Nas - Angels with Dirty Faces lyrics

Angel Dust yeah, Angel Dust
Yeah yeah, Angel Dust

Angels with dirty faces
Angels with broken wings
The devil's dust, PCP invading bloodstreams
People lining up to get it, fantastic
Knew how to flip it
Illegal substance constructed and
Plus addictive
Trusted and respected, almost got me arrested
All the time I invested in
School is now of question
Child prone to violence like a dog
Returns to it's own vomit a fool for chaos
Taking what we could salvage
Hustling is a art, I'm just tryna be smart
Strung out bodies found in the park
Shaolin was my heart we stood for loyalty
All we had was each other's back
My raps were like crystallized
Powder before crack raw, uncut
Like what is sold in front of the storefront
The sidewalk was my brother's office
We cut our losses, I had choices
I took a pen
Became the voice for the voiceless
My people walking in a zombie state
Life is short, even mine's at stake

"The government says that angel dust
Can kill you if you
Take it or it can cause you to kill others"

"The scourge of angel dust has been
Linked to psychosis, violence, schizophrenia
And the epidemic runs especially
Rampant in the Bronx
My administration will hunt down these poison
Pushers and arrest them one my one until
We get directly to the source"