Nas

come out; come out into view, as from concealment

Mi nuh watch it mek I clear out my voice now, Figaro

Emerge from the darkness with mi big blunt a glow

Di hammer dem a slam and spectator getta low

profound thought; continuous and profound contemplation on a deep subject

Hey we got to keep it burni' on the road to Zion land

Clean and pure meditation without a doubt

Don't mek dem take you like who dem took out

wealth; an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

Single parents weh need some charity

Yutes weh need some love and prosperity

Instead of broken dreams and tragedy

conceited; characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance

They don't understand

Don't wanna see me on top, too egotistical

Talking all that slick shit

government; the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

Nah Mean

We nuh like dem colonial regime

Nah Mean

related to foreign settlements; of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

Nah Mean

We nuh like dem colonial regime

Nah Mean

clean; completely free from dirt or contamination

Since the Tunnel and Skate Key, my jewelry in HD

Silent rage, pristine in my vintage shades

I'm not in the winters of my life or the beginning stage

believable; capable of being believed

Back to life, back to life

It's the credible, original, strong individual

Send a million decibels of sound through your physical

strengthen; make stronger

My intellect prevails from a hangin' cross with nails

I reinforce the frail, with lyrics that's real

Word to Christ, a disciple of streets, trifle on beats

fleeing; someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

He don't floss, but he got dough

Thug faces, fugitives running from court cases

Slugs shooting past for the love of drug paper

ill famed; known widely and usually unfavorably

Damn, I even saw their tees on some of my Gs

Notorious label, the story was made in the streets

Now it's real life movies

status; high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement

All in my swagger that's the reason why I got my hustle

I got the highest stature (ah), Miami diamond flasher (mmh)

I got you caught in the most flyest and stylish rapture

doubtful; subject to question

Helps me navigate as they validate they treachery

Felt established, fake as he smile, handshake questionable

"Am I good?" he ask, thinkin', "But is he testin' you?"

unimportant; (informal) small and of little importance

In my peripheral view

Nothin' trivial 'bout me, just witness the truth, I'm certified

That's been verified

complete honesty; an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

I can send niggas a slide, I'd rather show them the ropes

Integrity matters the most, I gave the hood hope

Damn, I gave the hood classics

possible; capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Fuck the misery, you livin' po, we gettin' doe

Except the dollars other reasons why I'm living yo', time is viable

Low and behold, the young, black, and powerful

skill; subtly skillful handling of a situation

In this, business of trifeness

I finesse this, Boyardee, we chef shit

Perfect shit, Albert Einstein minds connect wit'

drawn from many different sources; selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

Clear liquors, y'all ni- are s-e-x

Yes, we get respected, eclectic messages

Left our brains, get into a female's estrogen

fake; intended to deceive

Bond is my life, so I live by my word

Never fraudulent, Queensbridge don't make no herbs

Spread my name to deacons, politicians while they speakin'

formal accusation; a formal written document charging a person with some offense

My man caught a bad one, son, niggas is frightened

Secret indictments, adds on the one seeking enlightenment

My Movado says seven, the God hour, that's if you follow

essential; having superior power and influence

They appeal to the conscious

The Paramount

The Cesar, the monsters

doubt; imagine to be the case or true or probable

That the street's designed to stop ya life clock, the beast'll time ya

Cell to cell, suspect-ass nigga, you fail

First time locked in Comstock, my mind blocks the frail

decline; the state of the economy declines

Cold-hearted monsters, whole city going bonkers

Ain't nobody recession proof (recession proof)

Invest in you, that's what it's best to do (best to do)

purposeless; producing no result or effect

I ducked police I had to run

Meanwhile, when you get old you might become futile

My old style is a rough of my new style

snobbish; someone who believes in rule by an elite group

The Masters, The Wall Street War Chiefs

The Elitists Groups

The Masses

orderly; characterized by order and planning

To make you feel is my new expression

Systematic

Systematic

pioneering; markedly new or introducing radical change

How to become the next world leaders 'Bravehearts'

