Nas Is Like

[00:07.54] (Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is like) Premo
[00:11.55] Nas
[00:14.35] Yeah, yeah
[00:17.88] (Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is like) yo
[00:20.13] Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's bein' born
[00:22.92] Same time my man is murdered, the beginning and end
[00:25.24] As far as rap go, it's only natural, I explain
[00:27.70] My plateau and also, what defines my name
[00:30.48] First it was nasty but times have changed
[00:32.37] Ask me now, I'm the artist but hardcore, my science for pain
[00:35.52] I spent time in the game, kept my mind on fame
[00:38.23] Saw fiends shoot up and do lines of cocaine
[00:40.62] Saw my close friends shot, flat line am I sane?
[00:43.11] That depends, carry Mac-10's to practice my aim
[00:45.89] On rooftops, tape CD covers to trees
[00:48.21] Line the barrel up with your weak picture then squeeze
[00:50.73] Street scriptures for lost souls in the crossroads
[00:53.27] To the corner thugs hustlin' for cars that cost dough
[00:55.85] To the big dogs livin' large, takin' it light
[00:58.42] Pushin' big toys, gettin' nice, enjoyin' your life
[01:00.92] Is what you make it, suicide, few try to take it
[01:03.68] Belt tied around they neck in jail cells naked
[01:06.39] Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is felt
[01:08.50] And of course N-A-S are the letters that spell Nas, Nas
[01:11.53] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[01:14.26] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[01:16.46] Nas is like half man half amazing
[01:20.29] No doubt
[01:21.53] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[01:24.28] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[01:26.28] Nas is like half man, half amazing
[01:30.26] No doubt
[01:31.64] Nas is like
[01:32.33] Wind and fire, rims and tires
[01:34.44] Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver
[01:36.97] Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars
[01:39.45] Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas
[01:41.99] (Nas is like) Iron Mike, messiah type
[01:44.18] Before the Christ, after the death
[01:46.23] The last one left, let my cash invest in stock
[01:49.16] Came a long way from blastin', techs on blocks
[01:51.80] Went from Seiko to Rolex, ownin' acres
[01:54.37] From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough
[01:57.08] Dimes, givin' fellatio, siete zeros
[01:59.81] Bet my nine spit for the pesos
[02:01.87] But what's it all worth, can't take it when you under this earth
[02:04.50] Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked
[02:07.05] They just rob your grave, I'd rather be alive and paid
[02:10.14] Before my number's called, history's made
[02:11.95] Some'll fall but I rise, thug or die
[02:14.17] Makin' choices, that determine my future under the sky
[02:17.47] To rob steal or kill, I'm wondering why
[02:19.74] It's a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame?
[02:22.27] Much to success to ya, even if you wish me the opposite
[02:25.27] Sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is
[02:27.58] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[02:30.63] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[02:32.63] Nas is like half man half amazing
[02:36.68] No doubt
[02:37.86] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[02:40.73] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[02:42.67] Nas is like half man, half amazing
[02:46.22] No doubt
[02:48.06] Nas is like
[02:48.41] Sex to a nympho but nothin' sweet
[02:50.67] I'm like beef, bustin' heat through your windows
[02:52.83] I'm like a street sweeper, green leaf griever
[02:55.36] Like Greeks in Egypt, learnin' somethin' deep from they teachers
[02:57.76] I'm like crime, like your nine, your man you would die for
[03:00.51] Always got you, I'm like Pac, Dude you would cry for
[03:03.39] I'm like a whole lot of loot, I'm like crisp money
[03:06.03] Corporate accounts from a rich company
[03:07.72] I'm like ecstasy for ladies, I'm like all races
[03:10.37] Combined in one man; like the '99 summer jam
[03:13.02] Bulletproof Hummer man
[03:14.53] I'm like being locked down around new faces and none of 'em fam'
[03:17.94] I'm the feelin' of a millionaire spendin' a hundred grand
[03:20.83] I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet
[03:23.29] Live it and I write down, and I watch it blow up
[03:25.49] Y'all know what I'm like, y'all play it your system every night now
[03:28.69] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[03:31.16] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[03:33.66] Nas is like half man half amazing
[03:37.63] No doubt
[03:38.84] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[03:41.54] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[03:43.72] Nas is like half man, half amazing
[03:47.57] No doubt
[03:48.78] Nas is like
[03:53.80] Nas is like
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