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sound of a subway train going overhead] [in the background, Nas' verse from Main Source "Live at the BBQ" is heard] [excerpt of verse is as follows] (Street's disciple, my raps are trifle I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle Stampede the stage, I leave the microphone split Play Mr. Tuffy while I'm on some Pretty Tone shit Verbal assassin, my architect pleases When I was twelve, I went to ... ) [conversation heard over this before Wild Style music kicks in is as follows] [dialogue from the film between ZORO and his infantryman brother, Hector] [Hector:] And you're sitting at home doing this shit? I should be earning a medal for this. Stop fucking around and be a man, there ain't nothing out here for you... [ZORO:] Oh yes there is...this! [somebody from the Firm] Yo Nas Yo what the fuck is this bullshit on the radio Son? [Nas] Chill chill, that's the shit God, chill [AZ the Visualiza] Aiyyo yo, pull down the shade, man. Let's count this money, nigguh Aiyyo Nas, put the Jacksons and the Grants over there You know what I'm sayin? Cause we spendin the Jacksons [Nas] Right, yeah. [AZ] You know how we get down baby [Nas] True, true" [the Firm] Nas, yo Nas, man shit is mad real right now in the Projects for a nigga yo, word to mother. All them crab ass rappers be comin up to me man word to mother man I think we need to let them niggaz know it's real man [Nas] True indeed, knahmsayin, but when it's real you doin this even without a record contract, knahmsayin? [AZ] No question [Nas] Been doin this since back then [the Firm] No doubt [AZ] I'm saying regardless how it go down we gon keep it real We trying to see many mansions and...and Coupes kid! [Nas] No doubt, we gon keep it real True, true... [the Firm] Aiyyo where's Grand Wizard and Mayo at man? Takin niggas a long time, man..." [Nas] Who got the Phillies? Take this Hennessey [AZ] Aiyyo Dunn! C'mon, c'mon, man stop waving that man Stop pointing that at me Dunn, take the clip out [Nas] Nigga alright but take this Hennessey man [AZ] I'm saying take the clip man C'mon, take it out... [Nas] Light them Phillies up man Niggaz stop fucking burning Phillies man Light some Phillies up then! [the Firm] Pass that Amber Boch, pass that Amber Boch, nigga! Act like you know. [AZ] Yo, we drinking this straight up with no chaser I ain't fucking with you nigga [Nas] I'm saying though man... [AZ] What is it, what is it baby? [the Firm] What is it Son, what is it? [AZ] You know what time it is [Nas] I'm saying man, ya know what I'm saying? Niggaz don't listen man, representing It's Illmatic. |
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Yeah yeah aiyyo black it's time Word it's time nigga Yeah straight out the fuckin dungeons of rap Where fake niggaz don't make it back Rappers I monkey flip em with the funky rhythm I be kickin Musician inflictin composition of pain I'm like Scarface sniffin cocaine Holdin a M 16 see with the pen I'm extreme now Bulletholes left in my peepholes I'm suited up in street clothes Hand me a nine and I'll defeat foes Y'all know my steelo with or without the airplay I keep some E&J sittin bent up in the stairway Or either on the corner bettin Grants with the celo champs Laughin at baseheads tryin to sell some broken amps G Packs get off quick forever niggaz talk shit Remeniscing about the last time the Task Force flipped Niggaz be runnin through the block shootin Time to start the revolution catch a body head for Houston Once they caught us off guard the Mac 10 was in the grass and I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin Pick the Mac up told brothers Back up the Mac spit Lead was hittin niggaz one ran I made him backflip Heard a few chicks scream my arm shook couldn't look Gave another squeeze heard it click yo my shit is stuck Try to cock it it wouldn't shoot now I'm in danger Finally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamber So now I'm jetting to the building lobby and it was filled with children probably couldn't see as high as I be So whatchu sayin It's like the game ain't the same Got younger niggaz pullin the triggers bringing fame to they name and claim some corners crews without guns are goners In broad daylight stickup kids they run up on us Fo' fives and gauges Macs in fact Same niggaz'll catch a back to back snatchin yo' cracks in black There was a snitch on the block gettin niggaz knocked So hold your stash until the coke price drop I know this crackhead who said she gotta smoke nice rock And if it's good she'll bring ya customers in measuring pots but yo You gotta slide on a vacation Inside information keeps large niggaz erasin and they wives basin It drops deep as it does in my breath I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death Beyond the walls of intelligence life is defined I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind Be havin dreams that I'ma gangster drinkin Moets holdin Tecs Makin sure the cash came correct then I stepped Investments in stocks sewein up the blocks to sell rocks winnin gunfights with mega cops But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin Give me a Smith and Wessun I'll have niggaz undressin Thinkin of cash flow buddah and shelter Whenever frustrated I'ma hijack Delta In the PJ's my blend tape plays bullets are strays Young bitches is grazed each block is like a maze full of black rats trapped plus the Island is packed From what I hear in all the stories when my peoples come