[Intro: Nas] "Represent to the fullest" Let's represent forever "Represent" We gon represent forever "Represent" I will represent forever "Represent" Yeah, say what? What you say? "Represent" What we do? "Represent" Represent [Verse 1: Nas] Any day could be your last in the jungle Get murdered on a humble, guns'll blast, ****** tumble The corners is the hot spot, full of criminals Who don't care, guzzling beers, we all stare At the out-of-towners, they better break North Before we get the four pounders and take their face off The streets is filled with undercovers Homicide chasing brothers The D's on the roof tryin' to watch us and lock us And killer coppers even come through in helicopters I drink a little vodka, spark a L and hold a Glock For the fronters, wannabe ill ****** and spot runners Thinking it can't happen 'til I trap 'em and clap 'em And leave 'em done, won't even run about I don't believe in none of that s**t, your facts are backwards Nas is a rebel of the street corner Pulling a TEC out the dresser; police got me under pressure [Chorus: Nas] Represent, represent Represent, represent Represent, represent Represent, represent Yeah [Verse 2: Nas] Yo, they call me Nas, I'm not your legal type of fella Mo?t drinking, m*******a smoking street dweller Who's always on the corner, rolling up blessed When I dress, it's never nothing less than Guess Cold be walking with a bop and my hat turned back Love committing sins and my friends sell crack This ***** raps with a razor, keep it under my tongue The school drop-out, never liked the s**t from day one ‘Cause life ain't s**t but stress, fake ******, crab stunts So I guzzle my Hennessy while pulling on mad blunts The brutalizer, crew de-sizer, accelerator The type of brother who be pissing in your elevator Somehow the rap game reminds me of the crack game Used to sport Bally's and Cazals with black frames Now I'm into fat chains, *** and TECs Fly new chicks and new kicks, Heines and Beck's [Chorus: Nas] I represent y'all I represent y'all I represent y'all [Verse 3: Nas] This is what it's about Before the BDP conflict with MC Shan Around the time when Shante dissed the Real Roxxane I used to chill on the corner, on the block Every day's a different...that had us running from cops If it wasn't hanging out in front of c*****e spots We was at the candy factory, breaking the locks Nowadays, I need the cash in the hand just like the next man **** a yard, God, let me see a hundred grand Could use a gun, son, but **** being the wanted man But if I hit rock bottom then I'ma be the Son of Sam Then call the crew to get live too, with Swoop Bokeem, my brother Jungle, Big Bo cooks up the blow Mike'll chop it; Mayo, you count the profit My s**t is on the streets, this way the Jakes'll never stop it It's your brain on, to all fly b*****s and thugs 'Nuff respect to the projects, I'm ghost, one love [Chorus: Nas] I represent y'all I represent y'all I represent y'all I represent y'all [Outro: Nas] This one goes This one goes To the Queen rich crew, the 40 side of Vernon The 41st side of Vernon, The Goodfellas My man Cee-Lo from the Don, Lakey the Kid My whole crew, Big Dove [?] yeah baby To my whole crew from the Northside, from the Southside Way out the [?] projects [?] Wood The whole Long Island city, we here baby (we here) And of course to you D.C "Represent" "Represent" "Represent" "Represent" "Represent" Yeah "Represent" Yeah "Represent" Yeah Oh, we represent to Represent to the fullest Represent to the fullest
