American born, American raised, American made [Chorus: (2x)] My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Naw, never) Cause the things I ...

Aiyyo whattup niggaz? Fresh off the honeymoon The honeymoon's over Fresh off Vaca (Yea, Yea) I'm jet-laggin', still jet-laggin' But this just a preview Let's ge...

N.Y. State Of Mind Yeah yeah, aiyyo black it's time (word?) (Word, it's time nigga?) Yeah, it's time man (aight nigga, begin) Yeah, straight out the fuckin dun...

[Nature] Queensbridge, 41st side Yo yo yo I gots no birth records, no next of kin Know a lot of mothafuckers, got no best friends Know the weather checkin ten-...

[Man laughing] [Verse 1: Nas] I had bad chicks that blow cum bubbles like bubblegum Plus they ass lick, summer house be sippin' rum Layin' lazy in the recline...

(featuring Boyz II Men) [Nas talking] Man, we love you man, you hear me? This is coming from the General man, Nas man Bravehearts love you man, this is to all o...

Uh, it's a new world, it's a new world, It's a new world, it's a new world Uh, it's a new world, it's a new world Yo, celebrate the new life New ways to make m...

[Chorus] They say we N-I double G-E-R, we are Much more, still we choose to ignore The obvious, man this history don't acknowledge us We were scholars long bef...

No idea's original, there's nothin new under the sun It's never what you do, but how it's done What you base your happiness around material, women, and large pa...

[feat 3LW (3 Little Women)] [Nas] Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew, like she never seen rocks Chain watch, rims blue Different color bo...

(feat Maxwell) [Maxwell] Oooooooooooh! [Nas] Maxwell go and sing [Maxwell] Ooohh, this for the ladies [Nas] M-A-X [Maxwell] Doin' it [Nas] N-A-S [Maxwell] I'm ...

[Nas] What nigga! What bitch-ass niggaz! What! Babe, babe, start the car! [Kelis] Nasir, come on let's go! Get in the car now, let's go! Throw it out, let's ...

lotta times it seem like you aint gonna make it where you wanna be in life but yo, yo if ya gotta plan believe me you gonna get there you gonna get everything y...

[Nas] Uhh Yo, yo-yo, y'all Whattup? Whattup It's time man (Word, it's time?) Straight up, it's time man Aight, set that shit off (Set it off then nigga, set it...

Have ever felt lonely Have u ever felt love Have u ever felt that spark in you're life That brings 2 people together Chorus : I'm guessing by the way That you'...

Yeah yeah On the On the On the On the real, all you crab niggaz know the deal Finally up in this nigga Let's pay homage to Illmatic Let's put the crown where i...

[Verse One] what up kid? i know shit is rough doing your bid when the cops came you shoulda slid to my cri fuck it black, no time for looking back it's done pl...

{*speaking softly, gradually getting louder* One time yeah yeah Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage One nigga front, my face on the front page Only ...

f/ Lake * send corrections to the typist [NAS] In my darkest days lighting up the rightous smoke Cause I'm dealing with this thug life crisis and cant cope N...

Intro: Nas and Large Professor Yeah, it's Illmatic (yeah) It's Illmatic (yeah!) It's Illmatic, huh (yeah kick that shit) [LP] One time 4 your mind, one time ...

oo-chie wally wally, oo-chie bang bang oo-chie wally wally, oo-chie bang bang oo-chie wally wally, oo-chie bang bang oo-chie wally wally He really really reall...

[Nas]Yo this Esco, who this? [AZ] What's the deally? I just touched grounds down in Philly Brought a pound with me, Feds floatin around silly Tryin to find Ly...

Nas: Everybody's an Enemy telling me lies and it's killing me why they all want to get rid of me Everybody's my enemy Several try to disguise the devil in them ...

[Nas - Verse 1] Uh, light somethin', Stop frontin' How much money's enough, think maybe like a trillion' figures Pray my daughter don't wild like them Hilton s...

