Nas

It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.

It's a thin line between paper and hate,_x000D_ _x000D_ Friends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eights,_x000D_ _x000D_ Hell or the pearly gates...I was destined to come,_x000D_ _x000D_ Predicted, blame God, He blew breath in my lungs.

I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth._x000D_ _x000D_ Not the biased truth,_x000D_ _x000D_ Not the liest truth,_x000D_ _x000D_ But the highest truth.

Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.

If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...

I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge,_x000D_ _x000D_ Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance._x000D_ _x000D_ Lessons, detrimental to a young disciple;_x000D_ _x000D_ Folks, take care of your brothers, niggas do as I do._x000D_ _x000D_ Keep your enemies close, where they can see you._x000D_ _x000D_ It's not your enemy who get you, it's always your own people.

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners

Freedom or jail clips inserted, a baby's being born/ Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end.

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that's who you are. If you don't want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.

Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel. 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss. Keep integrity at every cost.

But uhh, a thug changes, and love changes_x000D_ and best friends become strangers, word up

No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun.

I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings

Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin,_x000D_ _x000D_ I guess 'entertainment' means blatantly lyin'.

The Chinamen built the railroad, the Indians saved the Pilgrim,_x000D_ _x000D_ And in return, the Pilgrim killed 'em._x000D_ _x000D_ They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday 'hell-day.'

All I need is one mic . All I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man.

If the truth is told, the youth can grow_x000D_ _x000D_ Then learn to survive until they gain control_x000D_ _x000D_ Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes_x000D_ _x000D_ Read more learn more, change the globe

Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man._x000D_ _x000D_ What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand.