Nas - Nas Is Like lyrics

(Nas is Nas is Nas is Nas is
Nas is Nas is Nas is
Nas is like Nas is like Nas is like)
Umm, Premo, Nas yeah, yeah, yo
(Nas is Nas is Nas is Nas is
Nas is Nas is Nas is nas is like)

Freedom or jail, clips inserted
A baby's bein' born
Same time a man is murdered
The beginnin' 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 sign's for pain i spent time in the game
Kept my mind on fame
Saw fiends shoot up and do lines of cocaine
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 hustlin' for
Cars that cost dough
To the big dogs livin' large, takin' it light
Pushin' big toys, gettin' nice
Enjoyin' your life
It's what you make it, suicide
Few try to take it
Belt tied around they 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, Nas)

Nas is like life or death I'm a rebel
My poetry's deep, I never fell
Nas is like half man, half-amazin' (Uh)
No doubt
Nas is like life or death I'm a rebel
(Uh, uh) my poetry's deep, I never fell
Nas is like half man, half-amazin' (Uh)
No doubt (Uh)

(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 blastin' TEC's on blocks
Went from Seiko to Rolex, ownin' acres
From the projects with no chips
To large cake dough
Dimes givin' fellatio, siete zeros
Bet my 9 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
Makin' choices that determine my
Future under the sky
To rob, steal or kill, I'm wonderin' 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 half man, half-amazin' (C'mon)
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-amazin'
No doubt (Uh)

(Nas is like) Sex to a nympho
But nothin' sweet i'm like beef
Bustin' heat through your windows
I'm like a street sweeper
Green leaf breather like Greeks in Egypt
Learnin' somethin' deep from they teachers
I'm like crime, like your 9
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 bein' locked down around new faces
And none of 'em fam
I'm the feelin' of a millionaire
Spendin' a hundred grand
I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet
Live it and I write down
And I watch it blow up
Y'all know what I'm like, y'all play
It in ya system every night, now

Nas is like life or death I'm a rebel
My poetry's deep, I never fell
Nas is like half man, half-amazin' 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-amazin'
No doubt (Uh) nas is like