First Time

First time Yeah I think we gon' call this one "The First Time" Brucie B voice First time you heard Nas Was you earlin' on some gut rot liquor on two-five Or your big brother put you on like surprise? Hearing my hood described So vivid, you could see it by closing your eyes Maybe it was the age or the letters I wrote When jail letters were hope You read the credits and you saw Large Pro Or some decrepit club where DJ S&S had buzz As I stepped on the stage with imperfections I was messing up or her first time Inside a Subaru, she just had a feud with her boo They're drivin', he put on Barbeque and I got through to you A dude who, I saw rockin' FUBU outside Papaya's Told me, "Halftime was timeless" while Armor All'n his tires I was tryin' to juggle Columbia Records While dealin' with what the country Colombia jungles had left us First time you heard of Nas, I pro'ly was under some pressure Gun in the dresser while you was baggin' up in the kitchen playin' my records Your first time was you hittin' the gas In the whip with some ass, you never hit and she passed Your real music test to know if she into the ad-libs Real rap shit Yeah First time you heard Nas You probably heard somebody say that I pick bad beats But I pick bad freaks Narratives they're runnin' with the classics they're comin' with Ain't fuckin' with what I recorded last week For new guys, hope this the first time you heard Nas It's a special moment, a million reasons I wrote it My shit'll get you re-centered 'cause you can tell where my soul is The one I'm chosen, like Bryce and Bronny, their pop ball So they had to do it, my dad did music, I had to pursue it And spread my wings on the helipad like Troop did The truth is, a similar thing had happened to me I listen to Wayne, I listen to G, I listen to Dre, I listen to me (listen to me) Since when did rap leave me so suspended in air? Since Kendrick entered the atmosphere, '09, I was there On La Cienega My nigga from L.A. said, "There's a nigga from Black Hippy" I was happy to just witness history Like the first time I heard Slick Rick How did you feel? (First time you heard Nas) First time hearing Biggie I'm like, "Who's this kid? Wow" (first time you heard Nas) When I heard Pac That was on that song with, uh, Digital Underground like (first time you heard Nas) Yeah, that was crazy I really hope that this your first time It's somethin' 'bout First time hearing your favorite artist Or they become to be your favorite artist after like a long time, or Or is it instantaneous, like I know when the first time I heard Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder Like, N.W.A., what the fuck is this shit, kid? I was goin' crazy