it ain't hard to tell

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