Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Performer
Poke & Tone for Track Masters Entertainment
Drum Programming
Poke & Tone
Drum Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nasir Jones
Composer
Samuel J. Barnes
Composer
J.C. Olivier
Composer
Jerry Ragovoy
Composer
Aaron Schroeder
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Poke & Tone for Track Masters Entertainment
Producer
James Lassiter
Executive Producer
Benny Medina
Executive Producer
Ann Carli
Executive Producer
Toby Rodriguez
Assistant Engineer
Rich Travali
Mixing Engineer
Herb Powers, Jr.
Mastering Engineer
Herb Powers
Mastering Engineer
Poke & Tone
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Honies, cash, w***, cars
Ghetto celebrities and hood movie stars
Gat slingers, now rap singers are who we are
Went from Nasty to Nas to Nas to Escobar
[Verse 2]
The path we all walk starts out long, it's like a boardwalk
Monopoly, some make it around, some go down, it's prophecy
Happy days balancin' with life's atrocities
Hoppin' in V's, knowin' some day I got to lead properly
High up in a five, realizin' the price paid
For this life laid in the light shade
One might say, top of the world's two whips, a crib and a girl
Quick to celebrate it, poppin' corks like they made it
Pretentious, arrogant n***** is senseless
Pro ball players with white wives, peep they night lives
While you could catch me in a crisp white five
Dark tinted, Dijon-scented with Al Green on
My theme song, Love and Happiness, how can it seem wrong?
I mean, before this, I used to rock a Taurus with the donuts
Now, I grown up, I got it chromed up
Got the rap game sewn up, sho 'nuff
N***** actin' cool but it's really no love
I feel a slow buzz off the Dutch
This is everyday, every second gotta make it pay
Every lesson I learnt got me open
While most of these rappers'll stay burnt
[Verse 3]
Honies, cash, w***, cars
Ghetto celebrities and hood movie stars
Gat slingers, now rap singers are who we are
Went from Nasty to Nas, to Nas to Escobar
Money, cash, w***, cars
Ghetto celebrities and hood movie stars
Gat slingers, now rap singers are who we are
Went from Nasty to Nas, to Nas to Escobar
[Verse 4]
With so much drama in QBC, it's kinda hard bein' Escobarro
El Derado Red, sippin' Dom out the bottle
My life is like a Donald Goines novel, we wave glasses like bravo
Drunk n***** with mad problems and shot pockets
My n***** on the block rock this, box c******, cook it and chop it
Lookin' to profit in different ways
Goin' through this difficult stage called life
But each year, my physical's praised
Some fell beyond the reach of help
Cut in the street, thinkin' they could teach theyself
When all we wanted was a piece of wealth
And randomly, feed our family, the streets are insanity
Amply, livin' in this thug's fantasy
Richest n**** in showbiz is what I plan to be
Heavy chain and my QB sway, livin' this king's life
Magazines write about me in this dream, it's all tight
[Verse 5]
Honies, cash, w***, cars
Ghetto celebrities and hood movie stars
Gat slingers, now rap singers are who we are
Went from Nasty to Nas to Nas to Escobar
Money, cash, w***, cars
Ghetto celebrities and hood movie stars
Gat slingers, now rap singers are who we are
Went from Nasty to Nas to Nas to Escobar
[Verse 6]
Now, the main thing that boggle my brain be all the bottles of pain
Ice, the chain and all the followers came
They tried to throw me off track but I caught that
They thought I lost that, but I'm continuin' to make more stacks
Halftime, New York State of Mind, It Was Written was hittin'
Trips overseas, southeast, diamond and riches
Sleepin' on the plane, wake up when we land, feelin' real scared
On the ground, Rollie flush, princess cuts and large rounds
The crews up, findin' time to shine rocks
It's real, you violate, be in a pine box
If it go there, I lay you before you lay me, it's crazy
I didn't make the game, the game made me
Records for the babies so they raised up in mansions
Haters keep hatin' and ladies'll keep glancin'
[Verse 7]
Ya'll know the routine out this m*********, word up
Written by: Aaron Schroeder, J.C. Olivier, Jerry Ragovoy, Nasir Jones, Samuel J. Barnes