To My Nigger who brought me in this world Taught us right Nigger My old dad imported to the family structure Provide her God My moms a queen at university civa...

Yeah, yea, yea, yeah Yeah, yeah, uh, yo [Nas] Ladies love what I been through, blood on my Tim boots Snub noses, club closes, down where my men shoot But she ...

[Nas] "What we need to be thinkin' about is the future! We don't know what's in store tomorrow! All we can do is just guess! We want the best for tomorrow; for...

[Eban Thomas] It is absolutely silly, and unproductive To have a funeral for the word "nigger" When the actions continue We need to have a movement to resurrec...

Black hoods, cops 'n projects sewers flooded with foul blockage The gutter's wild and every child watches Changin top locks with ripped off hinges doors kicked ...

Uh (crazy)yo pussy killed me uh uh yea yea yeauhuh uh uh Pussy killed me when i was born (what?), pardon me, I rephrase it departed mommy wounded n made it I l...

Eh yo Queens get the money Niggas still screaming Paper chasing Where presidential candidates is planning wars with other nations Over steak with Masons Pregnan...

Lyrics : [Lil Jon] Yeah! Bravehearts! Yeah! That boy Nas! Yeah! Me I'm your boy Lil Jon Yeah! Right now we going to talk about these niggas! Yeah! That's got ...

Where my real niggas at Theres a lot of real niggas out there Theres a lot of real niggas everywhere Thats why you don't fuck with just anybody A lot of niggas ...

Ruk: Ill Willyeah yeah yoQueensbridge niggascrud love baby Verse 1: (Ruk) Aiyo, I zone out feelin' like I'm in Capone's house starin' at Manhattan and The Brid...

[Chorus: Woman singing] I see people hating other people Tell me what's the reason That your kid is hungry, you ain't got no money What's the reason? [Verse 1...

[Nas] I think I can remember some Brenda the back-bender used to have me in the twister Grabbed her up and left her at the Buena Vista Chelsea used to tell me...

Represent, represent!! (repeat 4X) Straight up shit is real and any day could be your last in the jungle Get murdered on the humble, guns'll blast, niggaz tumb...

(feat Amerie) [Chorus: Amerie singing] The rest of my life The rest of my life [Verse 1: Nas] LIFE, dead presidents, devilish meant Overthrow king thrones j...

[Lake] uh uh huh, lets go, yeah! [Nas] Uh, ghetto children singing "singing" [Nas] See they eager to learn "uh hum" [Nas] how to become the next world leaders ...

Listen up gangstas and hunnies wit ya hair done Pull up a chair hun and put it in the air son Dawg, whatever they call you god just listen I spit a story backwa...

[talking] Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me under? Nah, never that, nah, yo, yo I come from the housin tenement build...

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 pricel...

In a day of 1999 it had to happen The result of man's stupidity became real Death smell is everywhere In their nicely worked out war plan Through the sky come r...

[Verse 1: Nas] Uh, I knew a few pharmacists, fuck frozen They kept pneumonias on their arms and wrists The main dude, Sekou, face look hard as shit Remember lik...

featuring Noreaga Nas talking: Yo Nore I just can't understand what be going through brothers minds man Know what I'm saying! You try to tell a brother when he...

[Man Singing & Humming in Foreign Language] They wanna shine on 'em Shine on 'em [x7] Yeah [Verse 1: Nas] They dug me out the soil in the Mines of the Motherla...

[Nas] One 44, two 45's 3 loaded clips, 4 niggas roll, one nigga drives 500 Benz, 6 reasons why This kid should die We shootin every motherfucker outside Pulled...

Yo, release what's in me Besides the Henny, it's eyes that's seen plenty Fiends get skinny as if Queens was a Craig Jenny Instead of diet plans it's crack 200 g...

Chorus: (X4) *whisper* Silent, silent Murder [Nas] It's sort of like the conclusion, the color purple Niggas is losing, confusion, with one time all pursuit m...

