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 Shinin'  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

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 analyze  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 Shiek
Jam like a tech with correct techniques
So analyze 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

This rhythmatic explosion  is what your frame of mind has chosen
I'll leave your brain stimulated  niggaz 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 weed 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