[00:26.57]It ain't hard to tell  I excel  then prevail
[00:29.29]The mic is contacted  I attract clientele
[00:32.16]My mic check is life or death  breathin a sniper's breath
[00:35.75]I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
[00:38.90]Deep like The Shinin'  sparkle like a diamond
[00:40.72]Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
[00:42.67]Hit the Earth like a comet invasion
[00:44.51]Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian  half-man  half-amazin
[00:47.73]Cause in my physical  I can express through song
[00:50.02]Delete stress like Motrin  then extend strong
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[00:52.67]I drank Moet with Medusa  give her shotguns in hell
[00:55.40]From the spliff that I lift and inhale  it ain't hard to tell
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[01:19.29]The buddha monk's in your trunk  turn the bass up
[01:21.99]Not stories by Aesop  place your loot up  parties I shoot up
[01:25.53]Nas  I analyze  drop a jew-el  inhale from the L
[01:28.43]School a fool well  you feel it like braille
[01:30.85]It ain't hard to tell  I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
[01:33.75]Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
[01:35.75]Plus +Matic+  I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek
[01:38.13]Jam like a tech with correct techniques
[01:39.55]So analyze me  surprise me  but can't magmatize me
[01:43.19]Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
[01:45.32]I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
[01:48.16]Nas'll rock well  it ain't hard to tell
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[02:11.31]This rhythmatic explosion  is what your frame of mind has chosen
[02:15.32]I'll leave your brain stimulated  niggaz is frozen
[02:17.87]Speak with criminal slang  begin like a violin
[02:20.01]End like Leviathan  it's deep well let me try again
[02:22.73]Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
[02:24.11]I dominate break loops  givin mics men-e-straul cycles
[02:27.31]Street's disciple  I rock beats that's mega trifle
[02:30.00]And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova
[02:32.76]You're still a soldier  I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
[02:35.58]Packin like a rasta in the weed spot
[02:37.78]Vocals'll squeeze glocks  MC's eavesdrop
[02:39.42]Though they need not to sneak
[02:41.09]My poetry's deep  I never fell
[02:43.12]Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
[02:45.50]It ain't hard to tell