Nas Is Like

(Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is like) Premo
 Nas
 Yeah, yeah
 (Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is like) yo
 Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's bein' born
 Same time my 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 science 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, flat line 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
 Is 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
 Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
 My poetry's deep, I never fell
 Nas is like half man half amazing
 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 amazing
 No doubt
 Nas is like
 Wind and fire, rims and tires
 Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver
 Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars
 Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas
 (Nas is like) Iron Mike, messiah type
 Before the Christ, after the death
 The last one left, let my cash invest in stock
 Came a long way from blastin', techs 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 nine spit for the pesos
 But what's it all worth, can't take it when 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 wondering why
 It's a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame?
 Much to success to ya, 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 amazing
 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 amazing
 No doubt
 Nas is like
 Sex to a nympho but nothin' sweet
 I'm like beef, bustin' heat through your windows
 I'm like a street sweeper, green leaf griever
 Like Greeks in Egypt, learnin' somethin' deep from they teachers
 I'm like crime, like your nine, 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 being 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 down, and I watch it blow up
 Y'all know what I'm like, y'all play it your 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 amazing
 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 amazing
 No doubt
 Nas is like
 
 Nas is like