Uh, you know I still run that, that blood of a slave in my veins It's just hot until a nigga take it no more Blood of a slave, of a king Turn my up
Ayo, the is "stillmatic" I up out of that grave, wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt thought I'll make another "illmatic" But it's always I'm moving
Never backwards stupid here's classic is falling from the sky By now the credits roll starring nas executive poet, produced, by The kid slash
Narration describes the lives and laws tribes in the ghetto trying to The feature with this young black child Finger scratch, cigarette burns on the sofa, turning the tv Mary girls, 45's playing, soft in the background
Food see-town's mornings was hash browns over dope fiends, walking out the door, all of us paw I learned the difference between the snitches, the real ones, and soft And the murderous, crews
People from roofs, shotguns pumping made it through my youth very thin lines, ages seven and nine That's the age I was on my album cover, this is the I know the streets thirst water Moses
Walking through the hot desert to be free This is my end and my new beginning Out for the in a mega places, it's like a glitch in the I seen it at all, did it all, most of been pop for a minute
Spitters, and the game get rid of y'all Y'all got there but y'all didn't get it all, I want my style to cease y'all plan it's the rap reaper man To them double up hustlers, bidders, who real
Professionals, up childs dreaming for meals Let my words you, get inside you From crypts to pirals this is
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