Nas - Nothing Lasts Forever Lyrics
A lot of times it seems like, you aint gon make it where you wanna be in lifeBut, yo if you got a plan, believe me you gon get thereYou gon get everything you ever wanted babyThats my wordTrust, my niggas come home from long bidsThey check for me before they see their own kidsI open up accounts for em, we bounce tour inMajor cities, arenas, headline with big time singersCop ferraris with navigational screensGuide us through your hood and any locality, head back to queensPiped out seats, oakwood mb cord speakersBumpin out old shitThat made me think of old easters 86 in a le tigre short sleevesLees, flip the cuffs up, gettin *****ed upFrom old e, fresh fest, niggas got hurt100 niggas rush the door with queensbridge tournament shirtsBack then, nobody wore a vestPull out razors, you had to put your hand skills to the testGet your pumas took, come home barefoot willinLook at the chain I snatched with a medallion worth a thousandCops rushed the garden made it home smilinHalf of the crew probably on the islandProject call play puff ball the hoop was made out of a hangerPlayin corners stick the elevator never thoughtProject life was promised nothin but to die trifeFor steppin on the next mans nikes my motto look for tomorrowToday is yesterday look at the hood now, Im mad that it turned out that wayGats spray these shorties is killersThe older gs taught us well, whats wild now is that theyre smallerAnd they look at me like Im on the outside lookin inLike whos you when I cruise throughI call shorty took him in watch your friends, get endsBe clever, realize that todays the first day that begins foreverEverything will eventually come to an endSo try to savor the moment, cuz time flies dont itThe beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the betterCuz nothin lasts foreverEverything will eventually come to an endSo try to savor the moment, cuz time flies dont itThe beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the betterCuz nothin lasts foreverNice cars, livin like a star club hoppinPoppin bottles at the bar love shoppinGucci iceberg, coppin two, three nice fursOne for your wife, one for your freak silver spursRolls royce too good to be true, houses worth 2.2Pool parties beautiful viewYou made it in life, forbes magazine style baggy jeans stylePass the green while hoes wit meanwhileAsses, pretty mommies illest bodies pass glassesLouis roderra with peach schnapps you just relaxinThinkin damn wish my niggas could afford thisOn the sand at your malibu house holdin a cordlessTalkin to lawyers accountants investmentsMoney doubles, triples protected hard work you manifestedWorries of failure, when you buried will your familiaKeep your name prosperin to the maximumYou should live, theres only one life thats the physicalRich or poor in jail why the ***** should you be miserableThings happen for reasons, the clock keeps tickinLove could have your heart beat skippin, thugs turn to religionThe ***** you love could start to hate you, the shit you use to do escape youThings that make you laugh represent the pastReminisce the block gamble gees on the floorNiggas use to be the man, you dont see em no moreYour favorite restaurants and favorite stores, they tore em downTurn em into shopping malls the hood is like a ghost townHaunted by souls who thought that time stood stillJust live your life to the fullest, never look back, its realEverything must eventually come to an endSo try to savor your moments, cuz time flies dont itThe beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the betterCuz nothin lasts forever, ya knowI said everything eventually comes to an endSo try to savor your moments, cuz time flies dont itThe beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the betterCuz nothin lasts foreverYa know, ya now, nothin lasts forever ya know let it go, let it go
