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 nothin, 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 jewel, 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 heron 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 menstrual cycles Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle And groovy but smoother than moves by Villa nova 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
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 nothin, 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 jewel, 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 heron 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 menstrual cycles Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle And groovy but smoother than moves by Villa nova 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
