they use me wrong so i sing this song to this day, my body is cold steel for real, i was made to kill thas why they keep me concealed under car seats they sneak me in clubs, been in the hands of mad thugs, they feed me when they load me with mad slugs 17 precisely 1 in my head they call me desert eagle semi auto an lead, im 7 inches 4lbs...............BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!! HOW U LIKE ME NOW? MAKES TUPAC LOOK SHIT!
@freewaykingscrew sits on his throne and passes judgement on mortal's meager understanding of music. Human's cannot begin to comprehend true lyrical art as he scoffs at our attempts of poetry. chill out dude and enjoy the music and stop using words like futile and pathetic. It makes you sound like an arrogant douche
nas gave birth to every mc including bigl who was head of his time took vs from nas: (i wave authomatic gunz at nuns) i could go on but Q.U 25 To life:
@freewaykingscrew: If you think prodigy or ogc blackmoon who are street heavey hitters and immortal technique who is a revolutionary brother who speaks on goverment whos one of my top 5 mcc. then u got brother nas whos a lyricest poetically gifted better??? my ninja they all nice but you cant say they better hell fucking no. big l broke the whole newyork ebonix and mobbdeep broke the whole meaning of shock:
Love this song and Nas' lyricism but we all know he frontin like he killed and he hasn't lol..hes not like Havoc, P, or Mega in terms of street activity
@freewaykingscrews Wow you're only further proving my point idiot. SELLING has nothing to do with how good an artist is. Underground artists don't SELL to the extent that mainstream artists to, most often because they record under independent labels rather than selling out. Immortal technique says it best, "If you go platinum, its got nothing to do with luck, it just means that a million people are STUPID AS FUCK"..like you. I'm talking about lyricism, poeticism, and legitimacy or the artist
@freewaykingscrews Lol nice argument...proving my point once again. The best rappers are the ones you've never heard of..you can't even muster up a valid argument to defend your position...pathetic. I can name 5 better lyricists..Nas is one of my favorites but I acknowledge the facts. I am not a dick rider like yourself.
@freewaykingscrews Calling me a pussy on youtube will have no effect. It is futile...you're pathetic. Cormega, Prodigy, O.G.C, Black Moon, Immortal Technique
Their is a reason they call the 90s THE GOLDEN AGE OF HIP HOP, real niggas real music real emcees and legends. Tupac, Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By nature, Scarface, Jay Z, Nas, Biggie Smalls, Gang Starr, Ice Cube, Eazy E, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre AZ Foxy Brown Lauryn Hill Method & Red Man Wu Tang Outkast Just so many reasons why that age will always be the best and will always be remembered I'm 16 and I tell myself everyday "It feels as if I was suppose to grow up with pac and them" RIP Rap
@90srap4eva okay thank you and seriously thank you I subscribed to your channel keep bashing on todays rap please, I don't know if people would hear you but continue doing what you doing
I might have took your first child, scared your life, crippled your style, i gave you power, i made you buck wild, yes this is amazing and true beyond mere thought!!
On September 14th we gotta all watch "Nas Is Like" in honor of Nasir Olu Dara Jones' Birthday, We gotta give him the respect he needs and give him the highest viewed video on YouTube!! Let's give him what he deserves and what these fake ass motherfuckas (any rapper on the radio) don't deserve to have
Copy and paste to all Nas' videos and all music videos let's get this shit noticed.
@blminott na, blacks just use it to kill blacks. you cant blame that shit on guns. guns aint got a mind of theyre own. its tha persons decision to pick up a gun an start shootin. thats a fuckin cop out.
@petrea15 guns don't kill people. people kill people. in the right elements, guns save lives, too... not just take them... and i'm a white guy saying this... as if that meant anything :-)
IT WAS WRITTEN was underrated even when it came out. Many critics doubted Nas' sophomore effort because it lacked the selfless and visceral street intentions of ILLMATIC. However, IWW is far superior lyrically and beat-wise.
And although the concept was geared towards NY gangsta, Nas never over-played his role and mostly spoke about the harshness of street life.
Take a moment to listen to this Lyrical "Goodfellas" epic from start to finish.
Nas is the only rapper that can give me chills down my neck when he starts flowing. Its like being blessed listening to him. but the masses with never experience it, sad
Basically, if you young punks don't know what he'd rapping about change the fuckin channel to eminem! Don't yall ever compare Nasty NAS to that fool! Been jammin out to NAS since 1994 and plan to pass on this MC to my son!
Em's best album = Infinite. Nas' best album = Illmatic. Ininite and Illmatic are both classics that are loved b ylegit hip-hop fans. Personally I think Nas is better than Em because he released more better album's then Em, and don't fucking tell me that Eminem has more better ones because he doesn't. SSLP and MMLP are both good but he went downhill and mainstream from there. Em is still a sick rapper but Nas is better and more of a lyricist. Infinite is incredible tho.
@sabl0696 How old are you? You make it sound like it's some revelation that you just discovered. This song is 15 year old, if people can't figure that out themselves, then they don't know hip hop and most likely listen to the beats.
