)