Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14 1973), known as Nas and formerly as Nasty Nas, is an African-American rapper.

On Albums

Illmatic

• "I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death"

"N.Y. State of Mind"

• "Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined"

"N.Y. State of Mind"

• "The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in ya box if ya shit eats tapes"

"N.Y. State of Mind"

• "I switched my motto / instead of saying 'fuck tomorrow' that buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto"

"Life's a Bitch"

• "Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne"

"The World Is Yours"

• "I need a new nigga, for this black cloud to follow / cause while it's over me it's too dark to see tomorrow"

"The World Is Yours"

• "I set it off with my own rhyme / cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time"

"Halftime"

• "I reminisce on park jams, my man was shot for his sheep coat / chocolate blunts will make me see him drop in my weed smoke"

"Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)"

• "Live amongst no roses, only the drama, for real / A nickel-plate is my fate, my medicine is the ganja"

"Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)"

• "Fuck 'rap is real', watch the herbs stand still / never talkin' to snakes cause the words of man kill / true in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins"

"Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)"

• "So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me/ Scannin' while you're plannin' ways to sabotage me/ I leave 'em froze like her-on in your nose/ Nas'll rock well, It ain't hard to tell"

"It Ain't Hard to Tell"

• "When I was ten I was a hip-hop a shorty wop/known for rockin' microphones and twistin' of a forty top"

"One Time 4 Your Mind"

It Was Written

• "I've seen some cold nights and bloody days/ They grabbed me bullets spray, they used me wrong so I sing this song 'til this day."

"I Gave You Power"

• From child births to hearses, flow like the Nile covered surface/ Bit the fruit from the serpent.

"Nas Is Coming"

• Mad smoke makes me able to quote/ Soliciting ill editions of that murder I wrote.

"Nas Is Coming"

• " fake thug no love, get the slug/CB4 gusto ur luck low, i didn't know til i was drunk tho/you freak niggaz played out, get fucked and ate out/prostitute turned bitch got the gage out/ 96 ways i made out/good f-e-l-l-a verbal AK spray/

"The Message"

I Am...

• "Freedom or jail clips inserted, a baby's being born/ Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end."

"Nas Is Like"

• "Street scriptures, for lost souls in the crossroads.."

"Nas Is Like"

• "I'm like the farmer, planting words, people are seeds/ My truth is the soil, help you grow like trees/ May the children come in all colors, change like leaves/ Behold before you, one of those prophetic MC's."

"Ghetto Prisoners"

• "U wet who I want wetted/I wet who u want wetted/any nigga can get it(a favour for a favour)

Stillmatic

• "It's suicidal, high smokin' so much la', I saw a dead bird flyin through a broken sky"

"You're Da Man"

The Lost Tapes

• "No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done"

"No Idea's Original"

• "The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does / Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah it's wrong, but God loves / Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you / Even when all else fail, God support you."

"Doo Rags"

• "The reason that I want to be alone / Tired of all the things that went wrong / That would have went right if I would have did it on my own"

"Drunk By Myself"

God's Son

• "I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings"
  • "Thugz Mansion (N.Y.)"

• Don't say the car is topless, say the titties are out
  • "Made You Look"

• You a slave to a page in my rhyme book
  • "Made You Look"

• How can I trust you when I can't trust me
  • Book of Rhymes

Street's Disciple

• "And they're aware of us though/ And we don't give a flyin' 747 fuck though/ Stayin' on my hus-tle"

"A Message To The Feds, Sincerely, We The People"

Hip Hop Is Dead

• "When I was nine, coldest winter i remember / we're slipping in december, two feet of snow / Yeah thats the east coast, that black ice - symbolize the rap life"

"Hope"

• "Some things are forever, some things are not / It's the things we remember that gave the world shock"

"Can't Forget About You"

• "Now all these new cats with they hats flipped backwards/fingers intertwined in sum gang sign madness/i got an exam lets if you pass it/Now who can quote a Daddy Kane line the fastest?/

"Carry on Tradition"

"Untitled" (2008)

• "Slave food turned to soul food, collards to neck bones"

"You can't stop us now"

• "if you squash me, learn to live with me"

"Project Roach"

• "People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame"

"N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master)"

About Nas

• I think Nas is a great MC because he's like a Tupac in a way: He doesn't waste a lot of time bragging. He comes with emotions, he speaks on positivity for the growth of kids and women. He pretty much tells his life in a humble way. I think that's a great thing that shows the variety rap has. When he came out, he made a hellafied impact. It's his God-given talent that stands out in the crowd. I thought he was an excellently skillful rapper. It was only a few skillful rappers: Kane, Rakim ... he was up there with them. He had raw talent. He was a child when he came out; now he's a married man. He's showing the streets can grow. He has the ability of giving you a vivid look in a new-generation way with that rugged rap skill. There aren't too many rappers who can compete with him.}}