back black I'm livin where the nights is jet black The fiends fight to get crack I just max I dream I can sit back and lamp like Capone with drug scripts sewn Or the legal luxury life rings flooded with stones homes I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain and be prosperous though we live dangerous cops could just arrest me blamin us we're held like hostages It's only right that I was born to use mics and the stuff that I write is even tougher than dice I'm takin rappers to a new plateau through rap slow My rhymin is a vitamin Hell without a capsule The smooth criminal on beat breaks Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes The city never sleeps full of villians and creeps That's where I learned to do my hustle had to scuffle with freaks I'ma addict for sneakers twenties of buddah and bitches with beepers In the streets I can greet ya about blunts I teach ya Inhale deep like the words of my breath I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times Nothing's equivalent to the new york state of mind |
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[AZ] Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin? [Nas] Yea yea [AZ] Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin? [Nas] Yea yea [AZ] Cause we spendin these Jackson's The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go [Nas] I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right? Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin? Yo then what man, what?? *echoes* Verse One: AZ the Visualiza Visualizin the realism of life and actuality Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary And my mentality is, money orientated I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters But somethin must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners Now some, restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin Others such as myself are tryin to carry on tradition Keepin the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin with some kind of dough so, and to that day we expire and turn to vapors me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty papers Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high Cause life's a bitch and then you die Chorus: AZ the Visualiza Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye ] chorus #1 echoes at the end Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end Verse Two: Nas I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years of blessing The essence of adolescent leaves my body now I'm fresh in My physical frame is celebrated cause I made it One quarter through life some God-ly like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs from my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain Don't go against the grain simple and plain When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard Droppin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards Dipped to the projects flashin my quick cash and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with hash Now it's all about cash in abundance, niggaz I used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds I switched my motto instead of sayin fuck tommorrow That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cavity Chorus *Olu Dara plays trumpet until fade* |
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Right Right Check me out y'all Nasty Nas in your area About to cause mass hysteria Before a blunt I take out my fronts Then I start to front matter of fact I be on a manhunt You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer That's like Malcolm X catchin the Jungle Fever King poetic too much flavor I'm major Atlanta ain't Braver I'll pull a number like a pager Cause I'm am ace when I face the bass 40 side is the place that is giving me grace Now wait another dose and you might be dead And I'm a Nike head I wear chains that excite the feds And ain't a damn thing gonna change I'ma performer show the mic warmer was born to gain Nas why did you do it You know you got the mad fat fluid when you rhyme it's halftime Right It's halftime Right Aiyyo it's halftime Right It's halftime Right Yeah it's about halftime It's like that you know it's like that I got it hemmed now you never get the mic back When I attack there ain't an army that could strike back So I react never calmly on a hype track I set it off with my own rhyme Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time I'm max like cassettes I flex like sex in your stereo sets Nas will catch wreck I used to hustle now all I do is relax and strive When I was young I was a fan of the Jackson 5 I drop jewels wear jewels hope to never run it With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise This is exercise til the microphone dies Back in eighty three I was an MC sparking But I was too scared to grab the mic's in the park and kick my little raps cause I thought niggaz wouldn't understand And now in every jam I'm the fuckin man I rap in front of more niggaz than in the slave ships I used to watch CHIPS now I load glock clips I got to have it I miss Mr Magic Versatile my style switches like a faggot But not bisexual I'm an intellectual Of rap I'm a professional and that's no question yo These are the lyrics of the man you can't near it understand Cuz in the streets I'm well known like to he number man In my place wit the bass and format Explore rap and tell me Nas ain't all that And next time I rhyme I be foul Whenever I freestyle I see trial niggaz say