2pac ripped this song idea with "me and my girlfriend". This album released in early July, 2pac recorded Makaveli in August in one week. 2pac and Nas were beefing.
There is not one MC that has popped up in the last dozen years that can write a song this creative and telling. Song writing has fell off the face of the earth when it comes to MC's... you don't need skills to pop anymore. I'm tired of new niggas not giving Nas the respect he deserves he's the GOAT, no ifs ands or buts.
nas said always im in some shit, my abdomin is the clip that barreles my dick uncircumsized pull my skin back and cock me i bust off when they unlock me!!! thats one of the most cleverest lines and illest I have ever heard!
Who the fuck compares Eminem to NAS?????? Are you kidding me???? Dude... I am truly getting old and this confirms it! WORD UP TO NAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@xShiftyxMcprickx still around, still making songs, still on of the illest at 37 years old. His most recent work is Distant Relatives and Untitled. Granted time has eroded his skills, but the wisdom gained since this album has really allowed him to switch it up. Just like a pitcher in baseball throws some heat when he's young, but the veteran pitcher locates better on each strike where he's lost his speed you know what I'm sayin?
both this and me and my girlfriend were great songs, equally great IMO for different reasons there from different prospectives nas lyrics and flow are way better than pac's but pac makes up for this with his passionate delivery Pac loved his gun like it was his bitch and nas spoke from the perspective of the gun which was cleverly done but kinda lacked something in delivery
@Lakeemgetsmoney "lacked something in delivery", Your entitled to your opinion, but this track is FLAWLESS, from the flow, the content, down to the track, nd whatever else that can be mentioned, Pac knew this was flawless 15yrs ago, that's y he made his version, real recgognize real
@AzNMVP23 To be honest, Biggie and 2Pac aren't as good as people say they were. Yea, they're way better than these mainstream sellouts today, but some of the unrecognized artists of the 90's like Gang Starr and A Tribe Called Quest completely slipped out of their radar. Don't get me wrong, Big and Pac are legends and goats, but that whole 90's era was the golden era of Hip Hop.
i think me and my girlfriend is more of a romantic ode to a gun by pac..this is just raw 1st person narrative shit..both are different.even if i compare-i love pac more without a doubt but i give credit where credit is due-this shit is just too hard.period.
"might've took your 1st child,scarred your life or crippled your style"
it dont matter if he did or not, i'm a HUGE fan of and i love 2pac too, but whether or not pac tried to copy or not, NAS's is a CLASSIC and one of the best songs ever made... REWIND is AMAZING ALSO!!!! NAS will probably go down as the best rapper ever after dies.... i pray to god that happen in a long time though
Nas The Greatest Of all Time Easy , Buh Ppl Bad Mouth Jay only because of his recent music his old shit was wat gave him power , Jays Sick i dont give a fk , Nas Better Buh Jay's Mad Ill or perhaps "was" mad ill
if pac and biggie were still alive they wouldnt be as famous as they are now that they're dead... nas is way under-rated... when nas dies people are really gonna realize what they missed out on..... this shit is dope
if pac and biggie were still alive they wouldnt be as famous as they are now that they're dead... nas is way under-rated... when nas dies people are really gonna realize what they missed out on..... this shit is dope
I heard "I gave you power" and I also heard "me and my girlfriend" and I have come to the conclusion that nas killed it with his version.dont get it twisted tupac's version went hard but nas's version was much graphic and tense
This song captivates what's missing in hip-hop today. It's not the style, flow or none of that, but above all,...it's originality, creativity, and revolutionary concepts and ideals. Hip-Hop today is the exact opposite, the more similar u r to the majority, the more recognition and praise you get. Gut Wrenching!
Hi my name is Beezee. I'm a rapper and it would be cool if ya check my channel out, I made a new song, "I'm feeling low", its pretty depro... I'm sure I wont waste your time
dam i hate how the world talks this and that about music mean while i bet 2/3 of youtube shit talkers dont support their favorite artist and to those fucking shit talkers about nas illmatic is the greatest rap album ever anyone will tell you even jigga admits it and if you're gonna come at me then please come correct cause i will love to drop some knowledge on you
NAS lyrical genius , this song is easly one of the best lyrics ever written and it expains how and why TRUE HIP HOP is a TRUE ART,and every MC or new hip hop head should listen and learn from this. RESPECT!
Top TEN Greatest LYRICALLY !! 1.NAS!! PERIOD noone can stand to him BAR for BAR!! think so TRYME! 2. BIGGIE! ill go with ANYBODY BAR for BAR on LYRICS other than that guy in that One spot.! 3. EMINEM. yea hes in there very Complex 4. JAY Z. Man this guy could be seen as BEST all round! look what he did with RAP!! but my list is BASED on COMPLEX lyrics.. 5. Prodigy . yeah i know your upset but .hey it is what it is..Comment me for the bottom five..I know you want to know
..ONLY 148 881 views something is Wrong !!....This is at least 4 mill /?? but i see all this dude Nas vids are low ive been to pages with 4 5 6 mill.....but 148 since 07 is the KLAN still running the world...DAMN!!!
