 
[Nas] 
 Crime, life, bitches, money 
 Time.. 
 For my Braveheart's.. my Braveheart's 
 Uhh, uhh, uhh.. what, what, what? 
 One time.. two times.. 
  From "Breaking Atoms" to "Illmatic", to goin platinum 
 Shit did change course since rippin it with Main Source 
 Nine-one, nine-two, time flew 
 Out of the blue, time for a new young king to rule 
 Younger frame, older state of mind 
 Find my name on a page in your Qu'ran, I learned that, in '89 
 When I was slingin cocaine and baby 9's 
 Put it in rap and I gave y'all a way to rhyme 
 God guides us, from public assistance to high rises 
Condos, houses where y'all can't find us 
 Move on your cliques in silence, and wet it up 
 My meal everyday was a slice and 7-Up 
 Took advice from a street legend 
 Identities have been changed, to protect the innocent 
 Witnessin niggaz mistakes, visits at niggaz wakes 
 Cause jealousy infiltrates and seals your fate 
  [Chorus] 
 Look way deep inside yourself 
 Discover the diamond inside, find ya wealth 
 Once you get it, you gotta live it the limit 
 Niggaz never wanna see you with it, FUCK THEM THO' 
 Niggaz can't come close enough to touch the dough 
 The lifestyle I live is untouchable 
 So we clutch a few, guns that'll touch your crew 
 Cause we learned to do what the hustlers do 
  [Nas] 
 Different ways to come out the hood - in cuffs or a casket 
 or crazy, or shootin three pointer baskets 
 Or maybe - it's the rap shit, all type of tactics 
 we use to get dough, some choose kickin in doors 
 I asked a reverand, my mother and a best friend 
 less than ten years ago for me to get dough 
 What y'all recommend is either dope weed or blow 
 Cause high school was slow, and jewelry was hot 
 Duckin truancy cops, trains I hopped, to make it downtown 
 Cisco in my veins, pissed between trains 
 Canal Street, just lookin at rings 
 Outside through a glass, went in the store and asked 
 how much it cost, Korean man brushin me off 
 for some other big time customer, probably a hustler 
 who looked down at my small chain and chuckled up 
 I said, "I'll be just like you soon, motherfucker what?" 
  [Chorus] 
  [Nas] 
 To them niggaz who get life and throw a smile at the judge 
 Wildest thugs, who blow trial, exiled from the hood 
 Keepin bitches, comin through on visits 
 You will survive, them weak freaks think you finished 
 You first time in you known for poppin your toast 
 By your third year in you forgotten by most 
 Niggaz wife cut them out of they life, niggaz don't write 
 Friends actin like they don't be gettin your kites 
 It be ill, niggaz comin home and no time to get killed 
 Not even home a month and they get peeled, backwards 
 in they own backyard or in the park 
 One to the head, two to the heart, you should be smart 
 In the projects, who gon' die next? 
 Hoodrats know who let the gats blow and who keep cashflow 
 Like the niggaz know the rats, with some good asshole 
 Blunts be a good-ass roll while passin your 'dro 
  [Chorus] 
  [Nas] 
 Feel me? 
 One time, huh, two times, uhh uhh uhh 
 What what what? Uhh uhh uhh..
 
| 1 | Oochie Wally | 
| 2 | Straight Outta Q.B. | 
| 3 | Teenage Thug | 
| 4 | Self Conscience | 
| 5 | Our Way | 
| 6 | Fire | 
| 7 | We Break Bread |