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Bay Area legend Mac Dre actually has a song titled “Life’s a Bitch”, in which the refrain goes “Life’s a (bitch) and then you die”, like the Nas song. The word ‘bitch’ in the refrain is a sample of Too Short’s infamous ad-lib.

Other lines from the song that reference the term are the following:

Life’s a bitch then you die
Nigga I don’t want a whole slice just let me taste the pie

Life is short you only live once and ain’t no telling when you’re leaving
So I'mma do it all and have a ball while I’m still living and breathing

So if you see me mugging, tripping and bugging don’t stop and ask me why
A nigga just hella mad because life’s a bitch and then you die

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Nerdcore rapper MC Chris (stylized as mc chris) released his first album Life’s a Bitch and I’m Her Pimp in 2001. The name of the tape is actually a reference to the Sinfest comics.

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In the song Life’s a Bitch Lil B dropped multiple lines about life:

Life’s a bitch let me explain why I say this
The tits is like apartheid, spread apart

Her life’s like childhood mist, lifes a bitch
We still love her like you raised her from a pup like a pit

Life’s a bitch in this jungle
All the snakes resemble

Life’s a draw, it’s like the woman’s skin
Either tough or soft, beneath the surface
It’s more to models, she understand more
Uses her body as a standstill similar to waterfalls

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This muthafuckin institution life’s a bitch

~On “Kite 2 Da Boys”

and

Hey yo! Life’s a bitch, so why marry one?
A nigga in love with a bitch is very dumb

~On “I Hate Hoes”

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The Pharcyde is a Los Angeles alternative hip-hop group who were mainly active in the early ‘90s. The group is best known for the hit singles “Drop”, “Passin’ Me By” and “Runnin',” as well as their first album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

Some members of The Pharcyde have used multiple names in their career. For Frank Friction see Bootie Brown. For Tre Hardson see Slimkid3.

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Ras Kass
On “The Evil That Men Do

Petty theft, I got caught a few times, but bust it
Life is a bitch so fuck it

On “Reelishymn

Life’s a bitch then you never come back

Life’s a bitch named monogamy – you only get one –
I’m trapped in this path of pathology

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Spice used this line before and rapped it the same in the song “Dusted n Disgusted,” which is about women screwing them over hard. The song is actually quite an interesting case, considering 2Pac appeared in the original and album versions while Celly Cel appeared in his place in the single, since ‘Pac was in jail at that time.

You don’t know that ho, man, that bitch can’t be trusted
Dusted and di-motherfucking-sgusted

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The crooked letter is a “S” in this case.

The group OutKast quickly comes to mind when seeing “crooked letter” because of their songs “Southernplayalisticaddilacmusik” and “ATLiens.” These both open with “Well, it’s the M-I-crooked letter,” referring to a nickname of Big Boi’s.

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This refers to the RIAA’s single/album certification. if an album sells 500k copies, it’s certified gold, 1000k is certified platinum and so on. See the RIAA certification criteria here.

On January 15, 2013, nearly 7 months after the release of the hit-single “Turn on the Lights”, the single went gold, resulting in Future receiving a golden plaque for it.

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