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So could someone explain it to me, I understand some things but I didn't leave the lines out so yea...thanks.
- Verse One: Nas Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe When I'm deceased, by then the beast arise like yeast to conquer peace leaving savages to roam in the streets Live on the run, police paying me to give in my gun Trick my Wisdom, with the system that imprisoned my son Smoke a gold leaf I hold heat, nonchalantly I'm grungy, but things I do is real it never haunts me while, funny style niggaz roll in the pile Rooster heads profile on a bus to Riker's Isle Holdin weed inside they pussy with they minds on the pretty things in life, props is a true thug's wife It's like a cycle, niggaz come home, some'll go in Do a bullet, come back, do the same shit again From the womb to the tomb, presume the unpredictable Guns salute life, rapidly, that's the ritual Verse Two: Raekwon the Chef Perhaps bullets bust niggaz discuss mad money True lies and white guys, we can see it through the eyes Catch the most on tape, kilos disintegrate Pyrex pots, we break, fiends lickin plates In the building niggaz building, like little children starin Them older niggaz aint carin Sirens circlin fiends are lurkin in your baggage oh, one's gone now, what, smack him in his cabbage In the woodwork, crack cells bubble like Woolworth's in the projects, richest niggaz rockin all the real worth Police questioning, rooftop cats invested in Tradin in they Lexus' GS's sendin messages Two and two makes four, Cristal's crazily pour Gun wars my crew phantom like swords Verse Three: Ghostface Killer With the green leathers, hunded pound snakes and cakes Fiends found in lakes, jeolously Jakes we shake What I strive for is what I live for Infatuated by material things, and it's wild like for war like somewhere over the rainbow, I see a big pot of gold Future stacks yo I hold Thousands of cracks bagged up inside the shoebox Don't keep jack in my lap, don't wanna see Tupac Got two spots, a new lot, flooded with rocks Shoot-outs making me hot, crooked cops Bad Tony and the ball drop In the Now, I'm bangin niggaz for slide time Hurry up Duke I'm next, show em mine And what the fuck is you looking at? By the way young blood, hit me off with that Green Bay hat Watch your back inside the hall, new niggaz slide through like doors yo, you're starin in the mess hall Your adrenaline runs, cigarette niggas be swindlin New jacks surrenderin, come home not rememberin Made bail with different size kicks on, a white dress shirt Lookin gay in the yard, and you got hurt Flashbacks, of the day room, mop ringer style Your faggot ass got bashed tryin to turn the dial You told your boo you was whylin Once you heard Wu, out of the blue, your family's from Shaolin High class cooks, throw on vestes out of phone books Infirmary niggas are screaming, "I got drugs!" Sharpen toothbrushes 190 mixed with baby oil and shit Your man's in the kitchen stashing ice picks Well I'ma end this with a big red cherry on top Me, Nas and Rae got the best product on the block |
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H.R. Puffinstuff
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Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold
I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe Although famous, he will teach his kids to take over the earth |
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by then the beast should rise like yeast,to conquer peace leaving savages to roam in the streets
the system or government will rise and take whatever freedom we have more or less mashall law |
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that such a deep fuckin verse by Nas....classic song
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so can someone decipher the whole song? props
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if i had time i would but its not that hard to understand
this song basically is about life on the streets and in jail |
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What I would really like to know is what that looped woman is saying. Something like "I wanna love him... but WHAT is he".
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Yeah that voice used to annoy me, I still think it would be even better without it.
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Nas kills this song best verse on it and one of my favourite Nas verses
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anybody heard Nas - Deja Vu...it has the other verse he wrote for this song and its a really a great song...everybody needs to hear it
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^^^yeah, I heard it...it's the same verse
here are 2 lines, I don't understand: "police paying me to give in my gun..." "Holdin weed inside they pussy..."
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"police paying me to give in my gun..."
this one is obvious..the goverment wants to control him, tryin' to bribe him and shit |
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The women are smuggling weed into the prison
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I liked the looped womans voice.
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So anyone to decipher the whole song? Props!
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