Nature - Time lyrics

Artist: AZ f/ Nas, Nature Album: Decade 1994-2004 Song: Time [Nature] At the ripe age of 24, I've done seen it all, done it all Some dreams stay fresh and some are spoiled Dealing with time, went to Spring, Summer, Fall It's crazy changes, Is this that made me famous? I come a long way from Timbs, minimum wages Stocking caps, summer jobs pocket's flat It's funny how my childhood idol's now be coping cracks Ain't knocking at them, fortunately life's too short to see It's only right we move accordingly at every second I use to carry heavy weapons, previously co*ked Tucked in my shirt for every session, but hold up The two to six bid made me grow up Came home to the damn same dreams with no luck And half the clique's strong, the other half moved on Some with new lives and new wives, n***as live long The foulest thing about time is, it still ticks when you're gone [Nas] For those who lived the way I've lived, we've came from a long way From wiping coal from our eye lids to raps hottest Smoking lye and let track guide us, remember back then Before Mack 10's expensive bottles, had a sick mind n***as taught me how to get mine We've often sit courts, they get tossed at the spit line To all n***as that the Lord seemed to gip for their time While we plan to live for-ever he had a different design Is it safe to say, we all parish on the sacred day? With my luck soon as I reach the gate that made me pay, pray Minutes go by indigo high the specialist Decked out dark specks, finesse in it Used to play catch a kiss, same girls back then Now leave us messages, a whole lot Travel to my old spot, where we sold rock, although it's trifle Ain't nothing changed, just like time it's all a cycle [AZ] Yo, wake up to the world stay in charge of your dream Keep your vision, focus, get wise and largen your cream Marketing schemes, so many in the dark, it's unseen Caught in between, perhaps rap was a fortunate thing Forced to be king from hustling, supporting them fiends Busting guns, I had no remorse as a teen Rocking birth stones, my first, get bent nurse the dome It hurts to zone, now I've realized, I'm on this Earth alone Time ticks, devilish mind design tricks Leave you blind quick and cause you to die behind sh** Mathematics, master 120, I'm Asiatic, amazed with magic Cause it's illusions that made me savage Life changes once you establish the right game Love the night rain found a new way to fight pain Clocks never stop, it's all a race to the top Trying to freeze time, that's why I iced the face of my watch