[Verse 1: Nas] I walk the block like whatever god, my message to y'all feds Who desperate to arrest us young, benevolent hardheads Abrochrombie & Finch rockin',...

Intro: AZ This is what this what they want huh? This is what it's all about What? Time to take Affirmative Action son They just don't understand, youknowImean...

[Intro (Nas talking)] Yo, it's like waking up from a bad dream (Americaaa) Just to figure out you wasn't dreaming in the first place (Nooo) [Verse 1] If all ...

(feat Kelis) [Sample - Nas: "Political"] [Newscaster:] "Recently there has been an emergence of socially conscious and political rappers It seems to be a new...

the Jay-Z and Tariq verses are from Shaquille O'Neal's "No Love Lost" what the hellwhat the hell check check check check it out what the hellwhat the hell [Ch...

(Nas talking) I heard that nigga Capone's home yoword to Mothathat nigga Nore' doin' his mothafuckin' thingthugged out entertainmentknowwhatI'msayin'?, niggas ...

I have been in the range shooting niggaz for fame I havent come out for bitches to know my name now i got a deal its like I'm paid in shown I dont half to hit t...

[Chorus] (You're a big girl now) Fully grown with your hormones now Got your own home and you alone Wanna bone, wanna moan, get your back blown out (No more dad...

(Verse 1) Get yours nigga Cuz Imma get mine In due time Everybody gotta shine Get yours, I spray nines I say this one time The last time, I swear to ya'll I'm ...

*click* *dialtone* *numbers being dialed* *phone rings, is picked up right away* [G1] HELLO?! [G2] Whassup girl [G1] Ain't nothin - this nigga in here stre...

[Barack Obama - taken from victory speech in Iowa] They said this day would never come [crowd cheers loudly] They SAID, our sights were set too high [crowd sti...

I know you can feel the magic baby Turn the motherfuckin lights down Esco whuttup? (Whuttup homey) I mean it's what you expected ain't it? Let's go uh, uh, uh, ...

Blaze a 50, sit back in the drop top Bezour Bentley of course wit me, this chick who'd make Bobby divorce Whitney Brizilian candy, from Miami massouse, wedding ...

Yo, I want the Langston Hughes and Alex Haley Got blazed before they told stories I'ma get blazed before I tell y'all stories I saw on tv today, this man lost h...

Alchemist you know me man I'm the type of nigga that write rhymes right on the spot in the studio soon as I hear the track; you know what I'm sayin? Word but I ...

[Intro (Nas)] Yeah ay yo Jungle ay yo Wiz Come on man Let's do this It's a Braveheart party y'all C'mon [Chorus (Mary)] Throw your hands up cuz we wanna dance...

[Chorus] In America you'll never be free Middle fingers up, fuck the police Damn, can't a nigga just breathe? Braveheart, still QB's Finest Grinding, enough d...

(featuring Olu Dara) *Nas talking* "The light is there" See I come from Mississippi I was young and runnin' wild Ended up in New York City, where I had my firs...

Yea, hehe Don Quan A vision of God's Son Nas That nigga Cass rules Whattup baby [Chorus: Quan] Y'all niggaz is crazy *To think* Y'all niggaz can't fade me *Tr...

[Nas] There comes a day in your life when you wanna kick back Straw hat on the porch when you old perhaps Wanna gather your thoughts, have a cold one Brag, to ...

Yea, niggaz want to talk about this rap shit Niggaz want to talk about this money About these cars, these homes, these labels Clothes, sneakers, big money shit ...

And as a special treat this evening I have asked America's foremost young poet to read his latest poem for us {*scratching by DJ Premier: "ladies and gentlemen...

(Aiyyo calm down, fall back! Y'all Queensbridge always fightin up in here!) [Marley Marl] Ladies and gentlemen, we got Queensbridge Finest up in this mothafu...

To my niggas To my niggas What! What! [Nas sings] Looking back in time, when I had on my shines I saw you standing there I never tried to diss you, you didn't...

[Nas Escobar] You ever dance with the devil under the pale moonlight? Desperados, travellin What the fuck's up son? We could do this word up, we could do this ...

