*yee hahand's and whips cracking in background*
hey nas hey hey boy you see what they done did to jimmy and lee.
Nas:mmmhmm. damn man.
i canand't take it man.
Nas:shoand' canand't.
you think this is gonna evaand' change?
Nas:man damn this place man! damn these chains! these damn
Chitlins every damn night.
this cotton.
Nas:shit!
i canand't take it man.
Nas:harriett done left the night befoand'. itand's time we go.
Aint no place for black folk here. man, promise land callinand'
Me man.
-itand's callinand' me too.
Nas:itand's time we go.
-yeah, iand'm wichou!
Nas:hey man, hey damn these chains, man. damn you master, you
Ainand't my master, man!
*sounds of punching and bumping*
Nas:you aint nothinand', you aint nothin.
-hey bandit, bandit, get the dogs! get the hounds, we gonna
Have ourselves a hanginand' tonight!
Nas:nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga.
The right way, though, you know?
-double-tre son, you know aint nothinand'
Coincedental or accidental, son.
Nas:no doubt!
-you know how itand's goinand' down, man.
Nas:it was all written.
-no question, iand'm sayinand' man, i mean, how we playinand' man,
You know what iand'm sayinand', they dealt us in, son.
They playinand' with a fifty-four deck, you see with the
Jokers in and everything, you know what iand'm saying?
Nas:son, iand'm playinand' with the fifty-two.
-you wanna stress on how i used to play, thatand's how i play.
Nas:but, yo, they takinand' us into this next millenium, right now.
-iand'm sayinand' law, you know what iand'm sayinand' we gotta lay the law,
Cause without law aint no order, you know what iand'm sayinand',
Thatand's why these cats are slippinand'
Through, you know what iand'm sayin? they got the rules missinand',
Though.
Nas:true.
-yo, word up, though, you know what i mean?
Nas:son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son.
-yeah, you see that they look monopoly money, right?
Nas:word, with the big ass face on it.
-yo, what iand'm sayinand', we see through all that, though
You know what iand'm sayin?
Nas:no question.
-all eyes seeinand', son, you know we real.
Nas:yo, no doubt. in the quand'ran it says nas, the men.
Nesaand's the woman, know? it was written.