| [Intro] Its time to take it to the other side The side you gotta watch A&E cable television for homie But we live this shit I'm not a star But that's a lie I've seen a man raise his hand on the stand he testify Spoke on a homocide Amongst other things Even shared my triple beam dreams [Verse 1 : Nas] A project minded, individual criminal tactics Us blacks kids born with birth defects, we hyperactive Mentally sex-crazed dysfunctional they describe us They liars, the end of the day, we f-cking survivors I remember watching Scarface the first time Look at that big house, that Porsche paid for by crime How could I sell this poison to my peoples in my mind They dumb to destroy themselves is how I rationalize In a bastardised nation, Magnum 4.5 carrying Where I'm from, ain't far from Washington Heights the cop Aryan A rookie boy the cookie didn't make no profit A stranger to the block I damn near had to make them cop it It only took a fiend to taste it once to say it's garbage I brought it back to poppy, ain't tryna take no losses He focuses on my emotionless young dealer face then pauses He gives me powder he has faith in Nases Ambition's to distribute coke Had additions to gold chains, Mercedes Benz hopes But I'm again broke This shit ain't cut for me, other dealers they up their orders Barely at 62′s they already up they quotas They out there everyday, some true hustlas for ya I'm at it halfway, none of my customers are loyal Picturin' piping out the seats of a Pathfinder ... |