This is a journey into the worlds most largest And notorious projects, Queensbridge Listen while Nas saves his hood from the most Cowardest rappers [Nas] He h...

[Intro] Nas "Two-thousand-four, yeah L, whattup?" LES "Prophesy!" Nas "Yeah" LES "Prophesy baby!" [Chorus: Nas & LES] Disciple, Disciple (What?!) ...

Hope y'all make it through the storm You know what though, I love the rain man A lot you cats are runnin your mouths Your runnin your mouths crazy Think y'all g...

When it comes to sex advice I'm the one you call If you a virgin with blue balls or you tear down walls Not Dr Ruth call me Dr Knockboot Pimped out hats rock fa...

Uhh,Uhh, Where am I going? Where am I? Yo, it's ill (Verse 1) Yo my wife's tired of fucking me Life tries ducking me Luckily I find 'em just at the right time ...

Chorus: Honies, cash, weed, cars Ghetto celebrities, hood movie stars Gat slingers now rap singers are who we are Went from nasty to nas to nas to escobar The...

[gunshots] [Nas talking] ("Fuck Jay-Z") What's up niggas, ay yo, I know you ain't talkin 'bout me dog You, what? ("Fuck Jay-Z") You been on my dick nigga, you ...

f/ Blitz Uhh yeah uhh [Verse 1: Nas] Blessings of life to the children, they say life is like five days Words of a old man with silver hair, in his wheelchai...

[Nas] Nasir bin Olu Dara bis do Allah Fisk full of dollars in a dice game god D & D glass cloth Kangols guided by angel with white wings Nas the Viking fresh f...

{intro} (Nas) Untouchable, Ill Will y'all (AZ) Life (JOE) Your dealin' with veterans now (Nas) AZ y'all, c'mon c'mon c'mon (AZ) We tryin' to win y'all (JOE) Now...

[Mobb Deep] Yo Dunn you fam to me, and only family that can get that close to me Keep it type strong Blowin green that's keepin us goin Allah Havoc gettin rig...

[Scarface] Yo Nas I don't think they wanna FUCK with this Gangsta shit fo' sho' ("Danger danger") Check it out It's on, and once again I bring niggaz the rough...

Yeah I want all my niggas to come journey with me My name is Nas, and the year is 1973 Beginning of me, therefore I could see Through my belly button window who...

[Nas] Crime, life, bitches, money Time For my Braveheart's my Braveheart's Uhh, uhh, uhh what, what, what? One time two times From "Breaking Atoms" to "Illmat...

1st verse: From breaking atoms to illmatic to going platinum niggas did change course from ripping it wit Main Source 9 1 9 2 time flew out the blue time ...

(Foxy) uh, uh huh, huh y'all cats ain't ready for the firm uh, dats right, uh, uh huh, brooklyn shit [Foxy Brown] All y'all hoes wanna stop my chips Stare a b...

(Feat Busta Rhymes) What I'm gonna do? Shit is all true [Nas] Hmm Fried chicken, fly vixen Give me heart disease but need you in my kitchen You a bird but yo...

[Chorus 2X: Nas] (I'm cryin gangsta tears) Only a few can feel my pain (I'm cryin gangsta tears) Only if I could show you (I'm cryin gangsta tears) Only if you ...

[Chorus] Say hello to the man, goodbye to the gigolo It was difficult for me to find a chick I want [Nas] This ain't no sucka for love shit This ain't no Hux...

Nas] Uhh regulate nigga Bravehearts nigga Live for this Some of y'all don't live at all Get yours nigga Get yours baby Uhh yo yo As the night close down on th...

The G-O-D Aiyyo, check it outIt's God's Son I know I always give you clowns a little lean to come out Cause I drop every two yearsbut it's over now, you know? H...

[Nas] Uhh Uh speak without thinkin speak without speakin huh Feel without reachin, uhh That's what it's about It's about that, inner, inner love, yaknawmean? ...

[Nate Dogg & (Nas)] (All star baby) Young quick see (F-U-B-U) Lately all I see is D-P-G (Q-B, L-B-C niggas) When I turn the radio on keep hearin' me (All day, e...

