Da da da da da
 Da da da da da (yeah!)
 Da da da da da
 Da da da da da (yeah!)
 
 It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
 The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
 My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
 I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
 Deep like The *****nin', sparkle like a diamond
 Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
 Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
 Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
 Cause in my physical, I can express through song
 Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
 I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
 From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell
 
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 The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up
 Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up
 Nas, I *****yze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L
 School a fool well, you feel it like braille
 It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
 Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
 plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron *****ek
 Jam like a tech with correct techniques
 So *****yze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me
 Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
 I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
 Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell
 
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 This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen
 I'll leave your brain stimulated, *****z is frozen
 Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
 End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again
 Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
 I dominate break loops, givin mics men-e-straul cycles
 Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle
 And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova
 You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
 Packin like a rasta in the ***** spot
 Vocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdrop
 Though they need not to sneak
 My poetry's deep, I never fell
 Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
 It ain't hard to tell
 
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