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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nasir Jones
Composer
Salaam Gibbs
Composer
Douglas Ingle
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Salaam Remi
Producer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering Engineer
Kevin Crause
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One, two
Check one, two, one, two
Who got more style? The Son do
Check one, two
[Verse 2]
Yo, I'm hot like ninety-five Fahrenheit
On a summer night, tight spot when bodies rot
Rats drink from water drops in the streets, ****
Little kids, scared cops with red dots
Philosophical gangsta, with violent priors
Going back with black and white TV's, with pliers
Leaning on broke-down cars with flat tires
Flash iron on anybody trying on the blocks I'm supplying on
[Verse 3]
Madicon, my peeps, tie balloons up
And swallow 'em in the penal, got goons, lots of 'em
Cops see them and run, don't want no drama
Certain parts of the streets, the beast don't want a part of
Martyr, hood haunted like the Dakota
Where John Lennon was shot up, but he sang for peace
He begged for freedom
Hanged with wild Jamaicans from Kingston
Who drank Irish Moss, listening to Peter Winston Machintosh
Lightning hits the top of the church steeple
When I'm writing, semi automatic, no hyphen
It's frightening
[Verse 4]
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
[Verse 5]
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
[Verse 6]
I take summers off 'cause I love winter beef
Started '87 with the shotty in the sheep
Three-quarter length beige, dressed to kill
Bust a shell at the ground, pellets hit the crowd
Nobody like a snitch, everybody shut they mouth
Woolrich, Carhart, gun powder stains
Smelling like trees, sensimille on the brain
Scheming on your girls, bamboos on your chain
Got ill up on the train
Twisting off a cap of a English in my vein
Might've pushed you on the tracks
Deaf crack fiends who can't speak, scream noises
'Cause she bought a drum of soap from one of my boys, it's
Just another day in the 'hood
And I'm with some wild brothers up to no good
We saw the movies, like Tony Montana and 'em
But our style was let them pile, then we robbin' them
Money dudes make 'em come up out they shoes
Run they jewels, word is bond, that's why my man Nino gone
And I had to make a song, speaking on my old life
For the thieves who come out at night
[Verse 7]
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
[Verse 8]
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
The thief's theme
Play me at night, they won't act right
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
[Verse 9]
One, two
Check one, two, one, two, one, two
One, two
Check one, two, one, two
Who got more style? The son do
Written by: Douglas Ingle, Nasir Jones, Salaam Gibbs, Salaam Remi