Album Intro

[Yee-hah’s and whips cracking in background]-Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee.[Nas:] Mmmhmm. Damn, man.-I can’t take it man.[Nas:] Sho’ can’t.-You think this is gonna eva’ change?[Nas:] Man, damn this place, man! Damn these chains! These damnchitlins every damn night. -This cotton.[Nas:] Shit!-I can’t take it man.[Nas:] […]


Rule

[talking]Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yoLife, they wonder, can they take me under?Nah, never that, nah, yo, yo I come from the housin tenement buildingsUnlimited killings, menaces marked for deathBetter known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwellThough I owe to it my successWith survival of the fittest, everyday is a […]


One Mic

[speaking softly, gradually getting louder]One time.. yeah.. yeah.. Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stageOne nigga front, my face on the front pageOnly if I had one gun, one girl and one cribOne God to show me how to do things his son didPure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed […]


One Love

[Verse One]Whattup kid? I know shit is rough doing your bidWhen the cops came you shoulda slid to my cribFuck it black, no time for looking back it’s donePlus congratulations you know you got a sonI heard he looks like you, why don’t your lady write you?Told her she should visit, that’s when she got […]


Ether

[gunshots] [Nas talking]("Fuck Jay-Z")What’s up niggas, ay yo, I know you ain’t talkin ’bout me dogYou, what?("Fuck Jay-Z")You been on my dick nigga, you love my style, nigga("Fuck Jay-Z") [Chorus](I) Fuck with your soul like ether(Will) Teach you the king you know you(Not) "God’s son" across the belly(Lose) I prove you lost already Brace yourself […]


New World

Uh, it’s a new world, it’s a new world, It’s a new world, it’s a new worldUh, it’s a new world, it’s a new world Yo, celebrate the new lifeNew ways to make moneyNew ways to break dummiesForge they name and take moneyComputers ain’t that smartWhatever man built could be taken apartAnything new can get […]


Destroy & Rebuild

This is a journey into the worlds most largestAnd notorious projects, QueensbridgeListen while Nas saves his hood from the mostCowardest rappers [Nas]He held a mass appeal and a little boy smileDepressed has a complex his mouth was foulYou need to stay around I feel like telling some storiesFirst theres this arrogent fuck, his names CoryHung […]


Some Of Us Have Angels

[Chorus: Nas (repeat 2X)] Some of us have angels — the kingdom, the powerSome of us have angels — the power, the glorySome of us have demons — greed, and lustSome of us have demons — lust, temptation [Nas]Now this is you, dressed in all black, fatigue hat, ready for combatA good nigga, you don’t […]