[00:25.66]It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
[00:28.91]The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
[00:31.46]My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
[00:34.06]I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
[00:36.81]Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond
[00:39.20]Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
[00:42.04]Hit the Earth like a comet invasion
[00:44.53]Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
[00:47.12]Cause in my physical, I can express through song
[00:49.62]Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
[00:52.21]I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
[00:54.91]From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell
[01:18.63]The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up
[01:20.76]Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up
[01:23.90]Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L
[01:26.92]School a fool well, you feel it like braille
[01:29.17]It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
[01:32.63]Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
[01:34.38]plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek
[01:37.22]Jam like a tech with correct techniques
[01:39.46]So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me
[01:42.41]Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
[01:45.40]I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
[01:47.73]Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell
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[02:10.58]This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen
[02:13.97]I'll leave your brain stimulated, niggaz is frozen
[02:16.51]Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
[02:19.51]End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again
[02:22.08]Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
[02:24.14]I dominate break loops, givin mics men-e-straul cycles
[02:27.26]Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle
[02:29.85]And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova
[02:32.34]You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
[02:35.01]Packin like a rasta in the weed spot
[02:36.99]Vocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdrop
[02:39.26]Though they need not to sneak
[02:40.97]My poetry's deep, I never fell
[02:42.86]Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
[02:44.98]It ain't hard to tell