I'm wow I hate a rhymebiter's rhyme Stay tuned Nas soon the real rap comes at halftime Right It's halftime Right Exhale check it it's halftime Right It's halftime Right check it I got it goin on even flip em on this song Every afternoon I kick half the tune And in the darkness I'm heartless like when the NARCs hit Word to Marcus Garvey I hardly sparked it Cause when I blast the herb that's my word I be slayin them fast doing this that and the third But chill past to Andre and let's slay I bag bitches up at John Jay and hit a matinee Puttin hits on 5 0 Csudr when it's my time to go I wait for God wit the fo fo And biters can't come near And yo go to hell to the foul cop who shot Garcia I won't plant seeds don't need an extra mouth I can't feed That's extra Phillie change more cash for that weed This goes out to Manhattan the island of Staten Brooklyn and Queens is livin fat and The Boogie Down enough props enough clout I'll Will rest in peace yo I'm out Right It's still halftime Right To the Queensbridge crew To the Queensbridge crew you know it's halftime Right Ninety two it's halftime Right Yo police police man yo let's get ghost Halftime |
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Aight fuck that shit word word Fuck that other shit youknowhat i'msayin We gon do a little somethin like this yaknahmsayin is they up on this Keep it on and on and on and on and Knowhati'msayin big nas grand wizard God what it is what it is like hah knowhati'msayin Yo go head do that shit nigga I rap for listeners blunt heads fly ladies and prisoners Henessey holders and old school niggaz then I be dissin a Unofficial that smoke woolie thai I dropped out of kooley high gassed up by a cokehead cutie pie Jungle survivor fuck who's the liver My man put the battery in my back a differencem from energizer Sentence begins indented with formality My duration's infinite moneywise or physiology Poetry that's a part of me retardedly bop I drop the ancient manifested hip hop straight off the block I reminisce on park jams my man was shot for his sheep coat Childhood lesson make me see him drop in my weed smoke It's real grew up in trife life did times or white lines The hype vice murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes Chill on the block with cog nac hold strap With my peeps that's into drug money market into rap No sign of the beast in the blue chrysler I guess that means peace For niggaz no sheisty vice to just snipe ya Start off the dice rollin mats for craps to cee lo With sidebets I roll a deuce nothin below peace god Peace God now the shit is explained I'm takin niggaz on a trip straight through memory lane It's like that y'all it's like that y'all it's like that y'all Now let me take a trip down memory lane Comin outta queensbridge One for the money Two for pussy and foreign cars Three for alize niggaz deceased or behind bars I rap divine gods check the prognosis is it real or showbiz My window faces shootouts drug overdoses Live amongst no roses only the drama for real A nickel plate is my fate my medicine is the ganja Here's my basis my razor embraces many faces Your telephone blowin black stitches or fat shoelaces Peoples are petrol dramatic automatic fo fo I let blow And back down po po when I'm vexed so My pen taps the paper then my brain's blank I see dark streets hustlin brothers who keep the same rank Pumpin for somethin some uprise plus some fail Judges hangin niggaz uncorrect bails for direct sales My intellect prevails from a hangin cross with nails I reinforce the frail with lyrics that's real Word to christ a disciple of streets trifle on beats I decifer prophecies through a mic and say peace I hung around the older crews while they sling smack to dingbats They spoke of fat cat that nigga's name made bell rings black Some fiends scream about supreme team a jamaica queens thing Uptown was alpo son heard he was kingpin yo Fuck rap is real watch the herbs stand still Never talkin to snakes cause the words of man kill True in the game as long as blood is blue in my veins I pour my heineken brew to my deceased crew on memory lane Comin outta queensbridge The most dangerous mc is Comin outta queensbridge The most dangerous mc is Comin outta queensbridge The most dangerous mc is Comin outta queensbridge The most dangerous mc is Me numba won and you know where me from |
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Verse One: what up kid? i know shit is rough doing your bid when the cops came you shoulda slid to my crib fuck it black, no time for looking back it's done plus congratulations you know you got a son i heard he looks like you, why don't your lady write you? told her she should visit, that's when she got hyper flip it, talk about he acts too rough he didn't listen he be riffin' while i'm telling him stuff i was like yeah, shorty don't care, she a snake too fucking with the niggaz from that fake crew that hate you but yo, guess who got shot in the dome-piece? jeromes niece, on her way home from joes beaches club plus little rob is selling drugs all the time hanging out with young thugs that all carry 9's at night time there's more trife than ever Whattup with Cormega, did you see 'em, are y'all together? if so then hold the fort, now i represent to the fullest say whassup to herb, ice and bullet I left a half a hundred in your commisary You was my nigga when push came to shove One what? one love Verse Two: dear born, you'll be out soon, stay strong out in new york the same shit is going