(feat Ron Isley) [Note: Sample From: Isley Brother's "For The Love Of You"] Good Morning, Yea (Yea, well, well Yea) [Verse 1: Nas] Good morning the same old je...

[Intro] Woke up this mornin', (yeah) You got yo'self a gun (yeah, yeah, yeah) Got yo'self a gun [Nas] Yo, I'm livin' in this time behind enemy lines So [Cho...

Real conversation for that ass (Its what they want) Huh (Its what they want) What you said, can't hear you man (Its what they want) Speak the fuck up (Its what ...

[Nas having conversation with himself] Ayo Nasty Nas, what up? ~Ain't nothing, a lot of cowards frontin' I hear what you're saying, but yo, this is all love fo...

Right Check me out y'all, Nasty Nas in your area About to cause mass hysteria Before a blunt, I take out my fronts Then I start to front, matter of fact, I be...

So many niggas get fucked up in the game See thats where they get caught out there Cause its not no fuckin game When you hear shells comin at cha Hot Ones from...

Escobar season has returned Its been a long time been a long time comin' Looks like the death of me now But you know, there's no turning back now This is what ...

If heaven was a mile away Would I pack up my bags And leave this world behind? If heaven was a mile away Or save it all for you? If heaven was a mile away Woul...

Yeah, Yeah My degrees Like Ivy Leagues In the street I succeeded The ghetto was my Garden of Eden It was hard to defeat him The Beast He tried to turn The God i...

(Feat Keri Hilson) [Chorus:NaS and Keri Hilson] Chain gleaming Switching lanes Two-seating Hate him or love him For the same reason (wish) Can't leave it The ...

[DJ samples] "Hip hop" "hip hop" "is dead" "Hip--hip hop" "hip hop" "is dead" "Hip--hip hop" "hip--hip hop" "is dead" "Hip--hip hop" "hip hop" "hip hop" [Hook...

[Chorus: Mark B Mayfield] I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation I gotta lay down the block, wh...

Hip-Hop - it will never die Hip-Hop - Hip-Hop will never, never die [Verse 1: Nas] Ghetto niggaz struttin' with nothin' but dreams and Queens broke Mack-10's...

[Nas] Dre, he a Compton-Compton OG Nas, he a QB-QB true G Do the history Way before The Firm, like back in the day Nas was the first New York nigga rappin' wi...

Yea Man prince was a pimp abolonian vanity, chill on ease he had me on the edge of insanity Swore if I made it in music I'd be similar there I am, this is the f...

[Kids] I know I can (I know I can) Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be) If I work hard at it (If I work hard it) I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I w...

[Nas] Damn! Look how muh-fuckers use a nigga Just use me for whatever the fuck they want I don't get to say shit Just grab me, just do what the fuck they want...

I know I can Be what I wanna be If I work hard at it I'll be where I wanna be I know I can I know I can Be what I wanna be Be what I wanna be If I work hard at...

Chorus: repeat 2X I wanna talk to the mayor, the governor, the motherfuckin president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin congressman [...

[Jennifer Lopez & (Nas)] Oh yes (Uh, this for you girl) [Nas] Yo, I took you from the projects, put the best clothes in ya closet Like Ginger from "Casino" a...

Life - I wonder Will it take me under - I don't know Verse One: Nas Imagine smoking weed in the streets without cops harassin Imagine going to court with no t...

INTRO Now, usually I don't do this, but go ahead and Break "?em off a little prview of the remix VERSE Now I'm not tryin' ta be rude but hey pretty girl I'm fe...

(feat AZ, The Firm) [sound of a subwaytrain going overhead] [in the background, Nas' verse from Main Source"Live at the BBQ" is heard] [excerpt of verse is asf...

Oh yes [Nas] Uh, this for you girl Yo, I took you from the projects, put the best clothes in ya closet Like Ginger from "Casino" and now you a pro We was like...

[Nas] Peace, how you? I aint mean to be late, it was my night to watch my little girl It's chilly out here What happened, you cryin? Ya'll got into it again, hu...

It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath I exhale the ye...

[Yee-hah's and whips cracking in background] -Hey Nas, hey hey boy,you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee [Nas:] Mmmhmm Damn,man -I can't take it man [Nas:...

