Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nas
Nas
Songwriter
Chucky Thompson
Chucky Thompson
Songwriter
Barry White
Barry White
Songwriter
Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nas
Nas
Producer
Chucky Thompson
Chucky Thompson
Producer
Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory
Assistant Engineer
Pablo Arraya
Pablo Arraya
Assistant Engineer
Kevin Crause
Kevin Crause
Mixing Engineer
Alex Dixon
Alex Dixon
Assistant Engineer
Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering Engineer
Eddie Sancho
Eddie Sancho
Mixing Engineer
Ismel Ramos
Ismel Ramos
Assistant Engineer
Jake Ninan
Jake Ninan
Assistant Engineer
James Porte
James Porte
Engineer
Osie Bowe
Osie Bowe
Engineer

Lyrics

One time
Yeah, yeah
Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage
One **** front, my face on the front page
Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
One God to show me how to do things his son did
Pure, like a cup of virgin blood
Mixed with 151, one sip'll make a **** flip
Writin' names on my hollow tips, plottin' shit
Mad violence, who I'm gon' body? This hood politics
Acknowledge it, leave bodies chopped up in garbages
Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us
Police watch us, roll up and try knockin' us
One knee, I ducked, could it be my time is up?
But my luck, I got up, the cop shot again
Bus stop glass burst, a fiend drops his Heineken
Ricochetin' between the spots that I'm hidin' in
Blackin' out as I shoot back, fuck gettin' hit
This is my hood, I'ma rep to the death of it
Till everybody come home, little **** is grown
Hoodrats, don't abortion your womb
We need more warriors soon, sent from the stars, sun and the moon
In this life of police chases, street sweepers and coppers
Stick-up kids with no conscience leavin' victims with doctors
If you really think you ready to die with nines out
This is what Nas is 'bout, ****, the time is now
Yo, all I need is one mic
All I need is one mic
That's all I need
All I need is one mic
All I need, ****
All I need is one mic, yeah
All I need is one blunt, one page and one pen
One prayer, tell God forgive me for one sin
Matter fact, maybe more than one
Look back at all the hatred against me, fuck all of them
Jesus died at age thirty-three, there's thirty-three shots
From twin Glocks, there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
Which means one of my guns was holdin' seventeen
Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you
Everybody gotta die sometime, hope your funeral
Never gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocent
Nothin' is fair, **** roll up shootin' from wheelchairs
My heart is racin', tastin' revenge in the air
I let this shit slide for too many years, too many times
Now I'm strapped with a couple of MACs, too, mini nines
If y'all **** really with me, get busy, load up the semis
Do more than just hold it, explode the clip until you empty
There's nothin' in our way, they bust, we bust, they rush, we rush
Lead flyin', feel it? I feel it in my gut
That we take these bitches to war, lie 'em down
'Cause we stronger now, my ****, the time is now
All I need is one mic
That's all I need, ****, that's all I need
All I need is one mic
There's nothin' else in the world
All I need is one mic
That's all a **** need to do his thing, you know?
All I need is one mic
This is all I need
All I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man
What I stand for speaks for itself, they don't understand
Don't wanna see me on top, too egotistical
Talkin' all that slick shit the same way these bitches do
Wonder what my secrets is, ****'ll move on you
Only if they know what your weakness is, I have none
Too late to grab guns, I'm blastin' 'cause I'm a cool ****
Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? Fooled you ****
What you call an infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin'
War gets deep, some beef is everlastin'
Complete with thick scars
Brothers knifin' each other up in prison yards
Drama, where does it start?
You know the block was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a cop'll get killed, body found in a dumpster
For real a hustler, purchased my Range, **** throwin' dirt on my name
Jealous 'cause fiends got they work and complained
Bitches left me 'cause they thought I was finished
Shoulda knew she wasn't true, she came to me when her man caught a sentence
Diamonds are blindin', I never make the same mistakes
Movin' with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight
Swellin' my melon 'cause none of these **** real
Heard they were tellin' police, how can a kingpin squeal?
This is crazy, I'm on the right track, I'm finally found
You need some soul-searchin', the time is now
All I need is one mic
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I need is one mic
All I ever needed in this world, fuck cash
All I need is one mic
Fuck the cars, the jewelry
All I need is one mic
To spread my voice to the whole world, baby
Written by: Chucky Thompson, Nas
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