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Nas & DJ Premier

It's Time

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It's Time was released on December 12, 2025 by Mass Appeal as a part of the album Light-Years

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Nas

Lead Vocals

DJ Premier

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

S. Miller

Songwriter

Adam Horovitz

Songwriter

J. Simmons

Songwriter

D. McDaniels

Songwriter

R. Rubin

Songwriter

Chris Martin

Songwriter

Nasir Jones

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

DJ Premier

Producer

Tony Dawsey

Mastering Engineer

Zeke Mishanec

Recording Engineer

Nef

Recording Engineer

Sam Lazarev

Assistant Engineer

Evan Dollar

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Ayo, Black, it's time

Ayo, Black, it's time

Yeah

Time traveling

Ayo, Black, it's time

Yeah

[Verse 1]

Ayo, time flows through me

How many rhyme flows and lines can I recite with my eyes closed?

Yo, let's shoot this movie, smoothly, listen to me

Let's take it to the past long before the new me

I seen it when it first got tricky

Dippin' through the city, whipping new cars to the herb spots for the sticky

I was the one by the tree in the GS3 with Biggie

Next thing you know, where the time go? it's gone quickly

Spint down the street back where I used to be

Stompin' grounds just touched down in QB

It's known for violence and money

Saw a brother fresh home, he just walked down 20

I stepped out, I stretched out

I took a breath in, let a breath out

I don't flex, don't want clout

But what I do want to see is my brothers are winning

And all my people out there cherish the time you given

[Chorus]

I think you know what time it is

The illest shit that ever happened

I think you know what time it is

You know what time it is

Time traveling

The illest shit that ever happened

[Verse 2]

I use every second as a weapon

Every minute keeps on slipping

Time is a construct of your limits

The big bang to now

Evolution to how little time mankind has really been around

A grown, grown over 50 perspective

Is there an age limit to diss records or may it just be a message?

Kids are doing drive-bys, I'm looking like time flies

Squeezin' hammers, even when there's cameras up in the sky

Spark the la with the double R I drive

Pretty thugs show no love, it's like when doves cry

Maybe I'm just too much of a smuggler minded, hustler timeless

Couple hundred cover the knuckles with diamonds

Smell it on us, from the blocks they was tellin' on us

Wore a vest in the summer sweatin' and they tried gettin' on us

Prayers 'cause gangsters go to heaven and life's weighin' on us

Premier, play the chorus, yeah

[Chorus]

I think you know what time it is

The illest shit that ever happened

I think you know what time it is

Time, man

Time traveling

Ayo, Black, it's time

Written by: Adam Horovitz, C. Martin, D. McDaniels, J. Simmons, Nasir Jones, R. Rubin, S. Miller

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