As time goes by, an eye for an eye   We in this together son your beef is mine   So long as the sun shines to light up the sky   We in this together son your beef is mines      As time goes by, an eye for an eye   We in this together son your beef is mine   So long as the sun shines to light up the sky   We in this together, son your beef is mine      Let me start from the beginning, at the top of the list   Know what I mean, have a situation like this   Another war story from a thirsty young hustler, won't trust ya   I'd rather bust ya, and leave your corpse for the cops to discover      While I be dippin' in the range rover   All jeweled like Liberace   You watch me while Jakes tryin' to knock me and lock me   But I'll be on the low sippin' Asti Spumante      Niggaz try to creep on the side of my jeep   Stuck the heat through the window rocked their ass to sleep   Over a 3-pack, it was a small thing really, yeah   But keep lettin' them small things slide and be a failure      If I'm out of town one of my crew'll take care of ya   The world is ours and your team's inferior   You wanna bust caps I get, all up in your area   Kidnap your children make the situation scarier      Life is a gamble, we scramble for money   I might crack a smile but ain't a damn thing funny   I'm caught up in the dirt where your hands get muddy   Plus the outcome turns out to be lovely      Got G's in my pocket hit off my main squeeze   Push back, the sunroof, let the cold air breeze   Through the butter soft leather upholestry   But mostly, keep the gat closely, 'cause niggaz wanna toast me      Yo I gotta get mines, no matter what the con-sequences   Count up my blessings, add up my weapons   Cock back the gat and let my nine serve purpose   Sling do my thing organize fiend servants      Tryin' to make a mil is stress you know the deal   So we sling drills get your cap peeled, 'cause everything is real   'Cause I wanna chill, laid up in a jacuzzi   Sippin' bubbly, with my fingers on the uzi      Try to infiltrate my fort get caught   Dead up in new york, my brain is packed with criminal thoughts   Get your life lost never found again my friend   Mission completed, watch you drop in less than ten      On my road to the riches, hittin' snitches off with mad stitches   Your last restin' place'll be a ditch kid   No one can stop me try your style's sloppy      You want to be me, you're just an imitation copy   My theme is all about making the green   Livin' up in luxury, pushin' phat whips and livin' comfortably      As time goes by, an eye for an eye   We in this together son your beef is mine   So long as the sun shines to light up the sky   We in this together son your beef is mine      As time goes by, an eye for an eye   We in this together son your beef is mine   So long as the sun shines to light up the sky   We in this together son your beef is mine      A drug dealer's dream   Stash cream keys on a triple beam   Five hundred SL green, ninety-five nickle gleam   Condominium, thug dressed like a gentleman      Tailor made ostrich, chanel for my women friend   Murderin', numbers on your head while I'm burglarin'   Shank is servin' 'em, whassup to all my niggaz swervin'   New York metropolis, the bridge brings apocalypse      Shoot at the clouds feels like, the holy beast is watchin' us   Mad man my sanity is goin' like an hourglass   Gun inside my bad hand I sliced tryin' to bag grams   I got hoes that used to milk you      Niggaz who could've killed you   Is down with my ill crew of psychoes   Nas Escobar movin' on your weak production   Pumpin' corruption in the third world we just bustin'      Hold up and analyze the wildcats slang cracks   They swing an axe, the new routines, be my eyes black's   Playin' corners glancin' all up in your cornea   Corner ya, seen cats snatch monies up on ya      But late night, candlelight fiend with a crack pipe   It's only right, feelin' higher than an airplane right   Word yo, I want to get this money then blow   Take my time, blast a nine, if you front you go      Sip beers, the German ones, hand my guns to sons   Shaolin, and Queensbridge we robbin' niggaz for fun   But still, write my will out to my seeds then build   Mahalia sing a tale but the real we still kill      As time goes by, an eye for an eye   We in this together son your beef is mine   So long as the sun shines to light up the sky   We in this together son your beef is mine      As time goes by, an eye for an eye   We in this together son your beef is mine   So long as the sun shines to light up the sky   We in this together son your beef is mine      Uh, lay back, word up, just bless 'em with the bulletproof   Mobb Deep, Nas, Chef creation   For your nation, yeah