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Listen to Life Is Good by Nas
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Listen to Hip-Hop/R&B Hits: 2012 featuring Nas
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Listen to Nas Essentials featuring Nas
PLAYLISTNas EssentialsApple Music Hip-Hop
Listen to Verzuz Cheat Sheet: Rick Ross x 2 Chainz featuring Nas
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Listen to Nas: Deep Cuts featuring Nas
PLAYLISTNas: Deep CutsApple Music Hip-Hop
Listen to Naomi Osaka’s Beach Vibes featuring Nas
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Listen to No ID: The Producers featuring Nas
PLAYLISTNo ID: The ProducersApple Music Hip-Hop
Listen to Salaam Remi: The Producers featuring Nas
PLAYLISTSalaam Remi: The ProducersApple Music Hip-Hop
Listen to Behind the Boards: Da Internz featuring Nas
PLAYLISTBehind the Boards: Da InternzApple Music Hip-Hop
Listen to Victoria Monét: The Songwriters featuring Nas
PLAYLISTVictoria Monét: The SongwritersApple Music R&B
Listen to Nas: Concept Songs featuring Nas
PLAYLISTNas: Concept SongsApple Music Hip-Hop

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Performer
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Bass
DJ Red Alert
DJ Red Alert
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nas
Nas
Composer
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Lyrics
William Maragh
William Maragh
Composer
Dwight Myers
Dwight Myers
Composer
Marcos Palacios
Marcos Palacios
Composer
Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark
Composer
Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas
Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas
Composer
Heavy D
Heavy D
Arranger
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Arranger
Da Internz
Da Internz
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Heavy D
Heavy D
Producer
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Producer
Da Internz
Da Internz
Producer
Gleyder Disla
Gleyder Disla
Recording Engineer
Brian Sumner
Brian Sumner
Recording Engineer
Jaycen Joshua
Jaycen Joshua
Mixing Engineer
Trehy Harris
Trehy Harris
Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

He's the heartbeat of the people The ghetto people, and when I say ghetto people The people who cannot afford to go to big concert Some of these people do not even have TV, so they can't afford cable Some of them can afford a radio So the only thing they can listen to is the music People the ghetto, people from the projects, street people Hortical ghetto youth who know what it is to sing about suffering and reality New York girl, dem a mad over we New York girl, dem a mad over we New York girl, dem a mad over we New York girl, dem a mad over we Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Inna New York City, inna New York City Inna New York City, inna New York City Smoking a escubano, guzzle my second bottle Hope I don't catch a homo, grossing our net Simultaneously making me climb higher Heinous crimes behind me, search but can't find me Fuck sadness, had this been you having this lavish Habitual happiness at me you wouldn't look backwards You would have sex on condominium roof decks So anyone move next, I'll hit you with two Tecs Rocking Roberto Cavalli no shirt on convertible Mazy My Colombiana mommy riding beside me Every tat mean something, that's my word on my body I'll have to lean something wit that Mossberg shotty My niggas is ignant, put lead in yo pigment Just cuz y'all was mad at all the years I was getting it In 97 the six, 98 the Bentley Now it's the Ghost Phantom and y'all can't stand 'em but Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Inna New York City, inna New York City Inna New York City, inna New York City Army jacket swag, Army jacket green and black With the square top pocket that snaps, where the gas at? Pass that, not you, you hold cracks in your asscrack I never did that, my sock's where my stash was at Yo, I used to listen to that Red Alert and Rap Attack I fell in love with all that poetry I mastered that Cutting school with Preme team, the Fat Cat was at Future not crystal clear yet Baccarat Now I'm the one who repping Queens, way beyond your wildest dreams Bottles on bottles with sparklers surround my team That long cash get the baddest bitches out they jeans 20 years in this game, looking 17 I don't lean: no codeine, promethazine I just blow green, pick which bitch to bless the king Although he's on to another chapter Heavy D gave this beat to Salaam for me to rap to, braah Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Inna New York City, inna New York City Inna New York City, inna New York City New York is like an Island, a big Rikers Island The cops be out wilding, all I hear is sirens It's all about surviving, same old two step Try to stay alive when they be out robbing I been out rhyming since born knowledge Like prophet Muhammad said the ink from a scholar Worth more than the blood of a martyr So I'mma, keep it on 'til I see a billion dollars Keep your friends close and your enemies closer Love model chocha mommy pop it like she 'pose ta Eyes red shot like I'm never sober Big time smoker, Indonesian doja Mini me's you can hold up before you end up wet up from my soldiers Don shit, under fire I remain on some calm shit This for every ghetto in the hood Nas the Don, Super Cat the Don Dada, understood? Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don Inna New York City, inna New York City Inna New York City, inna New York City
Writer(s): William Maragh, Nasir Jones, Salaam Remi Gibbs, Dwight Myers, Ernest Clark, Marcos Enrique Palacios, Nkrumah Manley Thomas Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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