Nas Is Like

Grew up around those same gangstas packing these nines,

inner city thugs you say are trapped in these lines,

I'm reminiscent of Kool G Rap in his prime,

I add and combine niggas on my hitlist, I'm asinine,

you witness, the lines are so strong, pure fitness,

my business run by a business man, none of your business,

it's Christmas, I'm gifted, I rap so tight,

I rap circles 'round your square niggas, get you actin' alright,

my ass is like a criminal servin' a penalty,

up in jail trapped in a cell with no bail, hell for felonies,

others got crimes from A to Z like a spelling be,

catch me up in Dixie crossings, whistlin' the melody,

you better be glad,

I bring the skill 'cause I'm iller than a Confederate flag,

up in the 'hood in Compton stained with the blood of many devils,

black diamonds shinin', sippin' finer wines in the ghetto,

y'all can't get on my level, y'all acting like caveman,

unpure roots, strange fruit from the pavement,

nah, y'all just put us there, we've just grown for roses,

I hit trees and split seas for mothefuckin' Moses,

we get the party crackin' on, speeches at the Autobahn,

place is where I'm gonna live, a Louis Vuitton Don,

rockin' True Religion when I'm ballin',

like a Lambo convertible carwhen the roof is missin',

niggas wanna witness fashion, is it truth or fiction?

Lucifer's in the music business, current hung on crucifixes,

you stupid bitches, rock it better than Gucci,

poppin' Cristal like pistols, all my sweaters are Coogi,

throwin' fat stacks of cash in the air, and the breeze,

rushes through the leaves of money trees like the bees,

that brought me to my knees like green to the fiends,

nah, both ways, different lives, switching sides mean,

(what you mean)? All I'm saying are the dreams of the projects,

industrial is how we're brought up, it ain't that complex,

so we're all about the Pele Jackets and Rolex niggas,

million dollars brackets, flex like Malcolm X niggas