Nas

* bonus track on cassette version only



[Nature]

Queensbridge, 41st side

Yo yo yo

I gots no birth records, no next of kin

Know a lot of mothafuckers, got no best friends

Know the weather checkin ten-ten winds a.m.

First and fifteenth Im layin at the check cashing

Think Im playin, blink and Im sprayin

Wrong move, ask yourself what leg you wanna lose cuz you gon lose

I cripple niggas, from the complex to simple niggas

Keep showin yall what difficult is

Half the world sayin "Dunn" but never been to the Bridge

What type of shit is that, fraudulence, whats the cause of it

Nature came threw erasing all of it, stop the presses

Goofy niggas ask a lot of questions

I repeat this is not a question

If you dont reply quick enough I gotta press em

Keep the glock by the intestines, .38 waist

Wit a belt, regardless of your stats you can catch a shell



[Chorus]

Believe me when I tell you this (Believe me when I tell you this)

Theres nuttin yall can do for me (Theres nuttin yall can do for me)

I dont believe in selfishness, this time I want my crew to eat (My crew)

We comin through a hundred strong (Comin through a hundred strong)

We comin wit a hundred miles (A hundred miles)

Bumpin shit all summer long (Bump that)

We want it dead and want it now (We want it now)



Yo aiyyo I rap for my niggas and rap for the hoes

Rap when Im gettin dressed, when I iron my clothes

Depressed, I kick raps that change your whole mood

And somehow stick to your ribs like soul food

Rap for wheelchairs, rap for canes

Ace bandages and niggas wit sprain, stay limpin in pain

I rap for math, english, even rap for science

Gotta try to laugh, keep myself from cryin

I rap for Giants, the Jets, the Yankees, the Mets

Its New York New York, from Clue to Flex

New cassettes stay poppin up, your boo let me throw my cock in her

Rappin got me two proper nuts

Its crazy, I even rap for high school coach

White folks fiend out like in Michael Doates

Creamed out, dope stashin

For those askin, I flow for TV, HBO and closed caption



Chorus



Aiyyo aiyyo aiyyo aiyyo

Dont go to Texas, dont go to Watts

Dont go to Queensbridge, nigga dont go to cops

Dont snitch when youre gettin bagged

In the penns, dont bitch when you gettin stabbed

Just hold that, I pose for Kodaks, rose to stardom

Hoes in Harvard, sophmores get knocked off, nigga watch yours

I watch the game like its Saint Johns

It aint wrong, take a blank piece of paper, a pen paint songs

Type colorful, writin that shit a thugll do

In the heat of the moment, type to make a sudden move

Somell snooze, somell snore, they wont admit that dunn is pure

Once I quit, niggas wanted more

Cop my shit once it come in store

The first week be at the top of the charts, got it jumpin off

Hot verses wit a hundred thoughts

One theme, gettin caught in my zone youll become a corpse



Chorus 2x
[ Nature Shines Lyrics ]