Revolutionary warfare is all fair, loving war for the cause

I gotta take you off here

story; a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events

But I pick bad freaks

Narratives they're runnin' with the classics they're comin' with

Ain't fuckin' with what I recorded last week

immediate; occurring with no delay

Or they become to be your favorite artist after like a long time, or

Or is it instantaneous, like

I know when the first time I heard Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye

enough; of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant

Honor thou mother, go to war for my brother

Giving sufficient funds to significant others

Went from poor now women screamin' for my signature

amusing; humorously sarcastic or mocking

Made U Look, another legendary crew

How ironic I made a song with that name in '02

Sane, Smith, two brothers, one passed

build; make by combining materials and parts

Probably grab another hun' though

Industry cutthroat, watch how I construct though, uh

Concrete jungle

kill; kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

You know, yeah, yeah

Don't be scared to execute the vision, lock in

Get back to the art, not the trends, tsk

award; a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Not from Philly but a nigga done hustled them hilltops

Commercial pop artists get all the accolades

I give a million cash away to be revered like Donny Hathaway

range; an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

Let them think of all the places I led them

Go look at it through an all-age spectrum

Still winnin', never a better move

popular leader, troublemaker; a political leader who appeals to passions and prejudices

The project politics obviously

Demagogue democracy

In the fog I see the mob represented into the light

constant; repetitive and persistent

Man, catch me, don't let me slip in no demented stage

Repetitive Beat Street watcher, a gatekeeper, conqueror

Late night creep sponsor, need a frequent flyer, beyond

recognize; declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

Much more, still we choose to ignore

The obvious, man this history don't acknowledge us

We were scholars long before colleges

ancestor; one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

Nas the Viking, fresh to my ankles, thankful

Gangster see gangster do, I'm Langston Hughes predecessor

Gun in my dresser, slang I use upset college professors

reach; to gain with effort

No man killed for the next thirty years

Think about how much we will attain

And no I do not really know the police commissioner

complicated; curl, wind, or twist together

My solution's fuck ton of positive is what I'm producin'

Thought patterns convoluted

Your witchcraft won't do nothin', my Jesus piece is too flooded

expect; make a prediction about; tell in advance

Spiritually crafted blackness and hair-twisted ghetto embargo lifted

Power shifting comb fisting, I predict Goddesses you're running after witches

I kiss my fourteen stitches

instinctive; spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency

I know a girl, her boyfriend was a fugitive

She's intuitive, be on some stupid shit

She called the cops 'cause she hated his mother

kind; intending or showing kindness

I walk the blocks like whatever god, my message to y'all feds

Who desperate to arrest us young, benevolent hard heads

Abrochrombie and Finch rockin', wrist glistenin' marksman

false name; a name that has been assumed temporarily

Laughin' sayin' Nas thinks he's Farrakhan preachin' blackness

Hell yeah, awareness is my alias

Word to the "Braveheart" written on my bare chest

carelessness; failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise

Life, dead presidents, devilish men

Overthrow kings from they thrones 'cause of their negligence

Death, real shit'll start comin' to light

atypical, independent; independent in behavior or thought

To ten LPs, what can him tell me? Or them? Or y'all?

I'm Nas, on a track that's unorthodox

Like my life coulda been offed by the cops

voting; an authorization to sell a company’s goods or services in a particular place

Yo, it's like the box sets

Star Wars, Fast & Furious franchises

Six projects, six sagas, it's hood science

withdrawn; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

Why was he standin' next to the enemy that specific day?

His style never hollas loud, stays reclusive

Good dude, got that look like he always about to do shit

ban; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

What's a fox characteristic?

Slick shit, censored misinformation

Pimp the station, over stimulation

belief; a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Stop sleeping, start thinking outside of the box

And unplug from the Matrix doctrine

But watch what you say, Big Brother is watching

difference; a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Your moist lips negates the ecstasy

Number one in my book, no discrepancy

When you walk on the earth, you be reppin' me

validate; establish the authenticity of something

Yo, I was thinking a little bit

What would it take to authenticate my nigganess?

Ball ridiculous? 26 inches when I call up the dealership?

odd item; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

And then a we a star the show, like the astronomy

And how we keep on breaking through, is an anomaly

Because we keep remaining true, without apology