(feat Lauryn Hill) Uh huh, a love story, but not your ordinary love story Not hardly, you heard Get into this shit right here, check this shit out You know, ch...

[Nas] Born in nyc beastin', the lord left me no choice Christian pendants, islamic thoughts, criminal courts Father forgive, I wanna die like godfather did Sta...

Credits Music/ Lyrics: Michael Olantunji Lyrics Jingo Jingo Jingo Jingo Ba Lo Ba, Ba, Lo Ba, Ba, Lo Ba, Ba, Lo Ba, Lo Ba, Ba, Lo Ba, Ba, Lo Ba, Ba, Lo Ba Jingo

(featuring Olu Dara) [Nas] Yeah It's like a jungle Makes me wonder It's like a jungle [Olu Dara] JUNGLE!! [Nas] Yo, I have to look out Everywhere I go I h...

(feat Quan) [Verse 1: Quan] Can we please have a moment of silence? That's for my niggaz doin' years in confinement And for my soldiers who passed over, no lo...

Picture us married you and me k-i-s-s-i-n-g I remember the first time girl you and me f-u-c-k-i-n-g Repeat She was the modern isis, honey dog, she was pricele...

[Nas] These are last words of a hanging slave How could I forget this I rob you put you on my hit list Under my nails are dirty look at the grime My burnt lips...

(feat Cee-Lo) [Cee-Lo (Nas):] La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la (Uh-oh, yeah) [Nas:] Mr International The man centerfold women loathe Voice bump out the Bose in a...

[Intro] Uh, yea, it's like that They wanna know how nigga do it, you knowhati'masayin I had a nigga come up to me and ask me and shit Why I ain't got that, you...

Yeah, check check, testing It's clear out there? Yeah It's like I'm hang gliding over the hood, ha Never worry (ohhh, no, no, no) [Verse 1] Check, let there b...

[Nas] Yo ill will, ruff ryders what what, sraight like that You a killer or a hustler, dealer or customer Gangsta or buster, youngster or old nigga A weed hea...

[Nas] To my niggaz huh We all we got Let's hold it down though, y'know? However it's gon' go down This what we gotta deal with, y'know? Yo Chorus: Nas It's t...

[A] Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin? [N] Yea yea [A] Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'ms...

Ah yeah, what's happening, Mami How ya doin' Baby Oh you lookin kinda good and everything, I see you with those stilhettos baby Ah, check this out, you ain't go...

[gun blast] [P] I shot the motherfucker back [H] Right out the ass son [P] For niggaz don't know how to act [H] What the deal son [P] I shot the motherfucker b...

[Chorus] Live now niggas, There's no promise of a second time around, Put it down wit' ya's, (Live) Live now there's no reason why shouldn't everything is up to...

I need it from the top, AHHH! This is history baby Commissioner Steve Stoute, Lenny - ha! God's Son, whattup? D-Block, whattup? Bravehearts, whattup? Yeah Yeah...

Lace the nations don't have it A hatred addict I need faces mad with frowns When I'm around Or I'm wasting the fabric I don't feel greater To my plush pieces 'C...

[SPEAKING:] I'd like to dedicate this one here to my star, To the one I cherish, She loves me unconditionally - no matter what, I love her; always be here for ...

(Check that shit) Aight fuck that shit, word word Fuck that other shit, youknowhatI'msayin? We gon' do a little somethin like this, yaknahmsayin? (Is they up on...

Uh, ooh, baby, baby Keep it thug and keep your heat Na na na na Now slowly, thinkin' of all the things that appose me I think of kings who died and rappers out...

kissing) I love you so much, dont never leave me, I wont let you leave The ho turned me out, green eyes, had a crush on her Since 5 years old, met her, fell in ...

[Featuring Kelly Price, Nas] [Nas] Chitown Money make the world go round Money make the world go round (What? Go money) Money makes the world go round TM Yo,...

My **** got scarred grills, skully hats and gats be fullys Brat, cars peel, the East Coast cartel Rats get their tails snapped and trapped The snitches in the s...

[Hook - Keyshia Cole] I'm trying to put it all in words, but it's More than I can say Entangled with my time to tell you More than I can say It's all more than...