Most definatley Top 10 songs of all time, period,this track me relieve stress with the illest rhymes ive ever herd period,no one can fuck with lyricsim,at this age,plz tell me he wasnt ahead of his time.
@nascarsforlosers10 Maybe if you're not from that generation. Me being a kid in the early 90's, I can say that everybody I knew either liked Pac or Big. The whole east coast vs west coast shit was big. People cared about all that. That was hot back then. Before Big and Pac got killed, they were the most major hip-hop stars, yes everyone knew them. If you didn't give a fuck about them, you didn't give a fuck about hip-hop.
@blkmatt83 yeah pac and big were the shit back n da day, back then it was wu-tang nas fugees cella dwellas, brave hearts and shit, too bad these kats today who listen to soulja boi and lil wayne ain't into real music u feel me !
@nascarsforlosers10 no one gave a fuck about biggie??? yea thas why deathrow attacked biggie and he was a number one hit on the radio for awhile and traveled around singing from state to state ???? ok lol, dont get me wrong i like NAS just as much as the next person but saying no one gave a fuck about biggie is kinda pushin it to far????
@nascarsforlosers10 thats not true. Nas maybe better than Biggie. But when Biggie was alive- a lot op ppl gave a fuck about him. He was the king of new york when he was slive- no1 would dispute that
won't have to worry about that cause black thought from the roots is much better on da mic than nas.i like nas but i think thought is better,better than a lot of cats out now.
Young Noble, said he used this song as an inspiration for it....i aint make it up its true, Nas said the same thing...and to top it off Pac said he respected Nas in several interviews before the beef blew up out of control...so stfu and learn somethin cuz at the end of the day rappers inspire each other....b/c they were primarily fans of the art form
It Was Written- July 1996
7 Day Theory- Recorded August 1996...he studied the shit out of IWW lookin for disses against him
it doesnt mean he copied it. if he "copied" it he would of took some lyrics and he wouldnt have to cause Tupac was on top 95-96. and did pac ever say he tried to make "Me and My Girlfriend" like this? didnt think so. so youll never know. nas is a liar anyways from his interviews when pac punked him out in new york he tried to say he did what pac did but snoop said the same thing cause he was there with tupac.
I never said "copy" nor did i ever use that word in any of my comments. i said he made "his own rendition", get my words correct if you're gonna try to quote me, its not that fuckin hard, and you have no point...one of the OUTLAWZ "Young Noble" said the EXACT SAME THING, and they were around Pac more than anybody during the recording of his last non-posthumous album...and how the fuck would Pac have time to acknowledge such an observation...the nigga died 2 months before
that album was even released. And he would never acknowledge somethin like that, he probly liked the idea and was like "oh i can do that shit better, fuck Nas"...but w/e the case may be they are both good artists and both songs are creative, but the FACT still remains that Nas recorded and released his first. And yes Pac studied It Was Written thoroughly, thats why he dissed Nas, b/c on "The Message" he felt like the "fake thug no love u get the slug" was a subliminal diss
@RelaxednCaIm because tupac and snoop had no weapons, and nas had like 20 dudes with him with guns, it wouldnt of been nas if he got killed there anyways
Have you heard the new "Patience BOB MARLEY REMIX by Damian Marley ft Nas " .. Its LIKE A HIPHOP NUCLEAR BOMB! there is a video with lyrics tooo search it! Bob Marley and His Son.Bob Marley planted his seeds well!! Tupac is on it tooo.
You want to fight the illuminatti? You hate Justin Bieber?? whatever the case this video is for you trust me.
(COPY AND PASTE THIS ON TUPAC'S, BOB MARLEY'S, DAMIAN MARLEY'S AND NAS' YOUTUBE VIDEOS' TO FIGHT D'EVILS!)
@KilluminattiNETWORK Get out of here with that bullshit. It's ignorant jackoffs like you that generate the publicity the very cats you hate need to continue to succeed. Get some common sense.
they use me wrong so i sing this song to this day, my body is cold steel for real, i was made to kill thas why they keep me concealed under car seats they sneak me in clubs, been in the hands of mad thugs, they feed me when they load me with mad slugs 17 precisely 1 in my head they call me desert eagle semi auto an lead, im 7 inches 4lbs...............BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!! HOW U LIKE ME NOW? MAKES TUPAC LOOK SHIT!
Anton6871 1 week ago
@freewaykingscrew sits on his throne and passes judgement on mortal's meager understanding of music. Human's cannot begin to comprehend true lyrical art as he scoffs at our attempts of poetry. chill out dude and enjoy the music and stop using words like futile and pathetic. It makes you sound like an arrogant douche
ASV3000 1 week ago
he put his song out before me and my girlfriend by pac.nas the g.o.a.t
jcella500 2 weeks ago
nas gave birth to every mc including bigl who was head of his time took vs from nas: (i wave authomatic gunz at nuns) i could go on but Q.U 25 To life:
gusvanguard 3 weeks ago
@freewaykingscrew: If you think prodigy or ogc blackmoon who are street heavey hitters and immortal technique who is a revolutionary brother who speaks on goverment whos one of my top 5 mcc. then u got brother nas whos a lyricest poetically gifted better??? my ninja they all nice but you cant say they better hell fucking no. big l broke the whole newyork ebonix and mobbdeep broke the whole meaning of shock:
gusvanguard 3 weeks ago
That's why I can't understand this idea that Nas somehow fell off between his first album and ether.
