[Intro]

Turn my headphones up, it's pure

Nuttin' gonna stop me now, Stillmatic

Tye Fyfe remix, you know?

(I'm here now, we here, it's your world)

Ill Will y'all

[Verse 1:]

Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage

One person front, my face on the front page

Only if I had one love, one girl and one crib

One God to show me how to do things his son did

Pure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed with

151, one sip'll probably make me flip

See my name in the hieroglyphs, like Osiris and Isis

Parables written inside papyruses

Ackowledge it, we been all tricked time to come out of it

Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us

Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin' us

One knee I ducked, could it be my time is up

But my luck, I got up, the cop (shot) again

Bus stop, glass bursts, a fiend drops his Heineken

Richochetin' between the spots that I'm hidin' in

Blackin' out as I duck back, forget gettin' hit! {*more sirens*}

This is my hood I'mma rep, to the death of it

'til everybody come home, little brothers is grown

Hoodrats, don't abortion your womb, we need more warriors soon

Sent from the star sun and the moon

In this life of police chases street sweepers and coppers

Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin' victims with doctors

IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU READY TO FLY, WITH MIND POWER

THIS IS WHAT NAS IS 'BOUT, BROTHERS THE TIME IS NOW!

[Chorus]

Yo, all I need is one mic..

All I need is one mic.. that's all I need

All I need is one mic.. all I need

All I need is one mic.. yeah

[Verse 2]

All I need is one cup, one page, and one pen

One prayer - tell God forgive me for one sin

Matter fact maybe more than one

Look back at all the hatred against me, touch alla them

Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three (shots)

From twin (Glocks) there's sixteen a piece, that's thirty-two

Which means, one of my dunns was holdin 17

Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you

Everybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeral

Never get caught up, pain'll go through the innocent

Nothin' is fair, brothers roll up, (shootin') from wheelchairs

My heart is racin', tastin' revenge in the air

I let this all slide for too many years, too many times

Now I'm strapped with a couple of (macs), too many (nines)

If y'all people really wit me get busy load up the (semis)

Do more than just hold it explode the (clip) until you empty

There's nothin' in our way - they bust, we bust, they rush, we rush

(Lead) flyin', feel it? I feel it in my gut

THAT WE TAKE THESE DUDES TO WAR, LIE 'EM DOWN

CAUSE WE STRONGER NOW MY PEOPLES THE TIME IS NOW!!

[Chorus]

All I need is one mic.. that's all I need, that's all I need

All I need is one mic.. there's nuttin' else in the world

All I need is one mic.. that's all a (nigga) need to do his thing y'know

All I need is one mic..

[Verse 3]

ALL I NEED IS ONE LIFE, ONE TRY, ONE BREATH I'm ONE MAN

WHAT I STAND FOR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND

Or wanna see me on top, too egotistical

Talkin all that slick stuff, while my name is biblical

Wonder what my secrets is, enemies'll move on you

Only if they know, what your weakness is I have none

Too late I'm mad young I'm laughin' cause I'm a cool brother

Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? Fooled you brothers

What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin'

War gets deep, some beef is everlastin'

Complete with thick scars, brothers knifin' each other

Up in prison yards, drama, where does it start?

You know the block was ill as a youngster

Every night it was like a, (cop) would get killed body found in the dumpster

For real a hustler, purchased my Range, people throwin dirt on my name

Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain

Women left me cause they thought I was finished

Shoulda knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentence

Diamonds are blindin', I never make the same mistakes

Movin' with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight

Swellin' my melon cause none of these brothers real

Heard they were, tellin' police, how can a kingpin squeal?

This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found

You need some soul searchin', the time is now

[Chorus]

All I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeah

All I need is one mic.. that's all I ever needed in this world (fuck cash)

All I need is one mic.. (fuck the cars, the jewelry)

All I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world