Nas Is Like

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Nas is like

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Nas is like

Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's bein' born

Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end

As far as rap go, it's only natural I explain

My plateau and also, what defines my name

First it was Nasty, but times have changed

Ask me now, I'm the artist, but hardcore, my sign's for pain

I spent time in the game, kept my mind on fame

Saw fiends shoot up and do lines of cocaine

Saw my close friends shot, flatline, am I sane?

That depends, carry MAC-10's to practice my aim

On rooftops, tape CD covers to trees

Line the barrel up with your weak picture then squeeze

Street scriptures for lost souls in the crossroads

To the corner thugs hustlin' for cars that cost dough

To the big dogs livin' large, takin' it light

Pushin' big toys, gettin' nice, enjoyin' your life

It's what you make it, suicide, few try to take it

Belt tied around they neck in jail cells naked

Heaven and Hell, rap legend, presence is felt

And of course, N-A-S are the letters that spell (Nas)

Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas is like half-man, half-amazin'

No doubt!

Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel (Uh, uh)

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas is like half-man, half-amazin'

No doubt!

Earth, Wind & Fire, rims and tires (Nas is like)

Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver

Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars

Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas

Iron Mike, messiah type (Nas is like)

Before the Christ, After the Death, the last one left

Let my cash invest in stock

Came a long way from blastin' TEC's on blocks

Went from Seiko to Rolex, ownin' acres

From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough

Dimes givin' fellatio, siete zeros

Bet my 9 spit for the pesos

But what's it all worth? Can't take it with you under this earth

Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked

They just rob your grave, I'd rather be alive and paid

Before my number's called, history's made

Some'll fall, but I rise, thug or die

Makin' choices that determine my future under the sky

To rob, steal or kill, I'm wonderin' why

It's a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame?

Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite

Sooner or later, we'll all see who the prophet is

Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas is like half-man, half-amazin' (C'mon)

No doubt!

Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas is like half-man, half-amazin'

No doubt!

Sex to a nympho, but nothin' sweet (Nas is like)

I'm like beef, bustin' heat through your windows

I'm like a street sweeper, green leaf breather

Like Greeks in Egypt, learnin' somethin' deep from they teachers

I'm like crime, like your 9, your man you would die for

Always got you, I'm like Pac, dude you would cry for

I'm like a whole lot of loot, I'm like crisp money

Corporate accounts from a rich company

I'm like ecstasy for ladies

I'm like all races combined in one man, like the '99 Summer Jam

Bulletproof Hummer, man

I'm like bein' locked down around new faces, and none of 'em fam

I'm the feelin' of a millionaire spendin' a hundred grand

I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet

Live it and I write it down, and I watch it blow up

Y'all know what I'm like, y'all play it in ya system every night, now

Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas is like half-man, half-amazin'

No doubt!

Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas is like half-man, half-amazin'

No doubt! Nas is like