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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Vocals
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sampled Artist
The Lost Generation
The Lost Generation
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nas
Nas
Executive Producer
Trackmasters
Trackmasters
Producer
Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Stoute
Stoute
Executive Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hey Nas, hey, hey boy
You see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee?
Damn man, I can't take it man
Sure can't
You think this is gon' ever change?
Man, damn this place, man
Damn these chains
These damn chitilins every damn night, shit
I can't take it man
Harriet done left the night before
It's time we go
Ain't no place for black folk here, man
Promise land callin' me, man
It's callin' me too
It's time we go
Hey, I'm witchu
Hey man, hey damn these chains man
Cut loose
Damn you master, you ain't my master man
You ain't nothin', you ain't nothin'
Get the dogs, get the hounds
We gon' have out selves a hangin' tonight
[Verse 2]
1996
Back up in this ****
The right way though, you know
Double Tre son, you know ain't nothin' coincidental, accidental
No doubt
You know it's goin' down man
It was all written
No question, I'm sayin' man
I mean now 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 sayin'
Son I'm playing with the fifty-two
That's how I used to play, that's how I play
[Verse 3]
But yo, they takin' us into this next millennium right now
I'm saying no law, you know what I'm sayin'
You gotta lay the law, cause without law ain't 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
True
Yo word up though, you know what I mean
Son these **** look faker than a new hundred dollar son
Yeah, you see they look like Monopoly money, right
Word with the big ass face on it
Yo, what what I'm sayin' we see through all that
You know what I'm sayin'
No question
All I seein' son, you know we real
Yo, no doubt
In the Quran, it says Nas, the men
Nesa's the woman you know
It was written
Written by: Nasir Jones
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