Album Intro Lyrics

Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they Done did to Jimmy and Lee Mmm hmm, damn, man I can't take it, man Sho' can't
You think this is gonna eva' change? Man, damn this place, man Damn these chains These damn chitlins every damn night This cotton Shit
I can't take it man Harriett done left the night befo' It's time we go Ain't no place for black folk here Man, promise land callin' me man It's callin' me too
It's time we go Yeah, I'm wichou Hey man, hey damn these chains, man Damn you master, you ain't my master, man You ain't nothin', you ain't nothin'
Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs Get the hounds, we gonna have ourselves A hangin' tonight
Nineteen-ninety-six Back up in this nigga The right way, though, you know? Double-tre son, you know ain't nothin' Coincidental or accidental, son No doubt
You know how it's goin' down, man 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? Son, I'm playin' with the fifty-two You wanna stress on how I used to play That's how I play
But, yo, they takin' us into this next millennium Right now I'm sayin' law, you know what I'm sayin' We gotta lay the law 'Cause without law ain't 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
Yo, word up, though you know what I mean? Son, these niggas look faker than The new hundred dollars, son Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money, right? 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'? No question All eyes seein', son, you know we real Yo, no doubt, in the Qu'ran it says Nas, the men Nesa's the woman, know? It was written