Before a blunt I take out my fronts Then I start to front Matter of fact I be on a manhunt You couldn't catch me In the streets without a ton of reefer That's like Malcolm X Catchin the Jungle Fever King poetic too much flavor I'm major Atlanta ain't Brave-r I'll pull a number like a pager Cause I'm am ace when I face the bass 40-side is the place that is Giving me grace Now wait another dose And you might be dead And I'm a Nike head I wear chains that excite the feds And ain't a damn thing gonna change I'ma performer Show the mic warmer was born to gain Nas why did you do it You know you got the mad fat fluid When you rhyme it's halftime
Right It's halftime
Right Aiyyo it's halftime
Right It's halftime Right Yeah it's about halftime This is how it feel check it out how it feel It's like that you know it's like that I got it hemmed Now you never get the mic back When I attack there ain't an Army that could strike back So I react never calmly on a hype track I set it off with my own rhyme Cause I'm as ill as a convict Who kills for phone time I'm max like cassettes I flex like *** In your stereo sets Nas will catch wreck I used to hustle Now all I do is relax and strive When I was young I was a fan of the Jackson 5 I drop jewels wear jewels Hope to never run it With more kicks than a Baby in a mother's stomach Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise This is exercise 'til the microphone dies Back in eighty-three I was an MC sparking But I was too scared to Grab the mic's in the park and Kick my little raps cause I thought *****z wouldn't understand
And now in every jam I'm the ****in man I rap in front of more *****z Than in the slave ships I used to watch C H I P S Now I load glock clips I got to have it I miss Mr Magic Versatile my style switches like a ****** But not *****ual I'm an intellectual Of rap I'm a professional And that's no question yo These are the lyrics of the man You can't near it understand Cuz in the streets I'm well known Like the number man In my place wit the bass and format Explore rap and tell me Nas ain't all that And next time I rhyme I be foul Whenever I freestyle I see trial
*****z say I'm wow
I hate a rhymebiter's rhyme Stay tuned Nas soon the real Rap comes at halftime
Right It's halftime
Right Exhale check it it's halftime
Right It's halftime Right It's real in the field Word life check it
I got it goin on even flip 'em on this song Every afternoon I kick half the tune And in the darkness I'm heartless like when the NARCs hit Word to Marcus Garvey I hardly sparked it Cause when I blast the herb that's my word I be slayin them fast Doing this that and the third But chill past to Andre and let's slay I bag *****es up at John Jay and hit a matinee Puttin hits on 5-0 Csudr when it's my time to go I wait for God wit the fo'-fo' And biters can't come near And yo go to hell to the Foul cop who shot Garcia I won't plant seeds Don't need an extra mouth I can't feed That's extra Phillie change More cash for that **** This goes out to Manhattan The island of Staten Brooklyn and Queens is livin fat and The Boogie Down enough props Enough clout
I'll Will rest in peace yo I'm out Right It's still halftime
Right To the Queensbridge crew To the Queensbridge crew You know it's halftime
Right Ninety-two it's halftime Right Yo police police man Yo let's get ghost Halftime
Right Yo police man
[00:06.28]Right Right [00:11.87]Check me out y'all [00:12.87] [00:14.45]Nasty Nas in your area [00:15.94] [00:17.12]About to cause mass hysteria [00:18.76] [00:21.53]Before a blunt I take out my fronts [00:23.15]Then I start to front [00:24.43]Matter of fact I be on a manhunt [00:26.13]You couldn't catch me [00:27.40]In the streets without a ton of reefer [00:29.17]That's like Malcolm X [00:30.37]Catchin the Jungle Fever [00:31.62]King poetic too much flavor I'm major [00:34.09]Atlanta ain't Brave-r [00:35.07]I'll pull a number like a pager [00:36.79]Cause I'm am ace when [00:38.24]I face the bass [00:39.22]40-side is the place that is [00:40.64]Giving me grace [00:41.70]Now wait another dose [00:43.10]And you might be dead [00:44.26]And I'm