on the crack-heads stalking, loud-mouths is talking hold, check out the story yesterday when i was walking the nigga you shot last year tried to appear like he hurtin' something word to mother, i heard him fronting and he be pumping on your block your man gave him your glock and now they run together, what up son, whatever since i'm on the streets i'm a put it to a cease when i heard you blew a nigga with the [???] for a phone piece whylin' on the island but now with [???] better chill 'cos them niggaz will put that ass on fire last time you wrote you said they tried you in the showers i maintain when you come home the corner's ours on the reels, all these crab niggaz know the deal when we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal but chill, see you on the next v i i gave your mom dukes loot for kicks plus [???] flicks your brother's buck whylin' in four maine he wrote me he might beat his case, 'til he come home i play it low key so stay civilised, time flies though incarcerated your mind [dies] i hate it when your mum cries it kinda wants to make me murder, for real-a i've even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs for one love Verse Three: sometimes i sit back with a budda sack mind's in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts written in school text books, bibles, etcetera fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexed-er so i be ghost from my projects i take my pen and pad for the week and hittin' nails while i'm sleeping a two day stay, you may say i need the time alone to relax my dome, no phone, left the 9 at home you see the streets have me stressed something terrible fucking with the corners have a nigga up in belle vue or h.d.m., hit with numbers from 8 to 10 a future in a maximum state pen is grim so i comes back home, nobody's helping shorty do i roll them two phillies together and the friends we call them oowops he said nas, niggaz cold be bustin' off the roof so i wear a bullet proof and pack a black tres-deuce he inhailed so deep, shut his eyes like he was sleep started coughing when i peeked to watch me speak i sat back like the mack, my army suit was black we was chillin' on these bitches where he pumped his loose cracks i took an l when he passed it, this little bastard keeps me blasted he starts talking mad shit i had to school him, told him don't let niggaz fool him 'cos when the pistol blows a shot that's when a murder be the cool one tough luck when niggaz are struck, families fucked up could've cought your man, but didn't look when you bucked up mistakes happen, so take heed never bust up if the crowd catch him solo, make the right man bleed shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul only twelve trying to tell me that he liked my style then i rose, wiping the blunts ash from my clothes then froze only the bolder herb smoke through my nose and told my little man that i'm a go cyprose there's some jewels in the skull that he can sell if he chose words of wisdom from nas try to rise up above keep an eye out for jake shorty what one love |
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Yeah it's Illmatic It's Illmatic It's Illmatic One time 4 your mind one time One time 4 your mind one time One time 4 your mind one time Aiyyo Nas kick that fuckin rhyme When I'm chillin I grab the buddha get my crew to buy beers And watch a flick illin and root for the villian Plus every morning I go out and love it sort of chilly Then I send a shorty from my block to the store for Phillies After being blessed by the herb's essence I'm back to my rest ten minutes some odd seconds That's where I got the honey at spends the night for sexing Cheap lubrication Lifestyle protection Picking up my stereo's remote control quickly Ron G's in the cassette deck rockin the shit G I try to stay mellow rock well acapella rhymes'll make me richer than a slipper made Cinderella fella Go get your crew Hobbes I'm prepared to bomb troops Got niggaz who's born I shot my way out my Mom Dukes When I was ten I was a hip hoppin shorty wop Known for rocking microphones and twisting off a 40 top One time 4 your mind one time One time 4 your mind one time hey yo Nas fuck that man that shit was fat But kick that for them gangstas man fuck all that Right right what up niggaz how y'all it's Nasty the villian I'm still writin rhymes but besides that I'm chillin I'm trying to get this money God you know the hard times kid Shit cold be starvin make you wanna do crimes kid But I'ma lamp cuz a crime couldn't beat a rhyme Niggaz catching 3 to 9's Muslims yelling free the mind And I'm from Queensbridge been to many places as a kid when I would say that out of town niggaz chased us But now I know the time got a older mind Plus control a nine fine see now I represent mine I'm new on the rap scene brothers never heard of me Yet I'm a meance yo police wanna murder me Heine Dark drinker represent the thinker My pen rides the paper it even has blinkers Think I'll dim the lights then inhale it stimulates Floating like I'm on the North 95 Interstate Never plan to stop when I write my hand is hot And expand alot from the Wiz to Camelot The parlayer I'll make ya heads bop Pah I shine a light on perpetrators like a cop's car From day to night I play the mic and you'll thank God I wreck shit so much the microphone'll need a paint job My brain is incarcerated Live at any jam I couldn't count all the parks I raided I hold a Mac 11 and attack the Reverand I contact 11 L's and max in heaven one time 4 your mind one time one time 4 your mind one time One time 4 your mind one time Yo from ninety two to ninety nine Yeah that shit was greasy fat Paul knowhat I'm sayin |
