Lyric Album Intro
[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:] Sho can t.
-You think this is gonna eva change?
[Nas:] Man, damn this place, man! Damn these chains! These damn
chitlins every damn night.
-This cotton.
[Nas:] Shit!
-I can t take it man.
[Nas:] Harriett done left the night befo . It s time we go.
Aint no place for black folk here. Man, promise land callin
me man.
-It s callin me too.
[Nas:] It s time we go.
-Yeah, I m wichou!
[Nas:] Hey man, hey damn these chains, man.
Damn you master, you
ain t my master, man!
[Sounds of punching and bumping]
[Nas:] You aint nothin , you aint nothin.
-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
have ourselves a hangin tonight!
[Nas:] Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga.
The right way, though, you know?
-Double-tre son, you know aint nothin
coincedental or accidental, son.
[Nas:] No doubt!
-You know how it s goin down, man.
[Nas:] It was all written.
-No question, I m sayin man, I mean, how we playin man,
you know what I m sayin , they dealt us in, son.
They playin with a fifty-four deck, you see with the
Jokers in and everything, you know what I m saying?
[Nas:] Son, I m playin with the fifty-two.
-You wanna stress on how I used to play, that s how I play.
[Nas:] But, yo, they takin us into this next millenium, right now.
-I m sayin law, you know what I m sayin we gotta lay the law,
cause without law aint no order, you know what I m sayin ,
that s why these cats are slippin
through, you know what I m sayin? They got the rules missin ,
though.
[Nas:] True.
-Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?
[Nas:] Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son.
-Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money, right?
[Nas:] Word, with the big ass face on it.
-Yo, what I m sayin , we see through all that, though
you know what I m sayin?
[Nas:] No question.
-All eyes seein , son, you know we real.
[Nas:] Yo, no doubt. In the Qu ran it says Nas, the men.
Nesa s the woman, know? It was written.
-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:] Sho can t.
-You think this is gonna eva change?
[Nas:] Man, damn this place, man! Damn these chains! These damn
chitlins every damn night.
-This cotton.
[Nas:] Shit!
-I can t take it man.
[Nas:] Harriett done left the night befo . It s time we go.
Aint no place for black folk here. Man, promise land callin
me man.
-It s callin me too.
[Nas:] It s time we go.
-Yeah, I m wichou!
[Nas:] Hey man, hey damn these chains, man.
Damn you master, you
ain t my master, man!
[Sounds of punching and bumping]
[Nas:] You aint nothin , you aint nothin.
-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
have ourselves a hangin tonight!
[Nas:] Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga.
The right way, though, you know?
-Double-tre son, you know aint nothin
coincedental or accidental, son.
[Nas:] No doubt!
-You know how it s goin down, man.
[Nas:] It was all written.
-No question, I m sayin man, I mean, how we playin man,
you know what I m sayin , they dealt us in, son.
They playin with a fifty-four deck, you see with the
Jokers in and everything, you know what I m saying?
[Nas:] Son, I m playin with the fifty-two.
-You wanna stress on how I used to play, that s how I play.
[Nas:] But, yo, they takin us into this next millenium, right now.
-I m sayin law, you know what I m sayin we gotta lay the law,
cause without law aint no order, you know what I m sayin ,
that s why these cats are slippin
through, you know what I m sayin? They got the rules missin ,
though.
[Nas:] True.
-Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?
[Nas:] Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son.
-Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money, right?
[Nas:] Word, with the big ass face on it.
-Yo, what I m sayin , we see through all that, though
you know what I m sayin?
[Nas:] No question.
-All eyes seein , son, you know we real.
[Nas:] Yo, no doubt. In the Qu ran it says Nas, the men.
Nesa s the woman, know? It was written.
