[Nas] Dre, he a Compton-Compton OG Nas, he a QB-QB true G Do the history
[Nas] Way before The Firm, like back in the day Nas was the first New York nigga rappin´ with Dre So of course I got a track to bring it back to your face The one kid that would´ve been Aftermath that got away But we still get together, like, every several years To sprinkle a little bit of Heaven for your ears Relax, sippin´ Cliquot in Rio, stupid fuckers Low-key, no G´s, but it´s still Gucci luggage I love Cape Cod, and watching fly bitches with gray eyes Wrestle in a tub of KY to get my day by I like to celebrate, why? ‘Cause I can vision Collages and images of my lies with no regret to hate
So every breath I take is all about the rules It´s hard for you to breathe, like you at high altitude So crack the Patron, it´s on heathens The God´s back, hard body, Mr. Jones never leavin´
[Marsha] Hustlers, dealers, drop-top riders Make that cake, cop two five fivers Pimps and players, platinum diamonds East to West Coast, we riders
[ Nas + (Game)] He a Compton-Compton OG (Mix that with a QB-QB true G, what you got´s) A concoction of some different ghetto blocks (West Coast kill the tracks, East Coast gunshots)
[Game] 1995, eleven years from today I´m in the record shop with choices to make Illmatic on the top shelf, The Chronic on the left, homie Wanna cop both but only got a 20 on me So fuck it, I stole both, spent the 20 on a dub sack Ripped the package off Illmatic and bumped that For my niggas it was too complex when Nas rhymed I was the only Compton nigga with a "New York State of Mind" Inside the dope house, bottlin´ up sherm Bangin´ The Firm, Dre was king then so I waited my turn Fast forward, now I´m making ´em burn Ended my peers´ careers
Hollered at Nas, a hard lesson was learned So I reconciled my differences like he did with Jigga I stopped beefin´ with niggas, ‘cause I´m "Ether" to niggas Comb the earth ´til there´s no one left If I ruled the world I summons all you weak rap niggas to death
[ Nas + (Game)] He a Compton-Compton OG (Mix that with a QB-QB true G, what you got´s) A concoction of some different ghetto blocks (West Coast kill the tracks, East Coast gunshots)
[Marsha] Hustlers, dealers, drop-top riders Make that cake, cop two five fivers
Pimps and players, platinum diamonds East to West Coast, we riders
[Nas] Yo, the Jordans sportin´, come off the dice game With a fortune walkin´, you a walking coffin´ The musket, I tucked it, you bluff it, I bust it You´re sideways talking, so I lay often I wait patient, to duct tape hatin´ Fuck ass niggas, get bucked ass niggas Pluck ashes of Cuban cigars, you foolin´ with Nas That´s my name and I came with Rugers this time And if I´m sane that Soul Plane movie´s the bomb Word to my mom´s name tattooed to my arm You can´t revolve me, embalm me, calm me or harm me Rob me or dodge these bullets I´m busting See that´s malarky you yappin´
I open up the tripod to put the gatling on, and I start clappin´ Nasty man, from bagging grams and runnin´ from cops To a mil on the hand, a mil on the watch, I´m fuckin´ with Doc
[Marsha] Hustlers, dealers, drop-top riders Make that cake, cop two five fivers Pimps and players, platinum diamonds East to West Coast, we riders