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Represent, represent!! Straight up shit is real and any day could be your last in the jungle Get murdered on the humble, guns'll blast, niggaz tumble The corners is the hot spot, full of mad criminals who don't care, guzzlin beers, we all stare at the out-of-towners (Ay, yo, yo, who that?) They better break North before we get the four pounders, and take their face off The streets is filled with undercovers, homicide chasin brothers The D.A.'s on the roof, tryin to, watch us and knock us And killer coppers, even come through in helicopters I drink a little vodka, spark a L and hold a Glock for the fronters, wannabe ill niggaz and spot runners Thinkin it can't happen til I, trap em and clap em and leave em done, won't even run about Gods I don't believe in none of that shit, your facts are backwards Nas is a rebel of the street corner Pullin a Tec out the dresser, police got me under pressure Represent, represent!! Yo, they call me Nas, I'm not your legal type of fella Moet drinkin, marijuana smokin street dweller who's always on the corner, rollin up blessed When I dress, it's never nuttin less than Guess Cold be walkin with a bop and my hat turned back Love committin sins and my friends sell crack This nigga raps with a razor, keep it under my tongue The school drop-out, never liked the shit from day one cause life ain't shit but stress fake niggaz and crab stunts So I guzzle my Hennesey while pullin on mad blunts The brutalizer, crew de-sizer, accelerator The type of nigga who be pissin in your elevator Somehow the rap game reminds me of the crack game Used to sport Bally's and Gazelle's with black frames Now I'm into fat chains, sex and Tecs Fly new chicKs and new kicks, Heine's and Beck's Represent, represent!! No doubt; see my, stacks are fat, this is what it's about Before the BDP conflict with MC Shan Around the time when Shante dissed the Real Roxxane I used to wake up every mornin, see my crew on the block Every day's a different plan that had us runnin from cops If it wasn't hangin out in front of cocaine spots We was at the candy factory, breakin the locks Nowadays, I need the green in a flash just like the next man Fuck a yard God, let me see a hundred grand Could use a gun Son, but fuck bein the wanted man but if I hit rock bottom then I'ma be the Son of Sam Then call the crew to get live too with Swoop, Hakim, my brother Jungle, Big Bo, cooks up the blow Mike'll chop it, Mayo, you count the profit My shit is on the streets, this way the Jakes'll never stop it It's your brain on drugs, to all fly bitches and thugs Nuff respect to the projects, I'm ghost, One Love Represent y'all, represent!! One time for your motherfuckin mind This goes out to everybody in New York that's livin the real fuckin life And every projects, all over To my man, Big Will he's still here *echoes* The 40 side of Vernon My man Big L.E.S. Big Cee-Lo from the Don Shawn Penn, the 40 busters My crew the shorty busters The 41st side of Vernon posse The Goodfellas My man Cormega, Lakid Kid Can't forget Drawers, the Hillbillies My man Slate, Wallethead Black Jay, Big Oogi Crazy barrio spot (Big Dove) We rock shit, Ph.D And my man Primo, from GangStarr (Ninety-four real shit y'all, Harry O!) Fuck y'all crab ass niggaz though... |
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It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevailThe mic is contacted, I attract clienteleMy mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breathI exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous stepsDeep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamondSneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket lininHit the Earth like a comet, invasionNas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazinCause in my physical, I can express through songDelete stress like Motrin, then extend strongI drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hellFrom the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass upNot stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot upNas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the LSchool a fool well, you feel it like brailleIt ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pillVocabulary spills I'm +Ill+plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron ShiekJam like a tech with correct techniquesSo analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize meScannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage meI leave em froze like her-on in your noseNas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosenI'll leave your brain stimulated, niggaz is frozenSpeak with criminal slang, begin like a violinEnd like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try againWisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troopI dominate break loops, givin mics men-e-straul cyclesStreet's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifleAnd groovy but smoother than moves by VillanovaYou're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in CobraPackin like a rasta in the weed spotVocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdropThough they need not to sneakMy poetry's deep, I never fellNas's raps should be locked in a cellIt ain't hard to tell - |
