[Intro: Nas] Slow it down This **** feel good up here Yeah, it's Illmatic It's Illmatic Let's go back a little bit [Chorus: Nas] One time for your mind, one time Yeah, whatever One time for your mind, one time Yo, whatever One time for your mind, one time Yo, whatever Hey one, check, check it out [Verse 1: Nas] When I'm chilling, I grab the buddha Get my crew to buy beers And watch a flick, illin' and root for the villain, huh Plus every morning, I go out and love it sort of chilly Then I send a shorty from my block to the store for Phillies After being blessed by the herb's essence I'm back to my rest, ten minutes, some odd seconds That's where I got the honey at, spends the night for ***in' Keep lubrication, Magnum protection Hitting up my stereo's remote control quickly Ron G's in the cassette deck, rocking the ****, G I try to stay mellow, rock, well a cappella rhymes'll Make me richer than a slipper made Cinderella, fella Go get your crew, Hobbes, I'm prepared to bomb troops Rip in peace to my mom dukes When I was ten I was a hip-hoppin' shorty wop Known for rocking microphones and twisting off a 40 top [Chorus: Nas] One time for your mind, one time Yeah, whatever One time for your mind, one time Yeah, whatever One time for your mind, one time [Verse 2: Nas] You know the hard times, kid ****, cold, be starving make you wanna do crimes kid But I'ma lamp, ‘cause a crime couldn't beat a rhyme Muslims yelling "Free the mind" And I'm from Queensbridge, been to many places As a kid when I would say that out of town, ****** chased us But now I know the time, got a older mind Plus control a 9, fine, see now I represent mine I'm new on the rap scene, ****** never heard of me Yet I'm a menace, yo, police wanna murder me Heini Dark drinker, represent the thinker My pen rides the paper, it even has blinkers Think I'll dim the lights, then inhale, it stimulates Floating like I'm on the North 95 Interstate Never plan to stop, when I write my hand is hot And expand a lot from the Wiz to Camelot The parlayer, I'll make your heads bop, pa I shine a light on perpetrators, like a cop's car From day to night, I play the mic and you'll thank God I wreck **** so much, the microphone'll need a paint job See, my brain is incarcerated Live at any jam, I couldn't count all the parks I've raided I hold a MAC-11, and attack a reverend I contact eleven L's and max in heaven [Chorus: Nas] One time for your mind, one time Yeah, whatever One time for your mind, one time Yeah, whatever One time for your mind, one time '92 to 2099 One time for your mind, one time One time for your mind, one time One time for your mind, one time
[00:00.6552][Intro: Nas] [00:00.17]Slow it down [00:08.65]This **** feel good up here [00:16.36]Yeah, it's Illmatic [00:20.25]It's Illmatic [00:22.54]Let's go back a little bit [00:24.08][Chorus: Nas] [00:24.68]One time for your mind, one time [00:26.93]Yeah, whatever [00:27.54]One time for your mind, one time [00:29.33]Yo, whatever [00:29.73]One time for your mind, one time [00:32.07]Yo, whatever [00:32.97]Hey one, check, check it out [00:35.91][Verse 1: Nas] [00:36.06]When I'm chilling, I grab the buddha [00:37.40]Get my crew to buy beers [00:38.65]And watch a flick, illin' and root for the villain, huh [00:41.49]Plus every morning, I go out and love it sort of chilly [00:44.13]Then I send a shorty from my block to the store for Phillies [00:46.68]After being blessed by the herb's essence [00:49.71]I'm back to my rest, ten minutes, some odd seconds [00:52.36]That's where I got the honey at, spends the night for ***in' [00:55.15]Keep lubrication, Magnum protection [00:58.08]Hitting up my stereo's remote control quickly [01:00.92]Ron G's in the cassette deck, rocking the ****, G [01:03.77]I try to stay mellow, rock, well a cappella rhymes'll [01:06.85]Make me richer than a slipper made Cinderella, fella [01:09.64]Go get your crew, Hobbes, I'm prepared to bomb troops [01:12.63]Rip in peace to my mom dukes [01:15.47]When I was ten I was a hip-hoppin' shorty wop [01:18.02]Known for rocking microphones and twisting off a 40 top [01:20.96][Chorus: Nas] [01:21.58]One time for your mind, one time [01:23.32]Yeah, whatever [01:24.22]One time for your mind, one time [01:25.73]Yeah, whatever [01:26.69]One time for your mind, one time [01:44.64][Verse 2: Nas] [01:44.89]You know the hard times, kid [01:45.99]****, cold, be starving make you wanna do crimes kid [01:48.45]But I'ma lamp, ‘cause a crime couldn't beat a rhyme [01:51.80]Muslims yelling "Free the mind" [01:54.29]And I'm from Queensbridge, been to many places [01:57.07]As a kid when I would say that out of town, ****** chased us [02:00.11]But now I know the time, got a older mind [02:02.55]Plus control a 9, fine, see now I represent mine [02:05.64]I'm new on the rap scene, ****** never heard of me [02:08.48]Yet I'm a menace, yo, police wanna murder me [02:11.27]Heini Dark drinker, represent the thinker [02:14.01]My pen rides the paper, it even has blinkers [02:16.79]Think I'll dim the lights, then inhale, it stimulates [02:19.98]Floating like I'm on the North 95 Interstate [02:22.91]Never plan to stop, when I write my hand is hot [02:25.80]And expand a lot from the Wiz to Camelot [02:28.45]The parlayer, I'll make your heads bop, pa [02:31.43]I shine a light on perpetrators, like a cop's car [02:34.33]From day to night, I play the mic and you'll thank God [02:36.82]I wreck **** so much, the microphone'll need a paint job [02:40.30]See, my brain is incarcerated [02:41.99]Live at any jam, I couldn't count all the parks I've raided [02:45.44]I hold a MAC-11, and attack a reverend [02:48.47]I contact eleven L's and max in heaven [02:51.16][Chorus: Nas] [02:51.36]One time for your mind, one time [02:53.56]Yeah, whatever [02:54.26]One time for your mind, one time [02:56.05]Yeah, whatever [02:57.04]One time for your mind, one time [02:59.38]'92 to 2099 [03:02.63]One time for your mind, one time [03:05.41]One time for your mind, one time [03:08.55]One time for your mind, one time