Brahmanfire 1 month ago
Love this song and Nas' lyricism but we all know he frontin like he killed and he hasn't lol..hes not like Havoc, P, or Mega in terms of street activity
AryanPersianProdigy 1 month ago
@AryanPersianProdigy lol GO KILL YOURSELF PLZ!! PRODIGY NEVER SOLD NO RAW LIKE NAS DID!
freewaykingscrews 1 month ago
@freewaykingscrews Wow you're only further proving my point idiot. SELLING has nothing to do with how good an artist is. Underground artists don't SELL to the extent that mainstream artists to, most often because they record under independent labels rather than selling out. Immortal technique says it best, "If you go platinum, its got nothing to do with luck, it just means that a million people are STUPID AS FUCK"..like you. I'm talking about lyricism, poeticism, and legitimacy or the artist
AryanPersianProdigy 1 month ago
@AryanPersianProdigy sike. nas is the best of all time.
freewaykingscrews 1 month ago
@freewaykingscrews Lol nice argument...proving my point once again. The best rappers are the ones you've never heard of..you can't even muster up a valid argument to defend your position...pathetic. I can name 5 better lyricists..Nas is one of my favorites but I acknowledge the facts. I am not a dick rider like yourself.
AryanPersianProdigy 1 month ago
@AryanPersianProdigy lol name em than you pussy? okay maybe im dickriding but nas is nice.
freewaykingscrews 1 month ago
@freewaykingscrews Calling me a pussy on youtube will have no effect. It is futile...you're pathetic. Cormega, Prodigy, O.G.C, Black Moon, Immortal Technique
AryanPersianProdigy 1 month ago
Nas is all that
cinferno1991 1 month ago
TRYING TO FIND A SONG: Nas feat: (I don't know) had lyrics "beach house with the chandelier" was kind of a party song. lost it years ago....
agenticetre 1 month ago
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im pretty popular at school but i get my friends get annoyed cuz i yell
queensbridge instead of young money jus a like comment or even a view i would
appreciate it 90srap4eva
90srap4eva 1 month ago
Their is a reason they call the 90s THE GOLDEN AGE OF HIP HOP, real niggas real music real emcees and legends. Tupac, Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By nature, Scarface, Jay Z, Nas, Biggie Smalls, Gang Starr, Ice Cube, Eazy E, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre AZ Foxy Brown Lauryn Hill Method & Red Man Wu Tang Outkast Just so many reasons why that age will always be the best and will always be remembered I'm 16 and I tell myself everyday "It feels as if I was suppose to grow up with pac and them" RIP Rap
TheRedirkulous 1 month ago 3
@TheRedirkulous check out my channel i know how you feel look at my username lol
90srap4eva 1 month ago
@90srap4eva okay thank you and seriously thank you I subscribed to your channel keep bashing on todays rap please, I don't know if people would hear you but continue doing what you doing
TheRedirkulous 1 month ago
WOW
bash031 1 month ago
just use me for whatever the f**k they want i don't get to say shit.....
thehookla 1 month ago
Hip Hop's alive yo
TheKnopChronicles 2 months ago
@TheKnopChronicles its got a weak pulse tho
magua4 1 month ago
I might have took your first child, scared your life, crippled your style, i gave you power, i made you buck wild, yes this is amazing and true beyond mere thought!!
walt78able 3 months ago
the verse is like a riddle, by the 2nd vrse its pretty evident...smart Nas.
yungstunnaandjetfly 4 months ago
@petrea15, I know the famous quote from the NRA guns don't kill people, people kill people" i just felt that line was food for thought..
blminott 4 months ago
true lyricism. and im from tha south ha
petrea15 4 months ago
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Attention Nas fans Listen up
On September 14th we gotta all watch "Nas Is Like" in honor of Nasir Olu Dara Jones' Birthday, We gotta give him the respect he needs and give him the highest viewed video on YouTube!! Let's give him what he deserves and what these fake ass motherfuckas (any rapper on the radio) don't deserve to have
Copy and paste to all Nas' videos and all music videos let's get this shit noticed.
Thumbs this up so people could see
theps3 4 months ago
NAS you are da fucking man..........
