album intro

Singer:nas

-hey nas

hey hey boy

you see what they done did to jimmy and lee. mmmhmm. damn

man. -i can't take it man. sho' can't. -you think this is gonna eva' change?

man

damn this place

man! damn these chains! these damn

chitlins every damn night. -this cotton. shit!

-i can't take it man. harriett done left the night befo'. it's time we go. aint no place for black folk here. man

promise land callin'

me man. -it's callin' me too. it's time we go. -yeah

i'm wichou!

hey man

hey damn these chains

man. damn you master

you

ain't my master

man!

you aint nothin'

you aint nothin. -hey bandit

bandit

get the dogs! get the hounds

we gonna

have ourselves a hangin' tonight!

nineteen-ninety-six!

back up in this nigga. the right way

though

you know?

-double-tre son

you know aint nothin'

coincedental or accidental

son. no doubt!

-you know how it's goin' down

man. it was all written. -no question

i'm sayin' man

i mean

how we playin' man

you know what i'm sayin'

they dealt us in

son. they playin' with a fifty-four deck

you see with the

jokers in and everything

you know what i'm saying?

son

i'm playin' with the fifty-two. -you wanna stress on how i used to play

that's how i play. but

yo

they takin' us into this next millenium

right now. -i'm sayin' law

you know what i'm sayin' we gotta lay the law

cause without law aint no order

you know what i'm sayin'

that's why these cats are slippin'

through

you know what i'm sayin? they got the rules missin'

though. true. -yo

word up

though

you know what i mean?

son

these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars

son. -yeah

you see that they look monopoly money

right?

word

with the big ass face on it. -yo

what i'm sayin'

we see through all that

though

you know what i'm sayin?

no question. -all eyes seein'

son

you know we real. yo

no doubt. in the qu'ran it says nas

the men. nesa's the woman

know? it was written.

Lyric Context: album intro - nas