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 ****** 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 **** 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