SuperWassman 4 months ago 4
My creaation was for blacks to kill blacks....
blminott 5 months ago
@blminott na, blacks just use it to kill blacks. you cant blame that shit on guns. guns aint got a mind of theyre own. its tha persons decision to pick up a gun an start shootin. thats a fuckin cop out.
petrea15 4 months ago
@petrea15 guns don't kill people. people kill people. in the right elements, guns save lives, too... not just take them... and i'm a white guy saying this... as if that meant anything :-)
greaterrome 1 month ago
most underrated album of all time imo
celestenic 5 months ago 2
@celestenic Underrated? It Was Written to this day, is still Nas' best selling album. If you mean this song, then I can agree.
blue1161 3 months ago
IT WAS WRITTEN was underrated even when it came out. Many critics doubted Nas' sophomore effort because it lacked the selfless and visceral street intentions of ILLMATIC. However, IWW is far superior lyrically and beat-wise.
And although the concept was geared towards NY gangsta, Nas never over-played his role and mostly spoke about the harshness of street life.
Take a moment to listen to this Lyrical "Goodfellas" epic from start to finish.
1. SUSPECT
2. I GAVE YOU POWER
3. LIVE NIGGA RAP
theFRACTALREIGN 5 months ago
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"why do they play old school overplayed biggie songs on the radio but not NAS? "...
It was the same way in 1995, i asked the same question then
Bktracks 5 months ago
love this song
megaled1020 5 months ago
real music none of this bull shit everybody doin now days
TheBugat 5 months ago
NO ONE CAN TOUCH THIS. FOR REAL NO ONE IS TOUCHING THIS.
flipzz101 5 months ago
Nas is a legend ...... Jay-z who ?
NittyNilt 5 months ago
Nas is the only rapper that can give me chills down my neck when he starts flowing. Its like being blessed listening to him. but the masses with never experience it, sad
soulcleric 5 months ago
oh ok bit of this yeah ok comin so now thouh
1noremady 5 months ago
classic,that's all i got to say!!!!!!!!!
maridjata11 6 months ago
absolute classick
silkyjonson99 6 months ago
ya top 5 couldn't come together and make a song more descriptive, more compelling this nas., nas g.o.a.t
illwilkm82 6 months ago
@illwilkm82 Jay-z aint rhyming on this level. Let them know.
nias1865 6 months ago 5
@nias1865 #realtalkk
174recklezz 5 months ago
the definition of personification
huwjones999 6 months ago 10
stop talking about eminem on Nas videos, listen to the music....
phonebookmr 6 months ago
Respond to this video... one of my all time fave joints. real as it gets . 1 love
ilovekellyclarksonxx 6 months ago
Basically, if you young punks don't know what he'd rapping about change the fuckin channel to eminem! Don't yall ever compare Nasty NAS to that fool! Been jammin out to NAS since 1994 and plan to pass on this MC to my son!
rolliepollie100 6 months ago
@rolliepollie100 I wudnt say M is a fool. But thats tru. Nas is one of if not the best.
RW66674 6 months ago
To sum it up for you guys.
Em's best album = Infinite. Nas' best album = Illmatic. Ininite and Illmatic are both classics that are loved b ylegit hip-hop fans. Personally I think Nas is better than Em because he released more better album's then Em, and don't fucking tell me that Eminem has more better ones because he doesn't. SSLP and MMLP are both good but he went downhill and mainstream from there. Em is still a sick rapper but Nas is better and more of a lyricist. Infinite is incredible tho.
infearandfaiith 6 months ago 4
@infearandfaiith shit me i dont even consider eminem even worthy to put aside Nas
RottenPeachState706 5 months ago
nas=eminem
patsdynasty101 6 months ago
you guys do know that hes rapping as if he was a gun
sabl0696 6 months ago 36
@sabl0696 No shit
johnlansing14 5 months ago
@johnlansing14 bro i just letting people know that dont know.
sabl0696 5 months ago
@johnlansing14 yoo you can listen to this song but other people dont get the story so he just telling people what nas rapping about man
iC0ll3ct 5 months ago
@sabl0696 How old are you? You make it sound like it's some revelation that you just discovered. This song is 15 year old, if people can't figure that out themselves, then they don't know hip hop and most likely listen to the beats.
blue1161 3 months ago 3
@blue1161 Ya true, but i was just pointing it out, so dont get mad
sabl0696 3 months ago
@sabl0696 lmfao duh
ayyyjay1 3 months ago
@sabl0696 ye we know man, probably b4 u did
Anton6871 3 weeks ago
2pac ripped this song idea with "me and my girlfriend". This album released in early July, 2pac recorded Makaveli in August in one week. 2pac and Nas were beefing.
Eight1Eighty2 2 weeks ago
This song should be presented/display at every museum. This right here screams ART!
TheRock7Time 6 months ago
There is not one MC that has popped up in the last dozen years that can write a song this creative and telling. Song writing has fell off the face of the earth when it comes to MC's... you don't need skills to pop anymore. I'm tired of new niggas not giving Nas the respect he deserves he's the GOAT, no ifs ands or buts.
jose4891 7 months ago 2
Nas left blood on the mic with that one.
briansimmons89 7 months ago 4
REAL SHIT I GOT CLAPED AND YO ITS REAL
getatthegod 7 months ago
this is ill
thepolodon21 7 months ago
wow...what a story this nigga just told.....G.O.A.T.
mikeripperA 7 months ago 3
nas said always im in some shit, my abdomin is the clip that barreles my dick uncircumsized pull my skin back and cock me i bust off when they unlock me!!! thats one of the most cleverest lines and illest I have ever heard!