[00:00.63][Intro: Nas] [00:01.16]"Represent to the fullest" [00:04.25]Let's represent forever [00:06.06]"Represent" [00:06.81]We gon represent forever [00:08.06]"Represent" [00:09.25]I will represent forever [00:10.70]"Represent" [00:11.69]Yeah, say what? [00:13.44]What you say? [00:16.18]"Represent" [00:17.13]What we do? [00:18.62]"Represent" [00:19.41]Represent [00:22.10][Verse 1: Nas] [00:22.56]Any day could be your last in the jungle [00:24.10]Get murdered on a humble, guns'll blast, ****** tumble [00:26.84]The corners is the hot spot, full of criminals [00:29.28]Who don't care, guzzling beers, we all stare [00:31.88]At the out-of-towners, they better break North [00:33.82]Before we get the four pounders and take their face off [00:35.66]The streets is filled with undercovers [00:38.10]Homicide chasing brothers [00:39.34]The D's on the roof tryin' to watch us and lock us [00:41.89]And killer coppers even come through in helicopters [00:44.48]I drink a little vodka, spark a L and hold a Glock [00:47.28]For the fronters, wannabe ill ****** and spot runners [00:49.72]Thinking it can't happen 'til I trap 'em and clap 'em [00:52.20]And leave 'em done, won't even run about [00:54.39]I don't believe in none of that s**t, your facts are backwards [00:57.38]Nas is a rebel of the street corner [00:59.37]Pulling a TEC out the dresser; police got me under pressure [01:02.28][Chorus: Nas] [01:02.48]Represent, represent [01:04.81]Represent, represent [01:07.41]Represent, represent [01:09.86]Represent, represent [01:12.10]Yeah [01:12.70][Verse 2: Nas] [01:12.90]Yo, they call me Nas, I'm not your legal type of fella [01:14.69]Mo?t drinking, m*******a smoking street dweller [01:17.08]Who's always on the corner, rolling up blessed [01:19.62]When I dress, it's never nothing less than Guess [01:22.01]Cold be walking with a bop and my hat turned back [01:24.40]Love committing sins and my friends sell crack [01:27.04]This ***** raps with a razor, keep it under my tongue [01:29.48]The school drop-out, never liked the s**t from day one [01:31.92]‘Cause life ain't s**t but stress, fake ******, crab stunts [01:34.65]So I guzzle my Hennessy while pulling on mad blunts [01:37.24]The brutalizer, crew de-sizer, accelerator [01:40.08]The type of brother who be pissing in your elevator [01:42.53]Somehow the rap game reminds me of the crack game [01:44.92]Used to sport Bally's and Cazals with black frames [01:47.30]Now I'm into fat chains, *** and TECs [01:49.59]Fly new chicks and new kicks, Heines and Beck's [01:52.43][Chorus: Nas] [01:52.63]I represent y'all [01:54.67]I represent y'all [01:57.12]I represent y'all [02:02.14][Verse 3: Nas] [02:02.34]This is what it's about [02:02.74]Before the BDP conflict with MC Shan [02:04.33]Around the time when Shante dissed the Real Roxxane [02:06.98]I used to chill on the corner, on the block [02:09.46]Every day's a different...that had us running from cops [02:12.16]If it wasn't hanging out in front of c*****e spots [02:14.60]We was at the candy factory, breaking the locks [02:16.98]Nowadays, I need the cash in the hand just like the next man [02:19.88]**** a yard, God, let me see a hundred grand [02:22.47]Could use a gun, son, but **** being the wanted man [02:24.86]But if I hit rock bottom then I'ma be the Son of Sam [02:27.54]Then call the crew to get live too, with Swoop [02:29.73]Bokeem, my brother Jungle, Big Bo cooks up the blow [02:32.22]Mike'll chop it; Mayo, you count the profit [02:34.72]My s**t is on the streets, this way the Jakes'll never stop it [02:37.26]It's your brain on, to all fly b*****s and thugs [02:39.70]'Nuff respect to the projects, I'm ghost, one love [02:42.43][Chorus: Nas] [02:42.63]I represent y'all [02:45.07]I represent y'all [02:46.96]I represent y'all [02:49.20]I represent y'all [02:51.79][Outro: Nas] [02:52.24]This one goes [03:03.15]This one goes [03:04.30]To the Queen rich crew, the 40 side of Vernon [03:08.14]The 41st side of Vernon, The Goodfellas [03:11.92]My man Cee-Lo from the Don, Lakey the Kid [03:15.61]My whole crew, Big Dove [03:18.64][?] yeah baby [03:19.89]To my whole crew from the Northside, from the Southside [03:24.76]Way out the [?] projects [03:27.00][?] Wood [03:27.95]The whole Long Island city, we here baby (we here) [03:34.63]And of course to you D.C [03:44.73]"Represent" [03:46.57]"Represent" [03:48.01]"Represent" [03:49.70]"Represent" [03:53.10]"Represent" [04:00.57]Yeah [04:00.91]"Represent" [04:02.72]Yeah [04:02.92]"Represent" [04:04.56]Yeah [04:08.93]Oh, we represent to [04:13.45]Represent to the fullest [04:15.94]Represent to the fullest