Letra:
[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 isgonna eva' change?
[Nas:] Man, damn this place, man! Damn thesechains! These damn
chitlins every damn night
-Thiscotton
[Nas:] Shit!
-I can't take it man
[Nas:]Harriett done left the night befo' It's time we go
Aint no place for blackfolk here Man, promise land callin'
me man
-It's callin' metoo
[Nas:] It's time we go
-Yeah, I'm wichou!
[Nas:]Hey man, hey damn these chains, man
Damn you master, you
ain't mymaster, man!
[Sounds of punching and bumping]
[Nas:] Youaint nothin', you aint nothin
-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get thehounds, we gonna
have ourselves a hangin' tonight!
[Nas:]Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga
The right way, though, youknow?
-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, Imean, 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 andeverything, you know what I'm saying?
[Nas:] Son, I'm playin' with thefifty-two
-You wanna stress on how I used to play, that's how Iplay
[Nas:] But, yo, they takin' us into this next millenium, rightnow
-I'm sayin' law, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta lay the law,
causewithout law aint no order, you know what I'm sayin',
that's why these catsare slippin'
through, you know what I'm sayin? They got the rulesmissin',
though
[Nas:] True
-Yo, word up, though, you knowwhat I mean?
[Nas:] Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundreddollars, son
-Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money,right?
[Nas:] Word, with the big ass face on it
-Yo, what I'msayin', we see through all that, though
you know what I'msayin?
[Nas:] No question
-All eyes seein', son, you know wereal
[Nas:] Yo, no doubt In the Qu'ran it says Nas, themen
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 isgonna eva' change?
[Nas:] Man, damn this place, man! Damn thesechains! These damn
chitlins every damn night
-Thiscotton
[Nas:] Shit!
-I can't take it man
[Nas:]Harriett done left the night befo' It's time we go
Aint no place for blackfolk here Man, promise land callin'
me man
-It's callin' metoo
[Nas:] It's time we go
-Yeah, I'm wichou!
[Nas:]Hey man, hey damn these chains, man
Damn you master, you
ain't mymaster, man!
[Sounds of punching and bumping]
[Nas:] Youaint nothin', you aint nothin
-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get thehounds, we gonna
have ourselves a hangin' tonight!
[Nas:]Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga
The right way, though, youknow?
-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, Imean, 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 andeverything, you know what I'm saying?
[Nas:] Son, I'm playin' with thefifty-two
-You wanna stress on how I used to play, that's how Iplay
[Nas:] But, yo, they takin' us into this next millenium, rightnow
-I'm sayin' law, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta lay the law,
causewithout law aint no order, you know what I'm sayin',
that's why these catsare slippin'
through, you know what I'm sayin? They got the rulesmissin',
though
[Nas:] True
-Yo, word up, though, you knowwhat I mean?
[Nas:] Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundreddollars, son
-Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money,right?
[Nas:] Word, with the big ass face on it
-Yo, what I'msayin', we see through all that, though
you know what I'msayin?
[Nas:] No question
-All eyes seein', son, you know wereal
[Nas:] Yo, no doubt In the Qu'ran it says Nas, themen
Nesa's the woman, know? It was written