[Nas] Girl, can I get your name and number? Can I relieve the pain you're under? Change into comfort, uh, get inside your brain You never cry a-gain, as long a...

[Nas] It's sly Fox, cyclops We locked in an idiot box The video slots broadcasting Waco Dividian plots They own YouTube, MySpace When this ignorant shit going ...

[Nas] See no evil fear no evil speak no evil hear no evil If you don't bring that shit around you You ain't got nuttin to worry about (uh-huh) Yeah (yeah, uh-h...

Chorus: Nas (repeat 2X) Some of us have angels -- the kingdom, the power Some of us have angels -- the power, the glory Some of us have demons -- greed, and lu...

QB the whole NYC We gonna bounce to this To all my niggaz (yeah, yeah) To all the ladies Chorus: Sometimes I wonder Will a nigga go under because of his hunger...

Yeah, yeah, yo, yeah, yeah [Verse 1] For niggaz up in they mom's crib listenin To this unadulterated Nas shit wishin it was then Instead a, me on this track o...

[Sample + (Kanye West)] Some people (Yeah) Some people (unh-unh) Some people really are Still dreaming (And as the sun sets And the night falls) They are still...

Uh, you know I still run with that, that blood of a slave Boiling in my veins It's just hot until a nigga can't take it no more Blood of a slave, Heart of a Kin...

Verse 1 (Nas) Low profile, rap style slick as new now give the crew pounds every time we cover them grounds still surviving but there's a few down back in the...

[NAS] (Intro) Uhh, still out in these motherfuckin projects Still a nigga ain't never gonna get the fuck up outta here Niggaz just don't understand the story ...

(Nas- Speaking) All I do is stay focused looking straight forward at the world and beyond I feel people pulling me down I feel some pulling me up I can't get s...

(feat Busta Rhymes) [Busta Rhymes] Ay fellas I think you might wanna s-s-sneak your ratchet in here for this one Ay ladies Put your petroleum jelly on your fa...

But that's the whole tragic point, my friends What, what would I do if I could suddenly feel And to know once again that what I feel is real? I could cry, I cou...

* 45 seconds of talking/skit * [Nas] It was a murder Jake just hit the corner people swarming Three in the morning I jumped out my cab like "Fuck, niggaz is b...

"I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin like that" (repeat 2X) Kool Keith from the Ultramagnetic MC's 'Ease Back' [Nas] Yo; I never brag, how r...

[Nas] Don't hurt nuttin [Chorus] A teenage thug (you can't tell them shit) A teenage thug (nigga just chasin his dick) A teenage thug (he want the world to re...

[Intro] [Nas talking] I want to dedicate this song right here To Jonathan Jackson and George Jackson Peace to those brothers I want to shout out my man Sherm t...

[Nas] Geah [AZV] Peace king [Nas] Peace king [AZV] Listen, they wrote a book on your life [Nas] Right [AZV] You think anybody'll read it? [Nas] No fuckin doubt!...

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

Black hoods cops and projects Sewers flooded wit foul blockage The gutters wild and every child watches Chains and top locks get ripped off hindges doors kick...

* send corrections to the typist [Swizz Beatz] Yo man, it's a real game out here Know what I'm sayin Nas? Beats back in effect man Swizz Beatz da monsta (what...

*sound of a subway train going overhead* *in the background, Nas' verse from Main Source "Live at the BBQ" is heard* *excerpt of verse is as follows* (Street's...

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...

Uhh [Nas] Pushin drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's hadus all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncannyera, guns in my pants Ye...

[Chorus] I know you think you got it together player, but fuck the bird you with And listen close to the makings of a perfect bitch Listen close to the makings...

Fake thug, no love, you get the slug, CB4 Gusto Your luck low, I didn't know til I was drunk though You freak niggaz played out, get fucked and ate out Prostitu...

