Lyrics Nas – Album Intro

Yee-hah’s and whips cracking in background
-Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee.
Nas
Mmmhmm. Damn, man.

-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna
have ourselves a hangin’ tonight!

Nas
Nineteen-ninety-six!
Back up in this nigga.
The right way, though, you know?
-Double-tre son, you know aint nothin’
coincedental or accidental, son.
Nas
No doubt!
-You know how it’s goin’ down, man.
Nas
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 fifty-four deck, you see with the
Jokers in and everything, you know what I’m saying?
Nas
Son, I’m playin’ with the fifty-two.
-You wanna stress on how I used to play, that’s how I play.
Nas
But, yo, they takin’ us into this next millenium, right now.
-I’m sayin’ law, you know what I’m sayin’ we gotta lay the law,
cause without law aint 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.
Nas
True.
-Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean?
Nas
Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son.
-Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money, right?
Nas
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?
Nas
No question.
-All eyes seein’, son, you know we real.
Nas
Yo, no doubt. In the Qu’ran it says Nas, the men.
Nesa’s the woman, know? It was written.