[Intro: Nas]

Uh-huh, yeah

Uh-huh, yeah

Talk to me

Talk to me, yeah

[Verse 1: Nas]

Ladies love cool Nas with a tight fade

And I ain't make it past the ninth grade

And I ain't need to have one diamond to bag a dime (Yeah)

And I ain't need a dollar to holler, I made her mine (Yeah)

A rich dude' wife stayed on my block talking to me

Like she ain't scared to get knocked, and she wore all this jewelry

What she see in me? She look like Sheila E

She looked like she could be ten years older easily

Her name was - oh well, I don't kiss and tell

But she must've ran her mouth

'Cause every time me and her man cross paths (What's that?)

It's tension in the air, he probably doin' the math

Late night, she ventin' to me, say he doin' her bad

And I ain't feel a way about it (Yeah), told her pray about it

When I crush and she go back home, I hate the silence

Writin' in my notepad, flippin' through soul samples (Uh)

Not knowin' I could get caught in a whole scandal

[Chorus: Nas & Mario, Mario & Nas]

A serious situation we all go through

Yeah, we all go through (We all go through, we all go through)

A serious situation we all go through

We all, we all (Uh, it's too serious)

[Verse 2: Nas]

I ain't have to drive a Rolls and I took off her clothes

I ain't have to have a house and I was strippin' her down (Yeah)

I was switchin' 'em out, (Yeah) ig'nant amounts (Yeah)

I guess that's how I was movin', can't say I was proud

Since the days of public school when I was a scruffy dude

I ran with the troubled youth (Yeah) had shorties and lovers, true

Many had got jealous before I was top sellin'

Before I had touched a million (Okay), few niggas caught feelings

Few niggas bought pussy, few of 'em bought gifts

And I ain't do none of that, she blew me a soft kiss (Mwah)

But now she want something more, I'm ready to call it quits

The one I'm with right now, who I'm gettin' lost in

[Chorus: Nas & Mario]

A serious situation we all go through (A serious, yeah)

(Yeah, we all go through) We all go through (Said we all go through)

A serious situation we all go through

(When I risk it all for you)

I said, a serious situation we all go through

(Yeah, we all go through) We all go through (We go through)

A serious situation we all go through

[Outro: Mario & Nas]

Anything can happen now that you're my baby

Yeah, I be gripping on you crazy

Haven't we all, I was havin' a ball

Oh yeah, a serious situation, we all go through, yeah

Damn, mami, you sexy

I love the thickness, I'd bite you too

Don't act like that with a back like that, uh