Genius Lyrics
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Nas – I Can
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Nas spits inspirational lyrics over a very prominent Beethoven sample. KIDS: You can do anything you want in life!
From Rolling Stone:
That was a groundbreaking period for me
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Nas (Ft. 2Pac & Rakim) – I Can (Remix)
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#Nas – Rakim – 2Pac
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It'nas – I Can't Feel It
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[Verse] / Every time we get close, oh, I can't say no / And every time that we touch, it's almost too much / [Build] / I got a fever, I'm burning up / You feel the heat, I'm
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Nas (Ft. Eban Thomas & The Last Poets) – You Can't Stop Us Now
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The second track off Nas’s 2008 Untitled album, “You Can’t Stop Us Now” lauds the resiliency of black people in the face of slavery, poverty, and more. The instrumental on this
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Nas (Ft. Chrisette Michele) – Can't Forget About You
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The 14th track on Nas’s 9th studio album Hip-Hop
is Dead.
The song samples “Unforgettable” by Nat King Cole.
Nas reminiscing about his past, the past of hip-hop and his past in
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Nas – My Will (Honeymoon is Over)
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[Intro] / Aiyyo whattup niggas? / Fresh off the honeymoon / The honeymoon's over / Fresh off vaca' (Yeah, yeah) / I'm jet-laggin', still jet-laggin' / But this just a preview / Let
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Spotify – This Is Nas
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This is Nas. The essential tracks, all in one playlist.
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Nas – I Can Samples
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See all of “I Can” by Nas’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Nas – Nas Will Prevail
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The prototype of the classic single, “It Ain’t Hard to Tell”, off the debut Illmatic album.
Just like many of the tracks off Illmatic, “Nas Will Prevail” features appropriately
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Nas – We Will Survive
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In this song, Nas is calling to his brothers (BIG and Tupac) who are in heaven, telling them about how the rap game has changed, for the worse, after they died
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Nas – It Ain't Hard to Tell
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Following the 1992 release of “Halftime” for the Zebrahead soundtrack, “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” was released as the lead single for Illmatic. Large Professor produced the track
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French Montana (Ft. Kanye West & Nas) – Figure It Out
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From his new mixtape, Wave Gods, which debuted on DJ Khaled’s Apple Music radio show. French Montana goes the sentimental route on this track with the help of auto-tuned Kanye West
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Nas (Ft. Amerie) – Rule
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This song is from Nas' 2001 classic Stillmatic. It heavily samples and makes lyrical reference to Everybody Wants to Rule the World by the English New Wave band Tears for Fears.
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Nas – I Can Samples
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See all of “I Can” by Nas’s samples
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Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead
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The title track and lead single from Nas' provocative 2006 album Hip Hop is Dead. The song and album harshly criticized the state of Hip Hop during a time when the simplistic
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Nas (Ft. Keri Hilson) – Hero
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This song is the first single of Nas' ninth studio album which is untitled.
The album was supposed to be Nigger but Fort Greene, Brooklyn assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries requested
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3LW (Ft. Nas) – I Can't Take It (No More Remix)
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[Intro: Kiely & Nas] / I'm getting a little tired of your broken promises, promises / Looking at your pager, seeing different numbers and numbers / For all my underground DJ's (
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Nas (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – Nobody
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[Intro] / (Hit-Boy) / [Chorus: Nas] / One city, one country, one state / Some place to be nobody / Some place to be / Some place you wouldn't know probably / Yeah, yeah / [Verse 1
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Nas & Damian Marley – Strong Will Continue
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The second single off Nas and Damian Marley’s much-anticipated joint album Distant Relatives, our heroes give us a catchy and motivation track about perseverance
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Lil Nas X (Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Old Town Road (Remix)
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Lil Nas X enlists established country singer Billy Ray Cyrus for a surprise remix of his smash breakout hit, “Old Town Road.” Cyrus previously co-signed the original song via
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Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
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On “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X romanticizes the life of a cowboy. The character is unfulfilled by a hedonistic life of consumerism, substance abuse, and adultery. He also has
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Nas – Book of Rhymes
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The Alchemist revealed that “Book of Rhymes” essentially happened how it sounds–Nas bringing several “books of rhymes” to a studio in Orlando, Florida, and going through lyrics in
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Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Flyest
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Stillmatic’s version of “Life’s A Bitch” pairs Nas and AZ together again. This song explores what it’s like to be the “flyest” in the rap game
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JAY-Z – Takeover
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Jay Z’s diss song aimed at Mobb Deep and Nas. The song is better remembered for its Nas diss as it catalyzed the long-running and epic Jay-Z/Nas beef.
