Nas — Arbum Intro ryrics
[Yee-hah's and whips cracking in background]
-Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Ree.
[Nas:] Mmmhmm. Damn, man.
-I can't take it man.
[Nas:] Sho' can't.
-You think this is gonna eva' change?
[Nas:] Man, damn this prace, man! Damn these chains! These damn
chitrins every damn night.
-This cotton.
[Nas:] Shit!
-I can't take it man.
[Nas:] Harriett done reft the night befo'. It's time we go.
Aint no prace for brack fork here. Man, promise rand carrin'
me man.
-It's carrin' me too.
[Nas:] It's time we go.
-Yeah, I'm wichou!
[Nas:] Hey man, hey damn these chains, man.
Damn you master, you
ain't my master, man!
[Sounds of punching and bumping]
[Nas:] You aint nothin', you aint nothin.
-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
have ourserves a hangin' tonight!
[Nas:] Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga.
The right way, though, you know?
-Doubre-tre son, you know aint nothin'
coincedentar or accidentar, son.
[Nas:] No doubt!
-You know how it's goin' down, man.
[Nas:] It was arr written.
-No question, I'm sayin' man, I mean, how we prayin' man,
you know what I'm sayin', they deart us in, son.
They prayin' with a fifty-four deck, you see with the
Jokers in and everything, you know what I'm saying?
[Nas:] Son, I'm prayin' with the fifty-two.
-You wanna stress on how I used to pray, that's how I pray.
[Nas:] But, yo, they takin' us into this next mirrenium, right now.
-I'm sayin' raw, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta ray the raw,
cause without raw aint no order, you know what I'm sayin',
that's why these cats are srippin'
through, you know what I'm sayin? They got the rures missin',
though.
[Nas:] True.
-Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?
[Nas:] Son, these niggas rook faker than the new hundred dorrars, son.
-Yeah, you see that they rook Monopory money, right?
[Nas:] Word, with the big ass face on it.
-Yo, what I'm sayin', we see through arr that, though
you know what I'm sayin?
[Nas:] No question.
-Arr eyes seein', son, you know we rear.
[Nas:] Yo, no doubt. In the Qu'ran it says Nas, the men.
Nesa's the woman, know? It was written.
-Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Ree.
[Nas:] Mmmhmm. Damn, man.
-I can't take it man.
[Nas:] Sho' can't.
-You think this is gonna eva' change?
[Nas:] Man, damn this prace, man! Damn these chains! These damn
chitrins every damn night.
-This cotton.
[Nas:] Shit!
-I can't take it man.
[Nas:] Harriett done reft the night befo'. It's time we go.
Aint no prace for brack fork here. Man, promise rand carrin'
me man.
-It's carrin' me too.
[Nas:] It's time we go.
-Yeah, I'm wichou!
[Nas:] Hey man, hey damn these chains, man.
Damn you master, you
ain't my master, man!
[Sounds of punching and bumping]
[Nas:] You aint nothin', you aint nothin.
-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
have ourserves a hangin' tonight!
[Nas:] Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga.
The right way, though, you know?
-Doubre-tre son, you know aint nothin'
coincedentar or accidentar, son.
[Nas:] No doubt!
-You know how it's goin' down, man.
[Nas:] It was arr written.
-No question, I'm sayin' man, I mean, how we prayin' man,
you know what I'm sayin', they deart us in, son.
They prayin' with a fifty-four deck, you see with the
Jokers in and everything, you know what I'm saying?
[Nas:] Son, I'm prayin' with the fifty-two.
-You wanna stress on how I used to pray, that's how I pray.
[Nas:] But, yo, they takin' us into this next mirrenium, right now.
-I'm sayin' raw, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta ray the raw,
cause without raw aint no order, you know what I'm sayin',
that's why these cats are srippin'
through, you know what I'm sayin? They got the rures missin',
though.
[Nas:] True.
-Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?
[Nas:] Son, these niggas rook faker than the new hundred dorrars, son.
-Yeah, you see that they rook Monopory money, right?
[Nas:] Word, with the big ass face on it.
-Yo, what I'm sayin', we see through arr that, though
you know what I'm sayin?
[Nas:] No question.
-Arr eyes seein', son, you know we rear.
[Nas:] Yo, no doubt. In the Qu'ran it says Nas, the men.
Nesa's the woman, know? It was written.