LaeRoyofFAO 7 months ago
Can't compare NaS to Eminem. Eminem ain't in his level.
hye4lyfe1000 7 months ago 4
nas is the best!.. and eminem well hes okay i guess
illmatic5150 7 months ago
Who the fuck compares Eminem to NAS?????? Are you kidding me???? Dude... I am truly getting old and this confirms it! WORD UP TO NAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
miguelflyat04 7 months ago
wtf happend 2 nas? is he dead?
xShiftyxMcprickx 8 months ago
@xShiftyxMcprickx still around, still making songs, still on of the illest at 37 years old. His most recent work is Distant Relatives and Untitled. Granted time has eroded his skills, but the wisdom gained since this album has really allowed him to switch it up. Just like a pitcher in baseball throws some heat when he's young, but the veteran pitcher locates better on each strike where he's lost his speed you know what I'm sayin?
DJRedMEDIA 7 months ago
@DJRedMEDIA tru shit
xShiftyxMcprickx 7 months ago
wtf happend 2 nas?
xShiftyxMcprickx 8 months ago
THOUGHT NAS WAS GOOD WHEN I FIRST SAW THE WORLD IS YOURZ VIDEO BUT WHEN I HEARD THE ONE LOVE JOINT FORGET ABOUT IT
MRORTIZBEATS 8 months ago
QUEENZ ALL DAY
Ptiz1 8 months ago
Back When you needed skill to be a rapper.
thatnormalguy9 8 months ago
i hate to break it down to you guys, but pharoahe monch was the first one to rap about being a gun, check stray bullet by organized konfusion
immobilarity1 8 months ago
both this and me and my girlfriend were great songs, equally great IMO for different reasons there from different prospectives nas lyrics and flow are way better than pac's but pac makes up for this with his passionate delivery Pac loved his gun like it was his bitch and nas spoke from the perspective of the gun which was cleverly done but kinda lacked something in delivery
Lakeemgetsmoney 8 months ago
@Lakeemgetsmoney "lacked something in delivery", Your entitled to your opinion, but this track is FLAWLESS, from the flow, the content, down to the track, nd whatever else that can be mentioned, Pac knew this was flawless 15yrs ago, that's y he made his version, real recgognize real
shonha1 8 months ago
Smart Song
finsoto 9 months ago
why do they play old school overplayed biggie songs on the radio but not NAS?
AzNMVP23 9 months ago 37
@AzNMVP23 cause biggie dead
freewaykingscrews 9 months ago
@AzNMVP23 To be honest, Biggie and 2Pac aren't as good as people say they were. Yea, they're way better than these mainstream sellouts today, but some of the unrecognized artists of the 90's like Gang Starr and A Tribe Called Quest completely slipped out of their radar. Don't get me wrong, Big and Pac are legends and goats, but that whole 90's era was the golden era of Hip Hop.
DJRedMEDIA 7 months ago 22
@DJRedMEDIA bout tyme some body feel like me, 2 pac was not da greatest rapper of all tyme, sorry he wasnt
souljamobb3 5 months ago
@AzNMVP23 wait theres old school radio stations?
chickenmaster66 7 months ago
@chickenmaster66 on XM radio
Roxasthesupersaiyan 6 months ago
@AzNMVP23 why would you want this to be overplayed?
MurpHdriFT 5 months ago
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS SONG. THIS SHIT FUCKED ME UP. NAS IS REAL DEEP.
PattyJK85 9 months ago
i think me and my girlfriend is more of a romantic ode to a gun by pac..this is just raw 1st person narrative shit..both are different.even if i compare-i love pac more without a doubt but i give credit where credit is due-this shit is just too hard.period.
"might've took your 1st child,scarred your life or crippled your style"
indnameof 9 months ago 2
liked nas since the git most talented mc by far noone can write lyrics like nas
jlcis25 11 months ago
this that shit
b3jones21123 1 year ago
it dont matter if he did or not, i'm a HUGE fan of and i love 2pac too, but whether or not pac tried to copy or not, NAS's is a CLASSIC and one of the best songs ever made... REWIND is AMAZING ALSO!!!! NAS will probably go down as the best rapper ever after dies.... i pray to god that happen in a long time though
MrGOOZ3 1 year ago
i can relate
thaAYCHshow 1 year ago
Nas The Greatest Of all Time Easy , Buh Ppl Bad Mouth Jay only because of his recent music his old shit was wat gave him power , Jays Sick i dont give a fk , Nas Better Buh Jay's Mad Ill or perhaps "was" mad ill
Continued0 1 year ago
@Continued0 wow u are really stupid, not cause of ure opinion but u talk like a retard. BITCH
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if pac and biggie were still alive they wouldnt be as famous as they are now that they're dead... nas is way under-rated... when nas dies people are really gonna realize what they missed out on..... this shit is dope
ABRARKHANISM 1 year ago
if pac and biggie were still alive they wouldnt be as famous as they are now that they're dead... nas is way under-rated... when nas dies people are really gonna realize what they missed out on..... this shit is dope
ABRARKHANISM 1 year ago
I heard "I gave you power" and I also heard "me and my girlfriend" and I have come to the conclusion that nas killed it with his version.dont get it twisted tupac's version went hard but nas's version was much graphic and tense
blackcapone187 1 year ago 5
amazing song
cjzuhlke8988 1 year ago
Makes you wonder why Jay-Z still makes music running round like he invented rap. This track slays Jay's life.
