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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz
Vocals
Nas
Nas
Vocals
Naki Snagz Levi
Naki Snagz Levi
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kasseem Dean
Kasseem Dean
Composer
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Composer
George Spivey
George Spivey
Composer
James Baker
James Baker
Composer
Carl Mcdaniel
Carl Mcdaniel
Composer
Melvin Wilson
Melvin Wilson
Composer
Naki Snagz Levi
Naki Snagz Levi
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Scratch
DJ Scratch
Producer
Kenny Lloyd
Kenny Lloyd
Engineer
Rich Keller
Rich Keller
Mixing Engineer
Zeke Mishanec
Zeke Mishanec
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I mean Nas is on of the greatest, can we get a cheers?
Woo, cheers
I mean, the echo of life is the echo of love
And the echo of love is the echo from above
And some people don't even really know what they doin', Goddamn
I mean, can you feel this, can you feel the vibe
Can you feel the zone?
The zone that we on, the zone that we own
I mean the zone that we own is the zone of our own
Goddamn, you can smell the cologne
Fly **** shit, fly fresh, yeah
Came back, goddamn, double breast, yeah
The suit, that is, the suit, that is
I'm tryin' to make a buildin' for the kids that is
I mean it's echo
[Verse 2]
Do the love, yeah
Came back like the Michael Jackson glove, yeah
We just shinin', we just shinin'
Rewind the track, just to remind it, yeah
From Newark to BX to Queens
Came back, man, we say "who next?" yeah, yeah, yeah
Toast to the kings, yeah
Toast to the queens up in here, yeah
The album name, damn, it's a poison
So many people, man, get poisoned
Man, the life can be poison
You can talk crazy, bring your boys in
[Verse 3]
Throwin' piss out the window at police
Chasin' **** with warrants
There was never no peace
Judy ass was enormous
I was fresh indeed, think about her sexually
Knew a bunch of Radio Raheems, rest in peace
Four finger rings, big as brass knuckles
Haters walk by, try to stab you if they hug you
Lady on the fourth floor hollering every evenin'
Till she planned up, wasn't havin' it that evenin'
He was beatin' her, she ain't have it that evenin'
One shot to the neck in the jugular, now he bleedin'
She beat the case, but damn, the kids suffer
I'm datin' her daughter, but I havin' visions of her mother
[Verse 4]
Project nights, no project lights
Hopin' a friend don't try to rob my mom at night
She work hard to bring it to the table
Channel U before we had cable
Campbell's soup before I had sushi
Viker shoe before I had the Gucci
40 deuce for the karate movie
Out of sync mouth movin' movie
Sent to the store for a loosie
Came a long way, now the same ones salute me
Haters say it must be nice, I say it must be hate
I don't like that line, that shit straight fake
Yeah, I'm talkin' the 80s, not the 90s stuff
Time was real in Jamaica Queens, Ronnie Bumps
Queensbridge kings and all that
Rowdy white boys with baseball bats
Italians and greeks on Ditmars
Steinway street, all the slick cars
[Verse 5]
I know some fake **** livin' a lie
I got some real **** ready to die
I know some fake **** livin' a lie
I got some real **** ready to die
[Verse 6]
We was Times Square pioneers, 40 deuce, 40 below boots
40 ounce brew, the true Bishop from Juice
Runnin' wild, loose, me and my forty troops were stupid
Style, it was snorkel coats, Polo gooses, ruthless
Goons and wolves, bail jumpers
Everybody from everywhere, they was tryin' to jump us for pumpin'
True story, my youngins, I'm a deadly thuggish Fredly Douglas
Military persona, yeah, I'm livin' with honor
To my **** who servin' 40 while I'm in my 40s
I'm a walkin' observatory, a murder story since a shorty
On this journey till I'm a Weekend at Bernie's dead
Burnin' herb, Porsche frames hand on my head
Thirty years ago, memories they never left
Special memories, my ****, that we'll never forget
For some reason we isolate that feelin'
I wouldn't change a damn thing for a billion
[Verse 7]
I know some fake **** livin' a lie
I got some real **** ready to die
I know some fake **** livin' a lie
I got some real **** ready to die
[Verse 8]
Research me, you'll see I was never playin'
I'm who babies are talkin' to and you don't know what they sayin'
I'm who they communicate with
The code of a **** who don't tell or say shit
A dollar stay in the hood 18 hours
In white hoods it stays for days, why it never stay up in ours?
I'm talkin' that black power, talkin' that white power
I'm talkin' that Latin power, we gotta go for our
United, yeah, I'm talking United States of America
Now at war with the ISIS
Isis a Goddess out in Egypt, look how they got us
Damn, damn, God, look how they got us
Isis ain't even the original name of the black Goddess
They all twisted it up, now it's a name of some group
Deadly motherfuckers
[Verse 9]
I'ma put this drink down and get the fuck outta here
'Cause I'm livin' my dream
Shout out to all my **** out there livin' your dream
Word up, go live
Written by: Carl Mcdaniel, George Spivey, James Baker, Kasseem Dean, Melvin Wilson, Nasir Jones
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