Last Real N***** Alive

Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ

He's just nice, he just sliced like a Ginsu

Look at the life that I been through

I'm the last real **** alive, that's official

Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ

He's just nice, he just sliced like a Ginsu

Look at the life that I been through

I'm the last real **** alive, that's official

Y'all know about my Biggie walls

Who you thought kickin 'the door was for?

But that's my heart, y'all still trippin' off the Jigga ****

Real **** listen up and I'ma tell ya how the whole thing start

Off top, I brung Queens up from hard times

Rockin' at the fever, streets was all mine

It was my version of the blues, droppin' out schools

The crack epidemic had rap representin' the rules

So I got in them shoes, tried 'em, wore them

Wasn't a perfect fit so I couldn't sport 'em

Young **** ride, I knew all 'em

Jungle got shot, Will died, we was warrin'

I wrote it in my album, I was eighteen

When Lake seen the island, the Lord held me down and

My surroundings started changin', I had a baby

I was makin' my rounds with AZ

**** started noticing my flowin' was open

When the golden child closed 'em in

With more style than them older men

Puff tried to start a label, Prince Rak came and formed Wu-Tang

Snoop and Dre had a new thing

So Puff drove his new Range through Queensbridge projects

He let me drive it before Ready To Die hit

Big and I hit blunts performing at the Ark

Next thing you knew, Big blew and all the ballin' starts

He had Kim in his crew, I found Fox

Only **** in the New York with number one charts

Big was ahead of his time, him and Raekwon my ****

But dig it, they couldn't get along

That's when Ghostface said it on the purple tape

Bad boy bitin' Nas album cover, wait

Big told me Rae was stealin' my slang

And Rae told me out in Shaolin, Big would do the same thing

But I borrowed from both them ****

Jigga started to flow like us but hit with "Ain't No ****"

Had much Versace swagger

Big admired the Brooklynite and took him in as Iceberg, the rappers

Today don't know nothing about this boss ****

There's more **** to wanting to be this King of New York ****

Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ

He's just nice, he just sliced like a Ginsu

Look at the life that I been through

I'm the last real **** alive, that's official

Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ

He's just nice, he just sliced like a Ginsu

Look at the life that I been through

I'm the last real **** alive, that's official

Rap became a version of Malcolm and Martin

Rest in peace Will, Queensbridge lives on

There's some ghetto secrets I can't rhyme in this song

There's some missing pieces I had to leave out

Had lost trust for Steve Stoute at some point till I got to know him

We old friends, but what's loyal?

Puff soaked Interscope offices with champagne bottles on Steve

And Steve thought the drama's on me

'Cause previously it would've been

Against the whoever, friends forever

However, I learned with some **** it's all business

But I'm a street dude with morals, then this

**** with Jigga too much, he used to Jay wanted my spot

I laughed, stayed home, never hung a lot

A quiet man who used to be alone plannin'

Baby moms thought I was too quiet, couldn't stand it

She hit the streets, later on she hittin' the sheets

With a rapper who wanted me on his songs, thinkin' he strong

I taught her how to watch for cars who might follow

Taught her street **** that I know, her weakness was shine, yo

But that's her, I ain't mad baby, it made me stronger

Now I get my paper longer

Illmatic, I was boss, It Was Written, I flossed

One of the most creative LP's ever to hit stores

In The Firm I learned I Am NAStradamus

QB's Finest, Oochie Wally faced more problems

I gave it all up so I can chill at home with Mama

She was gettin' old and sick so I stayed beside her

We had the best times, she asked would I make more songs

I told her not till I see her health get more strong

In the middle of that, Jay tried to sneak attack

Assassinate my character, degrade my hood

'Cause in order to for him to be the Don, Nas had to go

The Gam-B-I-N-O rules I understood

What y'all want, see, I already had

The Gift and The Curse? **** that ****

I'll be first, you'll be last

I'm the man's man, a rapper's rapper

G-O-D-S-O-N, there'll be none after

I was Scarface, Jay was Monolo

It hurt me when I had to kill him and whole squad for dolo

Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ

He's just nice, he just sliced like a Ginsu

Look at the life that I been through

I'm the last real **** alive, that's official

Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ

He's just nice, he just sliced like a Ginsu

Look at the life that I been through

I'm the last real **** alive, that's official