Nas - Nothing Lasts Forever

lotta times it seem like
you aint gonna make it
where you wanna be in life
but yo yo if ya gotta plan
believe me you gonna get there
you gonna get everything
you ever wanted baby thas ma word
Trust ma niggas come home
from long bids
They check for me before
they see their own kids
I open up accounts for'em
we bounce tour in
major cities arenas headline
with big time singers
Cop Ferraris with navigational screens
guide us through
your hood and any locality
head back to Queens
Piped out seats
Oakwood mb cord speakers
Bumpin'out old shit
That made me think of Old Easters'86
in a le tigre short sleevesLees
flip the cuffs up gettin' fucked
upfrom Old E Fresh Fest niggas got
hurt100 niggas rush the door
with Queensbridge
tournament shirts
Back then nobody wore avest
Pull out razors you had to put your hand
skills to the test
Get your Pumas took
come home barefoot willin'
Look at the chain
I snatched with a medallion worth a thousand
Cops rushed the garden
made it home smilin'
Half of the crew probably
on the island
Project call play puffball
the hoop was made out of a hanger
Playin' corners stick
the elevator never thought
Project life was promised
nothin' but to die trifefor
steppin' on the next man's nikes
my motto look for tomorrow
Today is yesterday look at the hood
now I'm mad that it turned out
that way
Gat spray these shorties is killers
The older G's taught us well
what's wild now is
that they're smaller
And they look at me like
I'm on the outside lookin'in
Like 'who's you'
when I cruise through
I call shorty took him in watch
your friends get ends be clever
realize that today's
the first day that begins forever
Everything will
eventually come to an end
So try to savor the moment
cuz time flies don't it
The beauty of life
you gotta make it last for the better
Cuz nothin' lasts forever
Everything will eventually
come to an end
So try to savor the moment
cuz time flies don't it
The beauty of life
you gotta make it last for the better
Cuz nothin' lasts forever
Nice cars livin' like a star
club hoppin' Poppin' bottles
at the bar love shoppin'
Gucci iceberg coppin'
two three nice furs
One for your wife
one for your freak silver spurs
Rolls Royce too good to be true
houses worth 2 2Pool parties
beautiful view
You made it in life
Forbes Magazine style
baggy jeans style
Pass the green while hoes
wit'meanwhile
Asses pretty mommies illest bodies
pass glasses
Louis Roderra with Peach Schnapps
you just relaxin' Thinkin' damn
wish my niggas could afford this
On the sand at your Malibu
house holdin' a cordlessTalkin'
to lawyers accountants investments
Money doubles triples protected
hard work you manifested
Worries of failure
when you buried will your familia
Keep your name prosperin'
to the maximum
You should live
there's only one life
that's the physical
Rich or poor in jail
why the fuck should you be miserable
Things happen for reasons
the clock keeps tickin'
Love could have your heart
beat skippin' thugs turn to
religionThe bitch
you love could start to hate you
the shit you use to do escape you
Things that make you laugh
represent the past
Reminisce the block gamble
gees on the floor
Niggas use to be the man
you don't see'em no more
Your favorite restaurants
and favorite stores
they tore'em downTurn'em
into shopping malls the hood is
like a ghost town
Haunted by souls who thought
that time stood still
Just live your life to the fullest
never look back it's real
Everything must eventually
come to an end
So try to savor your moments
cuz time flies don't it
The beauty of life
you gotta make it last
for the better
Cuz nothin' lasts forever ya know
I said everything eventually
comes to an end
So try to savor your moments
cuz time flies don't it
The beauty of life
you gotta make it last for the better
Cuz nothin' lasts forever
Ya know ya now
nothin' lasts forever
ya know let it go let it go