Nas - 10 Points lyrics

America the beautiful, gangsta's paradise
For a black man to be rich
You say we sacrifice our own family members
Like we're not savvy enough
To make outstanding figures
And ain't nobody in no cult
I give so much, financially give away
But there's an aspect of that
That's crippling to us today
Still coping and dealing with my
Environment as a kid
I trust no one today because what
Someone in my past did

King, gotta learn to let it
Go and move forward
King, you should learn to say no
Keep all your dough in
King, Michael Jordan gives back and
You didn't know it like LeBron does
But it's just seldom they show it
King, get ten points from one
Bird doin' your thing
King, 'til one of your homies decide to sing
King, I started sayin' "Peace King"
On my song "The Flyest"
And after that, it took off like fire, peace
King

Take it from a street dude
You don't need to be a street dude
Get a lawyer, read your contract
And eat food become Roberta Flack or Lionel
When you catch flack
That mean they got they eye on you
Produce great results
They start to lie on you
Is it love for a Queens dude in Supreme shoes
Or did the street code
Expire with these dudes?
Especially now, I don't expect you to bow
But stand creating jobs
Named my venture from after the land
I came from, that's unheard of
A hood that's known for
Murder now doing mergers
The streets is a lie
Don't believe these dudes
Jail or death is all you get
They tell you never move, but
When they get money, they split

King, gotta learn to let it
Go and move forward
King, you should learn to say no
Keep all your dough in
King, Michael Jordan gives back and
You didn't know it like LeBron does
But it's just seldom they show it
King, get ten points from one
Bird doin' your thing
King, 'til one of your homies decide to sing
King, I started saying "Peace King"
On my song "The Flyest" (Peace King)
And after that, it took off like fire

They hardly happy for you
Keep doing what you do
You can't please everybody
And not everybody is you
Don't try to force a square
Peg in a round circle, that shit'll hurt you
Don't try to fit in either
You're better off with neither
Few veteran speakers get medicine
When you need it especially when we all need
Knowledge instead of sneakers
Stop hangin' on to childhood trauma
It defeats us
Our challenge is holding ourselves back
I hope you felt that

Queen, gotta learn to let it
Go and move forward
King, you should learn to say no
Keep all your dough in
King, Michael Jordan gives back and
You didn't know it like LeBron does
But it's just seldom they show it
King, get ten points from one
Bird doin' your thing
King, 'til one of your homies decide to sing
King, I started saying "Peace King"
On my song "The Flyest"
And after that, it took off like fire, peace
King