Nas - Album Intro (Was Written ) lyrics

"Hey Nas, hey hey boy
You see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee?"
"Mhm damn, man" "I can't take it man"
"Sho' can't"
"You think this is gonna eva' change?"
"Man, damn this place
Man! Damn these chains! These damn
Chitlins every damn night" "This cotton"
"Shit!" "I can't take it man"
"Harriett done left the night befo'
It's time we go
Ain't no place for black folk here man
Promise land callin' me man"
"It's callin' me too" "It's time we go"
"yeah, I'm wichou!"
"Hey man, hey damn these chains, man damn
You master, you ain't my master, man!
"You ain't nothin', you ain't nothin'"
"Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the
Dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
Have ourselves a hangin' tonight!"

1996! Back up in this nigga
The right way, though, you know?
(Double-tre son, you know ain't
Nothin' coincidental or accidental, dunn)
No doubt!
(You know how it's goin' down, man)
It was all written
(No question, I'm sayin' man, I mean
How we playin' man
You know what I'm sayin', they dealt us in
Son they playin' with a 54 deck, you see
With the jokers in and everything
You know what I'm saying?)
Son, I'm playin' with the 52
(You wanna stress on how I used to play
That's how I playin')
But, yo, they takin' us
Into this next millennium, right now
(I'm sayin' law
You know what I'm sayin' we gotta lay the law
Cause without law ain't no order
You know what I'm sayin'
That's why these cats are slippin' through
You know what I'm sayin? They
Got the rules missin' though) true
(Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?)
Son, these niggas look faker than
The new hundred dollars, son
(yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money
Right?) word, with the big ass face on it
(Yo, what I'm sayin', we
See through all that, though
You know what I'm sayin?) no question
(All eyes seein', son, you
Know it was written, no question)
Yo, no doubt in the Qu'ran it says Nas
The men
Nesa's the woman, you know? It was written