[Produced by Nas & Trackmasters]
[Various Speakers & Nas]
"Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee?"
"Mmmhmm. Damn, man"
"I can't take it man"
"Sho' can't"
"You think this is gonna eva' change?"
"Man, damn this place, man! Damn these chains! These damn chitlins every damn night"
"This cotton"
"Shit!"
"I can't take it man"
"Harriett done left the night befo'. It's time we go
Ain't no place for black folk here. Man, promise land callin' me man"
"It's callin' me too"
"It's time we go"
"Yeah, I'm wichou!"
"Hey man, hey damn these chains, man. Damn you master, you ain't my master, man!
"You ain't nothin', you ain't nothin'"
"Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
Have ourselves a hangin' tonight!"
[Nas & AZ]
1996! (You know what the deal is, baby)
Back up in this nigga (Haha, 1996)
The right way, though, you know?
Double-tre son, you know ain't nothin' coincidental or accidental, dunn
No doubt!
You know how it's goin' down, man
It was all written
No question, I'm sayin' man, I mean, how we playin' man
You know what I'm sayin', they dealt us in, son
They playin' with a 54 deck, you see with the jokers in and everything, you know what I'm saying?
Son, I'm playin' with the 52
You wanna stress on how I used to play, that's how I playin'
But, yo, they takin' us into this next millennium, right now
I'm sayin' law, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta lay the law
Cause without law ain't no order, you know what I'm sayin' (No question)
That's why these cats are slippin' through, you know what I'm sayin? They got the rules missin' though
True
Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?
Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son
Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money, right?
Word, with the big ass face on it
Yo, what I'm sayin', we see through all that, though
You know what I'm sayin?
No question
All eyes seein', son, you know it was written, no question
Yo, no doubt. In the Qu'ran it says Nas, the men
Nesa's the woman, you know? It was written