[Jessica Care Moore] Global warming between my legs, screams against the waves Gave birth to thirteen daughters, so now we never run out of water My skin layere...

There's no me In the beginning it was me Nas, Blasting I stood alonebut now, Blasting Don't you know that I will never leave Murder Inc y'all It's Murda, niggaz...

[Rich Nice] What's happenin brothers and sisters? Welcome to our time [Jessica Care Moore] Afro-Angels hide my weapons in tangles Black Star Spangled, fragil...

[Nas] Third grade, singin Star Spandled Banner Using proper manners, learned to handle anger Animal behavior Later on my block rockin wit my jocks on Eating Bo...

[Nas] Uhh (yeah, yeah, yeah) QB since 1933 (know dat) To nine-six (nine-six motherfucker) Check the shit [Havoc] Nine-six Escobar 600 [Nas] Check the shit ...

featuring Havoc Verse One: My minds set son got wet Im vexed really snatched of his rolex smacked his bitch silly Why niggas actin illy word to willy bout to...

"It's yours!" --> T La Rock Chorus: Nas, Pete Rock [PR] Whose world is this? [Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours [PR] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine...

Nas: "This ain't for everybody Y'all know who y'all are Yeah you, y'all know who y'all are These are our heroes" [Chorus: Nas] Let's hear it, one for the coon...

[Intro] One, two Check, one, two One, two, who got more style, the son do [rewind] One, two Check, one, two One, two, who got more style, the son do Check, one,...

[Tupac] Shit, tired of getting shot at Tired of getting chased by the police and arrested Niggas need a spot where we can kick it A spot where we belong, that'...

I told her, i'd hold her All through that first cold winter Defend her, protect her From our darkest demons Then spring came, our world changed We found a diff...

(Girl) I see your true colours shinin' through, I see your true colours and thats why i love you I see your true colours shinin' through, I see your true colou...

Uhh, oooooooooooooh baby, baby Keep it thug, and keep yo' heat, na nah nah nah nah [Nas] Now slowly, thinkin of all the things that oppose me I think of kings...

Nas: "The unauthorized copy.Dedication to my children, my child Destiny Jones. To my niece and nephews, Suree, Malik, Jabari The world is yours.Acknowledgements...

Not stopping You follow through You know it's wrong What will you do? No time to look out No time for you It can't be the Things that you do Not having it I'm n...

[Nas] Uh Pacino life, G a roll, casino dice at the Mirage, Vegas strip, neon lights Gamblers, puffin cigars, couples and stars Flashin cameras, dealers, shuffl...

[Sample] "They did not have the power to stop Louis Farrakhan They were trying to touch on and thieve envy within the leadership But as a general and a man tha...

(feat Ludacris) One"¦two"¦yeah"¦huh"¦Nasir [Chorus - Nas] Baby girl won't you come and hold my hand Won't you come and chill out with the Virgo Hey girl, jus...

Boom boom acka-lacka lacka boom Boom boom acka-lacka boom boom It was a night like this forty million years ago I lit a cigarette, picked up a monkey skull to ...

Verse One: Yo the Lord is my shepard The sword is my weapon Reward is a blessin' that comes from the struggle shoes been scuffled blood's been shed another...

[Chorus - singing] There's a war in the streets tonight And nobody's really feelin' alright I got a blunt for a chronic, a juice for my tonic I know now that I...

[Nas] Uh, If I can teach somethin' so dear And hope somebody learn somethin' from it And give it back [Verse1] They can't break me or shake me They too fake t...

[Nas] They never realized, how real Nas, is so decisive It's just the likeness, of Isrealites mist, that made me write this A slight twist, of lime rhyme, be c...

Still somehow I believe, we always survive but why? [Nas] To my dogs wherever you are Whattup Big? You know shit is rough after you slid You in God's hands ...

(Feat Mykel) [Chorus: Mykel] Where there's life there is water We depend on mama nature There's a message for tomorrow Everything connects to you Some say soo...