The first 2 verses were
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Nas – The Message
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Similar to his debut LP Illmatic, Nas first begins to rap on his sophomore album It Was Written on the second track “The Message.” The song is considered as one of Nas' best songs
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Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
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Nas displays complex lyricism with his “N.Y. State of Mind” over a track from Gang Starr’s DJ Premier. The chorus samples a Rakim line from the track “Mahogany,” which is fitting
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Nas – You Can't Kill Me
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah y'all... New York City... / Tryna to see where I'ma go tonight... / The most famous town in the whole fuckin' world... / The other night, nigga was
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Nas – Why You Hate The Game (Exclusive)
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Y'all know what it is / The streets named me Illmatic, for that I'm still at it / Can't hate us / Fellas / Vice behind me on the intersection / Sex and drugs, my anthology on
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Nas – Trust
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB2E7gVpyEM
Superproduced by Boi 1da
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Nas (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
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Nas' exercise in Utopianism – inspired by Sir Thomas More (and Kurtis Blow).
Nas told Complex:
Being a hip-hop fan and Krush Groove fan, Kurtis Blow was my favorite rapper when I
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Cassidy (Ft. FerQuan & Nas) – Can't Fade Me
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[Intro: Nas] / Yea, hehe. Don Quan / Original God's Son, Nas / That nigga Cass rules, whattup baby / [Chorus: Quan] / Y'all niggas is crazy (to think) / Y'all niggas can't fade me
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Nas – Ether
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Ether is the second track on Nas' 2001 album Stillmatic. The song was a response to Jay-Z’s “Takeover” – a diss track which appears as the second track on Jay-Z’s album The
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Nas – King's Disease
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[Intro] / Yeah / Hello, ladies and gentlemen / Hit-Boy / [Verse] / I made the fade famous, the chain famous / QB on my chest match the stainless / Amazing Grace, I'm gracefully
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Nas – The World Is Yours
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“The World is Yours” was the third single from Illmatic that saw Pete Rock provide a jazzy boom bap backdrop with a piano sample from Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music” mixed with a
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Nas – Represent
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After slowing things down on “One Time 4 Your Mind,” “Represent” finds Nas getting hyped up with his crew from Queensbridge backing him up in the studio. DJ Premier sampled Lee
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Nas (Ft. FerQuan) – Just a Moment
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“Just a Moment” is the third and last single from Nas' Street’s Disciple. It features his protégé Quan and is produced by L.E.S.. Its lyrics ask for moments of silence for many
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Lil Nas X – HOLIDAY
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“HOLIDAY” is the first single since the January 2020 remix of “Rodeo,” featuring hip-hop legend Nas.
Nas first teased incoming new music on November 4, 2020, with an Instagram
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Nas – One Mic
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“One Mic” is the third single off of Stillmatic. The single peaked at number 43 on the “Billboard Hot 100”, making it Nas’s third top-fifty hit on the chart.
Producer Chucky
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Lil Nas X (Ft. Hello Yello) – YOU CAN AWAKE (Unreleased)
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[Verse 1] / Oh, I walk whenever you walk / I told you all my bad dreams / Thought everything was okay (You never told me) / But I guess you never said things (Ooh, yeah) / One day
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Nas – Nas Is Like
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Track 13 off of Nas’s third album, I Am… This is another metaphysical braggadocio song in the vein of “It Ain’t Hard to Tell.” Using many metaphors, similes, and juxtapositions
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Nas (Ft. Keyshia Cole) – More Than I Can Say
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[Hook - Keyshia Cole] / I'm trying to put it all in words, but it's / More than I can say / It would take a whole lifetime to tell you / More than I can say / Every time I wrote a
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Nas – Halftime
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Two years prior to the release of Illmatic, Nas' debut single “Halftime” was released in 1992 from the Zebrahead soundtrack. The jazzy boom bap track was produced by Large
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Nas (Ft. Diddy) – Hate Me Now
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Ever wonder what it would sound like if Nas rapped about his wealth over a classical piece while Diddy shouted obscenities at you? Well, wonder no longer!
Nas tells Rolling Stone
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Nas – Recession Proof
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[Intro] / It's your favorite neighborhood rap nigga / Or Rapman / Shit feel like I'm Superman sometimes / Or Superfly / I can't choose, yeah / [Verse 1] / I grew up around weed
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