[Spoken: Nas] Thank you, for giving me 20 years Thank you, thank you So, we now conclude with the final song of Illmatic This one is the end of the cassette It was just 9 songs Yeah, this song right here, I got you though This one my joint 'cause I'm a big Michael Jackson fan and he I'll tell you something that I never said For my album cover, you see me with the afro, that was kinda inspired by Michael Jackson, The little, the little kid picture, right? So, I never told that anyone before So, this is uhh, "It Ain't Hard To Tell" The sample's from "Human Nature" Yeah, I see y'all right here Yeah [Verse 1: Nas] It ain't hard to tell The mic is contacted 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 Shining, sparkle like a diamond Sneak a Uzi on the island in my Hit the Earth like a comet—invasion! Nas is like the ‘Cause in my physical I can express through song Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong I drink Mo?t with Medusa, give her shotguns in Hell From the spliff that I lift and inhale; it ain't hard to tell Whoa, whoa, whoa It ain't hard to tell [Interlude: Nas] Some of y'all was like 5 years old when this album came out [Verse 2: Nas] 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 Sheik Jam like a TEC 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 ****** in your nose Nas will rock well; it ain't hard to tell Yeah, yeah [Interlude: Nas] If you was there with me in '94, make some noise I love you for that [Verse 3: Nas] 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-strual cycles Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle And groove even 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 will squeeze Glocks MCs eavesdrop, though they need not to sneak My poetry's deep, I never fell Nas' raps should be locked in a cell; it ain't hard to tell It ain't hard to tell It ain't hard to tell [Nas] 20 years, yes Special thanks to everyone up in here I thank you from the bottom of my brave heart [Spoken: Nas] Thank you, special thank you to The National Symphony Orchestra Thank you to my man Tim Davis [?] He's also the composer, bass, and orchestrations Derrick Harsh Travis Sells DJ Green Lantern Please make some noise for my man, the composer Steven Ryan Hakim One more time, National Symphony Orchestra We thank you from the bottom of our brave hearts For keeping it Illmatic with me through the years Thank you for looking beautiful tonight I love you forever man, stay real
[00:00.700][Spoken: Nas] [00:00.700]Thank you, for giving me 20 years [00:06.450]Thank you, thank you [00:10.340]So, we now conclude with the final song of Illmatic [00:17.750]This one is the end of the cassette [00:23.380]It was just 9 songs [00:28.510]Yeah, this song right here, I got you though [00:35.680]This one my joint 'cause I'm a big Michael Jackson fan and he [00:41.350]I'll tell you something that I never said [00:44.530]For my album cover, you see me with the afro, that was kinda inspired by Michael Jackson, [00:48.370]The little, the little kid picture, right? [00:50.570]So, I never told that anyone before [00:55.440]So, this is uhh, "It Ain't Hard To Tell" [01:00.670]The sample's from "Human Nature" [01:13.850]Yeah, I see y'all right here [01:26.500]Yeah [01:28.400][Verse 1: Nas] [01:28.800]It ain't hard to tell [01:30.140]The mic is contacted [01:34.750]My mic check is life or death, breathin' a sniper's breath [01:37.930]I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps [01:39.770]Deep like The Shining, sparkle like a diamond [01:42.110]Sneak a Uzi on the island in my [01:44.750]Hit the Earth like a comet—invasion! [01:46.740]Nas is like the [01:50.150]‘Cause in my physical I can express through song [01:52.340]Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong [01:54.840]I drink Mo?t with Medusa, give her shotguns in Hell [01:57.620]From the spliff that I lift and inhale; it ain't hard to tell [02:02.590]Whoa, whoa, whoa [02:10.070]It ain't hard to tell [02:14.340][Interlude: Nas] [02:14.650]Some of y'all was like 5 years old when this album came out [02:20.710][Verse 2: Nas] [02:20.920]The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up [02:22.600]Not stories by Aesop [02:23.850]Place your loot up, parties I shoot up [02:26.150]Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L [02:29.040]School a fool well, you feel it like Braille [02:30.920]It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill, like Shaquille holds a pill [02:34.310]Vocabulary spills, I'm Ill plus Matic [02:36.700]I freak beats, slam it, like Iron Sheik [02:39.290]Jam like a TEC with correct techniques [02:42.770]So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me [02:44.310]Scannin' while you're plannin' ways to sabotage me [02:47.010]I leave 'em froze, like ****** in your nose [02:49.240]Nas will rock well; it ain't hard to tell [02:51.870]Yeah, yeah [03:00.990][Interlude: Nas] [03:01.190]If you was there with me in '94, make some noise [03:07.260]I love you for that [03:11.540][Verse 3: Nas] [03:11.740]This rhythmatic explosion [03:13.140]Is what your frame of mind has chosen [03:14.870]I'll leave your brain stimulated, ****** is frozen [03:17.370]Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin [03:19.960]End like Leviathan, it's deep; well, let me try again [03:23.050]Wisdom be leakin' out my grapefruit, troop [03:24.940]I dominate break loops, givin' mics men-e-strual cycles [03:27.770]Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle [03:30.310]And groove even smoother than moves by Villanova [03:32.950]You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra [03:35.590]Packin' like a Rasta in the **** spot [03:37.680]Vocals will squeeze Glocks [03:38.920]MCs eavesdrop, though they need not to sneak [03:41.260]My poetry's deep, I never fell [03:43.150]Nas' raps should be locked in a cell; it ain't hard to tell [03:50.520]It ain't hard to tell [03:55.650]It ain't hard to tell [04:00.030][Nas] [04:00.290]20 years, yes [04:04.310]Special thanks to everyone up in here [04:05.960]I thank you from the bottom of my brave heart [04:32.410][Spoken: Nas] [04:32.620]Thank you, special thank you to The National Symphony Orchestra [04:47.250]Thank you to my man Tim Davis [04:52.230][?] [04:55.920]He's also the composer, bass, and orchestrations [05:01.390]Derrick Harsh [05:04.320]Travis Sells [05:09.900]DJ Green Lantern [05:19.050]Please make some noise for my man, the composer Steven [05:23.600]Ryan Hakim [05:28.280]One more time, National Symphony Orchestra [05:34.630]We thank you from the bottom of our brave hearts [05:38.410]For keeping it Illmatic with me through the years [05:42.290]Thank you for looking beautiful tonight [05:45.280]I love you forever man, stay real