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[A] Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin? [N] Yea yea [A] Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin? [N] Yea yea [A] Cause we spendin these Jackson's The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go [N] I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right? Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin? Yo then what man, what?? *echoes* [Verse One: AZ the Visualiza] Visualizin the realism of life and actuality Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary And my mentality is, money orientated I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters But somethin must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners Now some, restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin Others such as myself are tryin to carry on tradition Keepin the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin with some kind of dough so, and to that day we expire and turn to vapors me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty papers Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high Cause life's a bitch and then you die [Chorus: AZ the Visualiza] Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye --) chorus #1 echoes at the end Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die --) chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end [Verse Two: Nas] I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years of blessing The essence of adolescent leaves my body now I'm fresh in My physical frame is celebrated cause I made it One quarter through life some God-ly like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs from my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain Don't go against the grain simple and plain When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard Robbin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards Dipped to the projects flashin my quick cash and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with hash Now it's all about cash in abundance, niggaz I used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds I switched my motto -- instead of sayin fuck tomorrow That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cabbage [Chorus] {*Olu Dara plays trumpet until fade*} |
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[Verse One] Whattup kid? I know shit is rough doing your bid When the cops came you shoulda slid to my crib Fuck it black, no time for looking back it's done Plus congratulations you know you got a son I heard he looks like you, why don't your lady write you? Told her she should visit, that's when she got hyper Flippin, talk about he acts too rough He didn't listen he be riffin' while I'm telling him stuff I was like yeah, shorty don't care, she a snake too Fucking with the niggaz from that fake crew that hate you But yo, guess who got shot in the dome-piece? Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach - it's bugged Plus little Rob is selling drugs on the dime Hangin out with young thugs that all carry 9's at night time there's more trife than ever Whattup with Cormega, did you see 'em, are y'all together? If so then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest Say whassup to Herb, Ice and Bullet I left a half a hundred in your commisary You was my nigga when push came to shove One what? one love [Verse Two] Dear Born, you'll be out soon, stay strong Out in New York the same shit is goin on the crack-heads stalking, loud-mouths is talking hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walking the nigga you shot last year tried to appear like he hurtin' something word to mother, i heard him fronting and he be pumping on your block your man gave him your glock and now they run together, what up son, whatever since I'm on the streets I'ma put it to a cease but I heard you blew a nigga with a ox for the phone piece Whylin on the Island, but now with Elmira better chill cause them niggaz will put that ass on fire Last time you wrote you said they tried you in the showers but maintain when you come home the corner's ours On the reels, all these crab niggaz know the deal When we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal But chill, see you on the next V-I I gave your mom dukes loot for kicks, plus sent you flicks Your brother's buck whylin' in four maine he wrote me he might beat his case, 'til he come home I play it low key so stay civilised, time flies though incarcerated your mind [dies] I hate it when your mum cries it kinda wants to make me murder, for real-a I've even got a mask and gloves to bust slugs for one love [Verse Three] Sometimes I sit back with a buddha sack mind's in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts written in school text books, bibles, et cetera Fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexed-er So I be ghost from my projects I take my pen and pad for the week and hittin L's while I'm sleepin A two day stay, you may say I need the time alone to relax my dome, no phone, left the 9 at home You see the streets have me stressed somethin terrible Fuckin with the corners have a nigga up in Bellevue or h.d.m., hit with numbers from 8 to 10 a future in a maximum state pen is grim So I comes back home, nobody's out but shorty doo-wop Rollin two phillies together in the Bridge we called 'em oowops He said, "Nas, niggaz could be bustin' off the roof so I wear a bullet proof and pack a black tres-deuce" He inhaled so deep, shut his