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Graffitinyc1 1 year ago
I gave you power, I made you buckwild. I love Nas. It Was Written is such an epic album, man.
glamRebellion7 1 year ago 3
Put L, Pun, Pac, B.I.G. Nas together u gotta a Classic..wish that would have happened
hamataj 1 year ago
One of the real hip hoppers, all the other shit only the blind leading the blind, whats really going on?
B2theizzo42 1 year ago
hip hop at its finest
ABRARKHANISM 1 year ago
he says "when the beef come i make my selff jam in my owners hand" hahhahaha sickiest line
mrstixx666 1 year ago
This song captivates what's missing in hip-hop today. It's not the style, flow or none of that, but above all,...it's originality, creativity, and revolutionary concepts and ideals. Hip-Hop today is the exact opposite, the more similar u r to the majority, the more recognition and praise you get. Gut Wrenching!
watch?v=7byRQZu8Ehk
Internationalwoods 1 year ago
Hi my name is Beezee. I'm a rapper and it would be cool if ya check my channel out, I made a new song, "I'm feeling low", its pretty depro... I'm sure I wont waste your time
seethroughshit 1 year ago
NaS is better than Eminem.
DBlockn05 1 year ago 78
@DBlockn05 who cares :P? they both a very diffrent styles lolol no rapper is better then the other because no one has the same style
niggabeatz01 8 months ago
@niggabeatz01 No rapper is better than other the fuck? so I guess you'll say Big L isnt better than Lil Wayne because they got different styles
LOVExASS 8 months ago
@DBlockn05 Why even compare...? lol
shockblok 7 months ago
@DBlockn05 i just raped the thumbs up button bro
AivoSCOOT 7 months ago 2
@DBlockn05 he cant produce better than eminem, amazing as nas is, he just aint got the production right on most of his songs
creg118 6 months ago
its hip hop at its best, not about dissing other people, guns and bitches, his music shows inteligence and for that nas gets my respect.
123serioussam 1 year ago
Immortal
Nas
Lupe
everyone else
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pac
nas
and big
LOCDAWWWG 1 year ago
@LOCDAWWWG tupac? seriously? get da fuck outa here.
Klangabanga28 1 year ago
@Klangabanga28 Whats wrong with Tupac?
Icemanuke 1 year ago
Nas in his prime + Premo in his prime = classic!
caseycurran 1 year ago 2
az is better than nas
FINITEooMF 1 year ago
Nas is the greatest, respect from France.
nasty37 1 year ago
dam i hate how the world talks this and that about music mean while i bet 2/3 of youtube shit talkers dont support their favorite artist and to those fucking shit talkers about nas illmatic is the greatest rap album ever anyone will tell you even jigga admits it and if you're gonna come at me then please come correct cause i will love to drop some knowledge on you
sonemoney 1 year ago
@sonemoney well said you don't have to say any more famo ...you won !!!!
dedserious93 1 year ago
i was a senior in 96 i used to crack this before i went and ran over everybody on the football field
yungsandifer 1 year ago 2
@yungsandifer
great choice of music for football lol
this song, especially with premo on the beat, its gutter as shit. you gotta get out them gutter beats before you play sports haha.
DCP1292 1 year ago
personification!! this nigga dropped out of school...fucking hell
MrConsiglerie 1 year ago
7 people are hardcore soulja boy fans
crobofjmd 1 year ago
@crobofjmd ur a faggot
mkeskate08 1 year ago
@mkeskate08 that makes 8
crobofjmd 1 year ago
@crobofjmd nah, just stupid on every video i see "oh 4395635345893746534 people are justin beiber fans" stfu
mkeskate08 1 year ago
@mkeskate08 u like justin bieber? so does every homo in the world
crobofjmd 1 year ago
NAS lyrical genius , this song is easly one of the best lyrics ever written and it expains how and why TRUE HIP HOP is a TRUE ART,and every MC or new hip hop head should listen and learn from this. RESPECT!
hiphopmb 1 year ago
sample is fucking nuts
unclegusyo 1 year ago
Top TEN Greatest LYRICALLY !! 1.NAS!! PERIOD noone can stand to him BAR for BAR!! think so TRYME! 2. BIGGIE! ill go with ANYBODY BAR for BAR on LYRICS other than that guy in that One spot.! 3. EMINEM. yea hes in there very Complex 4. JAY Z. Man this guy could be seen as BEST all round! look what he did with RAP!! but my list is BASED on COMPLEX lyrics.. 5. Prodigy . yeah i know your upset but .hey it is what it is..Comment me for the bottom five..I know you want to know
ieyeb 1 year ago
@ieyeb Ever listened to kool g rap lol? Your opinion would change so fast if you listened to at least 5 of his songs..
