Album Intro lyrics

Artist	Nas
Album(s)	It Was Written

Lyrics

*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
-I can't take it man
Nas:sho' can't
-You think this is gonna eva' change?
Nas:man, damn this place, man! damn these chains! these damn
Chitlins every damn night
-This cotton
Nas:shit!
-I can't take it man
Nas:harriett done left the night befo'. it's time we go
Aint no place for black folk here. man, promise land callin'
Me man
-It's callin' me too
Nas:it's time we go
-Yeah, I'm wichou!
Nas:hey man, hey damn these chains, man. damn you master, you
Ain't my master, man!
*Sounds of punching and bumping*
Nas:you aint nothin', you aint nothin

-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

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