Nas - Nas Is Like (Official Video)

♪ Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is, Nas is ♪ ♪ Nas is, Nas is like ♪ - Premo ♪ Nas ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ - Yo, Nas, you ready? - Ready when you are Prem ♪ Nas is, Nas is, Nas is like ♪ - Aight. ♪ Freedom or jail, clip's inserted ♪ ♪ A baby's being born same time a man is murdered ♪ ♪ The beginning and end ♪ ♪ As far as rap go ♪ ♪ It's only natural I explain my plateau ♪ ♪ And also what defines my name ♪

♪ First it was Nasty, but times have changed ♪ ♪ Ask me now, I'm the artist ♪ ♪ But hardcore, my science for pain ♪ ♪ I spent time in the game, kept my mind on fame ♪ ♪ Saw fiends shoot up and do lines of (censored) ♪ ♪ Saw my close friends shot, flatline am I sane ♪ ♪ That depends, carry Mac-10's to practice my aim ♪ ♪ On rooftops, tape CD covers to trees ♪ ♪ Line the barrel up with your weak picture then squeeze ♪ ♪ Street scriptures for lost souls, in the

crossroads ♪ ♪ To the corner thugs hustling for cars that cost dough ♪ ♪ To the big dogs living large, taking in light ♪ ♪ Pushing big toys, getting nice, enjoying your life ♪ ♪ Is what you make it, suicide, few try to take it ♪ ♪ Belt tied around their neck in jail cells naked ♪ ♪ Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is felt ♪ ♪ And of course N-A-S are the letters that spell ♪ ♪ (Nas) ♪ ♪ Nas is like life or death ♪ ♪ I'm a rebel ♪ ♪ My poetry's deep

I never fell ♪ ♪ Nas is like half-man, half-amazing ♪ ♪ No doubt ♪ ♪ Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel ♪ ♪ My poetry's deep I never fell ♪ ♪ Nas is like half-man, half-amazing ♪ ♪ Uh, no doubt ♪ ♪ Nas is like, Nas is like ♪ ♪ Earth, Wind & Fire, rims and tires ♪ ♪ Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver ♪ ♪ Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars ♪ ♪ Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas ♪ ♪ Nas is like ♪ ♪ Iron

Mike, messiah type ♪ ♪ Before the Christ, after the death, the last one left ♪ ♪ Let my cash invest in stock ♪ ♪ Came a long way from blasting, techs on blocks ♪ ♪ Went from Seiko to Rolex, owning acres ♪ ♪ From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough ♪ ♪ Dimes, giving (censored), siete zeros ♪ ♪ Bet my nine spit for the pesos ♪ ♪ But what's it all worth ♪ ♪ Can't take it with you under this Earth ♪ ♪ Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked

♪ ♪ They just rob your grave, I'd rather be alive and paid ♪ ♪ Before my number's called, history's made ♪ ♪ Some'll fall, but I rise, thug or die ♪ ♪ Making choices that determine my future under the sky ♪ ♪ To rob, steal or kill, I'm wondering why ♪ ♪ It's a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame ♪ ♪ Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite ♪ ♪ Sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is ♪ ♪ Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel

♪ ♪ My poetry's deep, I never fell ♪ ♪ Nas is like, Uh ♪ ♪ Half-man, half amazing ♪ ♪ Come on. No doubt ♪ ♪ Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel ♪ ♪ My poetry's deep, I never fell ♪ ♪ Nas is like, half-man, half-amazing ♪ ♪ No doubt ♪ ♪ Uh. Sex to a nympho, but nothing sweet ♪ ♪ I'm like beef, bustin' (censored) through your windows ♪ ♪ I'm like a street sweeper, (censored) breather ♪ ♪ Like Greeks in Egypt ♪ ♪ Learning somethin' deep from they teachers ♪ ♪

I'm like crime, like your (censored) ♪ ♪ Your man you would die for ♪ ♪ Always got you, I'm like Pac dude you would cry for ♪ ♪ I'm like a whole lot of loot ♪ ♪ I'm like crisp money ♪ ♪ Corporate accounts from a rich company ♪ ♪ I'm like ecstasy for ladies ♪ ♪ I'm like all races combined in one man ♪ ♪ Like the '99 summer jam ♪ ♪ Bulletproof Hummer man ♪ ♪ I'm like being locked down ♪ ♪ Around new faces, and none of 'em fam ♪ ♪ I'm the

feeling of a millionaire spending a hundred grand ♪ ♪ I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet ♪ ♪ Live it and I write it down and I watch it blow up ♪ ♪ Y'all know what I'm like ♪ ♪ Y'all play it in your system every night, now ♪ ♪ Nas is like life or death ♪ ♪ I'm a rebel ♪ ♪ My poetry's deep, I never fell ♪ ♪ Nas is like, Nas is like ♪ ♪ Half-Man, half-amazing ♪ ♪ No doubt ♪ ♪ Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel ♪

♪ My poetry's deep I never fell ♪ ♪ Nas is like, Nas is like ♪ ♪ Half-man, half-amazing ♪ ♪ No doubt ♪ ♪ Nas is like, Nas is like ♪ ♪ Nas is like, Nas is like ♪