Nas - Live Now Lyrics
[Chorus]Live now niggaz, there's no promise of a second time around, put it downyouAll you gotta do is just, live now, we spendingNot under the ground yet, we enjoying every second yoLive now, don't forget to bro, yeahcause I promise you you'll regret it broPicture my last days will be so grimMy daughter at my bedside, respirator in meEyes dilated, looking skinny, trying to smile, trying to say somethingWhole room will quiet down just to hear my last wordsTears fall down my facial, why fear anything, it's now too late toI'm dreaming of a time I was silked out at the peak of my careerBut I always choked out, leaving mad money on the table at crazy amountsI would hit the scene for a second and bounceAdmit I did live a little bit, sweet pickle dickFreaks licked on it, lips I dripped on itSex, I dropped pearl necklaces on necks and titsTraveled half the world, wish I traveled the rest of itFrom QB to Mecca kid, so if you knew meYou'd be proud to say I left you with enough memories to resurrect me withSo live now nigga[Chorus][Scarlett]It's been a long time since you came through to see ya sisYou know I love you, I've been a fan since GenesisGotta respect you 'cause you never tied to smashSince we met a while back, and your style was mackNow I see that you a man after all you been throughA stand-up dude, held me down after SekouNeed more brothers like you in the hood, would have wifed you if I couldBut the white cells in my blood were no goodSaid I had it ten years, but I was just a carrierI thought, "Me a victim?", could never be my characterIt's ill Se' passed the way he did, didn't know how to tell himJust happy it didn't get in our kidBut all the things I did was the flyest, experiences were pricelessRemember days of diamond cutsNugget rings, clubs in Queens, Jetta carsUsed to love them things, Barbados, BelizeI stayed over seas, shopping sprees, credit cardsPockets of Gs, left the hood, phattest cribsTo platinum from silver, came back, *****es calling me the black Liz TaylorImagine that, Rob me? My nigga would kill ya, they knew the rulesAll the planes I flew, niggaz I ran throughLot of unprotected sex, don't know where it came fromGrimy niggaz, rich niggaz, damn it ain't a game sonFrom the Cayman Islands to the Virgin IslandsGucci suitcases (coughs), a chic did it, eff the screw facesCritics and fans, they need to get a lifeYou doin' the right thing, settle down, get a wife nowI grew with you so you know you make me proudAnd most of all you gotta live now[Chorus: Scarlett]Live now nigga ain't no promise of a second time around, put it down, would youyouAll you gotta do is just, live now, keep spendingNot under the ground yet, keep enjoying every minute yoGotta live it up to the limit yocause I promise you you'll regret it bro[Scarlett]Son, come close, lemme talk to youI got music, put it out to the world, let 'em hear itLook out for little me, one