a Nike head [00:45.42]I wear chains that excite the feds [00:47.35]And ain't a damn thing gonna change [00:49.45]I'ma performer [00:50.24]Show the mic warmer was born to gain [00:53.22]Nas why did you do it [00:54.62]You know you got the mad fat fluid [00:56.20]When you rhyme it's halftime [00:57.93] [00:58.72]Right It's halftime [01:03.26] [01:04.08]Right Aiyyo it's halftime [01:08.50] [01:09.19]Right It's halftime [01:13.86]Right Yeah it's about halftime [01:16.26]This is how it feel check it out how it feel [01:18.92]It's like that you know it's like that [01:20.84]I got it hemmed [01:22.16]Now you never get the mic back [01:23.68]When I attack there ain't an [01:25.10]Army that could strike back [01:26.29]So I react never calmly on a hype track [01:29.22]I set it off with my own rhyme [01:31.14]Cause I'm as ill as a convict [01:32.99]Who kills for phone time [01:34.39]I'm max like cassettes [01:35.36]I flex like *** [01:36.85]In your stereo sets [01:38.34]Nas will catch wreck [01:39.34]I used to hustle [01:40.42]Now all I do is relax and strive [01:42.49]When I was young [01:43.49]I was a fan of the Jackson 5 [01:45.10]I drop jewels wear jewels [01:46.62]Hope to never run it [01:47.87]With more kicks than a [01:49.06]Baby in a mother's stomach [01:50.41]Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise [01:52.27]This is exercise 'til the microphone dies [01:55.24]Back in eighty-three I was an MC sparking [01:57.91]But I was too scared to [01:59.24]Grab the mic's in the park and [02:00.52]Kick my little raps cause [02:02.01]I thought *****z wouldn't understand [02:02.96] [02:03.84]And now in every jam I'm the ****in man [02:06.02]I rap in front of more *****z [02:07.81]Than in the slave ships [02:08.96]I used to watch C H I P S [02:10.20]Now I load glock clips [02:11.29]I got to have it I miss Mr Magic [02:13.74]Versatile my style switches like a ****** [02:16.25]But not *****ual I'm an intellectual [02:19.03]Of rap I'm a professional [02:20.44]And that's no question yo [02:21.76]These are the lyrics of the man [02:23.45]You can't near it understand [02:24.73]Cuz in the streets I'm well known [02:26.08]Like the number man [02:27.04]In my place wit the bass and format [02:29.24]Explore rap and tell me Nas ain't all that [02:32.08]And next time I rhyme I be foul [02:34.30]Whenever I freestyle I see trial [02:35.66] [02:36.21]*****z say I'm wow [02:37.52] [02:38.07]I hate a rhymebiter's rhyme [02:39.53]Stay tuned Nas soon the real [02:41.52]Rap comes at halftime [02:42.84] [02:43.63]Right It's halftime [02:48.06] [02:48.86]Right Exhale check it it's halftime [02:53.32] [02:54.09]Right It's halftime [02:59.03]Right It's real in the field [03:01.22]Word life check it [03:03.43] [03:04.04]I got it goin on even flip 'em on this song [03:06.55]Every afternoon I kick half the tune [03:09.06]And in the darkness [03:10.12]I'm heartless like when the NARCs hit [03:11.44]Word to Marcus Garvey I hardly sparked it [03:14.00]Cause when I blast the herb that's my word [03:16.42]I be slayin them fast [03:17.70]Doing this that and the third [03:19.19]But chill past to Andre and let's slay [03:21.86]I bag *****es up at John Jay and hit a matinee [03:24.73]Puttin hits on 5-0 [03:26.10]Csudr when it's my time to go [03:28.01]I wait for God wit the fo'-fo' [03:29.88]And biters can't come near [03:31.63]And yo go to hell to the [03:33.36]Foul cop who shot Garcia [03:34.94]I won't plant seeds [03:36.09]Don't need an extra mouth I can't feed [03:37.86]That's extra Phillie change [03:39.05]More cash for that **** [03:40.39]This goes out to Manhattan [03:41.84]The island of Staten [03:43.34]Brooklyn and Queens is livin fat and [03:45.55]The Boogie Down enough props [03:47.27]Enough clout [03:48.10] [03:49.16]I'll Will rest in peace yo I'm out [03:51.39]Right It's still halftime [03:56.28] [03:56.94]Right To the Queensbridge crew [03:59.52]To the Queensbridge crew [04:00.74]You know it's halftime [04:01.88] [04:02.41]Right Ninety-two it's halftime [04:07.19]Right Yo police police man [04:09.50]Yo let's get ghost [04:11.56]Halftime [04:12.13] [04:12.89]Right Yo police man
