Halftime

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[00:11.68] Check me out y'all
[00:14.28] Nasty Nas in your area
[00:16.81] About to cause mass hysteria
[00:21.20] Before a blunt, I take out my fronts
[00:23.36] Then I start to front, matter of fact, I be on a manhunt
[00:26.53] You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer
[00:29.16] That's like Malcolm X catchin' the Jungle Fever
[00:31.72] King poetic, too much flavor, I'm major
[00:34.05] Atlanta ain't Brave-r, I pull a number like a pager
[00:36.95] 'Cause I'ma ace when I face the bass
[00:39.38] 40-side is the place that is givin' me grace
[00:41.77] Now wait, another dose and you might be dead
[00:44.26] And I'm a Nike-head, I wear chains that excite the Feds
[00:47.47] And ain't a damn thing gonna change
[00:49.46] I'm a performer, strange, show the mic warmer was born to gain
[00:53.02] Nas, why did you do it?
[00:54.31] You know you got the mad-phat fluid when you rhyme
[00:56.95] It's halftime
[00:57.54] (Right, right, right, right...) It's halftime
[01:02.78] (Right, right, right, right...) Ayo, it's halftime
[01:07.65] (Right, right, right, right...) It's halftime
[01:13.19] (Right, right, right, right...) Yeah, it's about halftime
[01:15.92] This is how it feel, check it out, how it feel
[01:18.48] It's like that, you know it's like that
[01:20.73] I got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back
[01:23.38] When I attack, there ain't a army that could strike back
[01:25.95] So I react, never calmly on a hype track
[01:29.23] I set it off with my own rhyme
[01:31.27] 'Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
[01:34.17] I max like cassettes, I flex like sex
[01:36.55] In your stereo sets, Nas'll catch wreck
[01:39.06] I used to hustle, now all I do is relax and strive
[01:42.26] When I was young, I was a fan of The Jackson 5
[01:44.85] I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it
[01:47.46] With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach
[01:50.12] Nasty Nas has to rise 'cause I'm wise
[01:52.39] This is exercise 'til the microphone dies
[01:55.13] Back in '83, I was an MC sparkin'
[01:57.65] But I was too scared to grab the mics in the parks and
[02:00.34] Kick my little raps 'cause I thought niggas wouldn't understand
[02:03.58] And now in every jam, I'm the fuckin' man
[02:05.73] I rap in front of more niggas than in the slave ships
[02:08.42] I used to watch "CHiPs", now I load Glock clips
[02:10.94] I got to have it, I miss Mr. Magic
[02:13.20] Versatile, my style switches like a faggot
[02:15.88] But not bisexual, I'm an intellectual of rap
[02:18.88] I'm a professional, and that's no question, yo
[02:21.43] These are the lyrics of the man, you can't near it, understand?
[02:24.03] 'Cause in the streets, I'm well-known like the number man
[02:26.63] Am I in place with the bass and format?
[02:28.91] Explore rap, and tell me Nas ain't all that
[02:31.59] And next time I rhyme, I be foul
[02:33.41] Whenever I freestyle, I see trial niggas say I'm wild
[02:37.44] I hate a rhyme-biter's rhyme
[02:39.17] Stay tuned, Nas soon, the real rap comes at halftime
[02:41.95] (Right, right, right, right...) It's halftime
[02:47.12] (Right, right, right, right...) Exhale, check it, it's halftime
[02:52.12] (Right, right, right, right...) It's halftime
[02:57.18] (Right, right, right, right...) It's real in the field
[03:02.19] Word life, check it
[03:03.10] I got it goin' on, even flip a morning song
[03:05.83] Every afternoon, I kick half the tune
[03:08.46] And in the darkness, I'm heartless like when the NARC's hit
[03:11.06] Word to Marcus Garvey, I hardly sparked it
[03:13.59] 'Cause when I blast the herb, that's my word
[03:15.72] I be slayin' 'em fast, doin' this, that and the third
[03:18.48] But chill, pass to Andre, and let's slay
[03:20.98] I bag bitches up at John Jay and hit a matinée
[03:24.06] Puttin' hits on five-O
[03:25.63] 'Cause when it's my time to go, I wait for God with the .44
[03:29.23] And biters can't come near
[03:30.94] And yo, go to Hell to the foul cop who shot Garcia
[03:34.17] I won't plant seeds, don't need an extra mouth I can't feed
[03:37.15] That's extra Phillie change, more cash for damp weed
[03:39.79] This goes out to Manhattan, the Island of Staten
[03:42.88] Brooklyn and Queens is livin' fat and
[03:44.63] The Boogie Down, enough props, enough clout
[03:47.76] Ill Will, rest in peace, yo, I'm out
[03:49.60] (Right, right, right, right...) It's still halftime
[03:55.17] (Right, right, right, right...) To the Queensbridge crew
[03:58.18] To the Queensbridge crew, you know it's halftime
[04:01.01] (Right, right, right, right...) '92, it's halftime
[04:05.47] (Right, right, right, right...) Yo, police, police man, yo, let's get ghost
[04:10.80] Halftime
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