eyes like he was sleep Started coughing one eye peeked to watch me speak I sat back like the mack, my army suit was black We was chillin' on these bitches where he pumped his loose cracks I took an l when he passed it, this little bastard keeps me blasted he starts talkin mad shit I had to school him, told him don't let niggaz fool him cause when the pistol blow the ones that's murdered be the cool one Tough luck when niggaz are struck, families fucked up Could've cought your man, but didn't look when you bucked up Mistakes happen, so take heed never bust up at the crowd catch him solo, make the right man bleed Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul Only twelve trying to tell me that he liked my style Then I rose, wiping the blunts ash from my clothes then froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose and told my little man that i'm a go cyprose there's some jewels in the skull that he can sell if he chose words of wisdom from nas try to rise up above keep an eye out for jake shorty what one love |
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It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin Cause in my physical, I can express through song Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L School a fool well, you feel it like braille It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+ plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek Jam like a tech with correct techniques So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me I leave em froze like her-on in your nose Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen I'll leave your brain stimulated, niggaz is frozen Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop I dominate break loops, givin mics men-e-straul cycles Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra Packin like a rasta in the weed spot Vocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdrop Though they need not to sneak My poetry's deep, I never fell Nas's raps should be locked in a cell It ain't hard to tell |
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Yeah yeah. On the.. On the.. On the. On the real, all you crab niggaz know the deal Finally up in this nigga Let's pay homage to Illmatic Let's put the crown where it's at 10 years Never been done this real by nobody To my seed, May I lead you into no greed or evil In the categories of stories I breed my sequel You know the money, blues, blunts, broken 22's Monkey see, Monkey do Shorty sipping sunny dew Now it's V.S.O.P. in a Phantom, mad smoky Murder trees, cruisin gat in the stash so it won't poke me Up in the Trump Plaza, Suite 3010, don't make no noise cause we dirty Tell them hoes hurry in We got the room lit up with perfume, and mad boom And there's video taping bloomin ass's on the zoomin lens Rollin on you nondescript niggaz You're marked for death like Colombians with bad coke that gyp niggaz Tilt the dutch, twisted up the uwee if you're skilled enough In Will we trust, salute the dead the nine mili busts That verse is 10 years old, 9 years old Street's Disciple The Rebirth comin at you this year baby It's on baby Yeah To the hood, may this be the day that we pop them bottles This is mandatory, what if there's not tomorrow? You know the murder rate, jealousy, you heard 'em say He say, she say, I'm bout cheddar, he don't deserve to make Sippin clear liquor with niggaz, that talk sideways Listenin close, to every word in case they violate Up in the projects Apartment 5D Spark a lea' it's bout da reed, countin everything the block see We bout to need to take the corners from them cowards Get it on so y'all can move more coke powder, by the hour Hold in case we gotta rip niggaz Loaded - Teflon coated |
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[Intro] Yeah, yeah, yo, yeah, yeah [Verse 1] For niggaz up in they mom's crib listenin To this unadulterated Nas shit wishin it was then Instead a, me on this track on this beach with palm trees Drinks with umbrellas straws telling it raw Jungle of concrete killers and snakes I was amongst that Bundles of crack through this funnel that's black I want you to vision through my telescope see the hell I wrote It's Reynolds when I Wrap it like a envelope package And they would send the dope back then Numbers, pimpin and robbin, well they still robbin and pimpin But it's small change compare to hip hoppin And did I mention millions because of lip poppin Trips expensive gift shoppin whip drivin Benzes, Jeeps, see, them and they bitch got one It's shockin you thinkin naw it's just rhymin But all this time it's like organized crimin For instance, there was a time when there was a line Between streets and business, but now peep how it's mixed in The beef is now sickenin, everybody got paper Words of power, because of it the cops hate ya The government watchin all of those who thuggin it They wanna lock us up cause they kids are lovin it Not knowin that most rappers are straight ass The shots ring out, whenever we clash it's Star Wars [Chorus] We call it Star Wars What happens when the shots ring out, Star Wars We call it Star Wars [Verse 2] Caviar never, I rather the Cajun blacken Catfish no snails simple nigga to please Met a bad bitch dimples in her cheeks She remembers Busy B battles when it was peace Caught myself driftin in thought, cause now it's different I thought Niggaz was raised off the shit I record Like I was brought up off that Planet Rock |
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