romainelettuce2 1 year ago
..ONLY 148 881 views something is Wrong !!....This is at least 4 mill /?? but i see all this dude Nas vids are low ive been to pages with 4 5 6 mill.....but 148 since 07 is the KLAN still running the world...DAMN!!!
ieyeb 1 year ago
7 ppl are remedial
victanator222 1 year ago
Most definatley Top 10 songs of all time, period,this track me relieve stress with the illest rhymes ive ever herd period,no one can fuck with lyricsim,at this age,plz tell me he wasnt ahead of his time.
leonmccollum1994 1 year ago
nas story telling is just amazin when i close my eyes im really seeing that gun talkin ,one of the reasons why nas is my top 3 doa
MaggTutch 1 year ago
this whole song is from the perspective of a gun.. hes rediculous. best musician ever
beastaller2 1 year ago 8
nobody gave a fuc about biggie until he got murdered.
now everybody on his nuts like he the best of all time when they hardly eva listen to him bfore
nascarsforlosers10 1 year ago 52
@nascarsforlosers10 just like how every agrees to this comment like aren't the ones who did that shit
IRegulatorI 1 year ago
@nascarsforlosers10 Maybe if you're not from that generation. Me being a kid in the early 90's, I can say that everybody I knew either liked Pac or Big. The whole east coast vs west coast shit was big. People cared about all that. That was hot back then. Before Big and Pac got killed, they were the most major hip-hop stars, yes everyone knew them. If you didn't give a fuck about them, you didn't give a fuck about hip-hop.
blkmatt83 1 year ago
@blkmatt83 yeah pac and big were the shit back n da day, back then it was wu-tang nas fugees cella dwellas, brave hearts and shit, too bad these kats today who listen to soulja boi and lil wayne ain't into real music u feel me !
nascarsforlosers10 1 year ago
yeah, that happens to everybody though. their always more popular in death.
Pac, Mac Dre, Big, ODB and thats just 4
DockedPenguin2 1 year ago
@nascarsforlosers10 no one gave a fuck about biggie??? yea thas why deathrow attacked biggie and he was a number one hit on the radio for awhile and traveled around singing from state to state ???? ok lol, dont get me wrong i like NAS just as much as the next person but saying no one gave a fuck about biggie is kinda pushin it to far????
diablo9317 1 year ago
@nascarsforlosers10 haha
shakattak100 9 months ago
@nascarsforlosers10 thats not true. Nas maybe better than Biggie. But when Biggie was alive- a lot op ppl gave a fuck about him. He was the king of new york when he was slive- no1 would dispute that
zsivaz 8 months ago
won't have to worry about that cause black thought from the roots is much better on da mic than nas.i like nas but i think thought is better,better than a lot of cats out now.
southjerseysfinest 1 year ago
nas you are a living legend i put it on my life no emcee is above your status damnnn this songs shits on any one pure genius
diamond99100 1 year ago 4
This song is so deep Metaphorically WOOOOOOOO
PattyJK85 1 year ago 3
dope song
brookboy01 1 year ago
This is on some other next level type of rhyming. Who does this, its not human!!!!!
Mizvision 1 year ago
I hate to say this but
Pac tried to do his own rendition of this song with "Me and My Girlfriend" and it didnt come close to this...this shit is amazing
RKG5A5 1 year ago 24
@RKG5A5 pac didnt copy this at all so stfu wit that shit
wesmokeweedallday420 1 year ago
@wesmokeweedallday420
Young Noble, said he used this song as an inspiration for it....i aint make it up its true, Nas said the same thing...and to top it off Pac said he respected Nas in several interviews before the beef blew up out of control...so stfu and learn somethin cuz at the end of the day rappers inspire each other....b/c they were primarily fans of the art form
It Was Written- July 1996
7 Day Theory- Recorded August 1996...he studied the shit out of IWW lookin for disses against him
RKG5A5 1 year ago
@RKG5A5
it doesnt mean he copied it. if he "copied" it he would of took some lyrics and he wouldnt have to cause Tupac was on top 95-96. and did pac ever say he tried to make "Me and My Girlfriend" like this? didnt think so. so youll never know. nas is a liar anyways from his interviews when pac punked him out in new york he tried to say he did what pac did but snoop said the same thing cause he was there with tupac.
wesmokeweedallday420 1 year ago
@wesmokeweedallday420
I never said "copy" nor did i ever use that word in any of my comments. i said he made "his own rendition", get my words correct if you're gonna try to quote me, its not that fuckin hard, and you have no point...one of the OUTLAWZ "Young Noble" said the EXACT SAME THING, and they were around Pac more than anybody during the recording of his last non-posthumous album...and how the fuck would Pac have time to acknowledge such an observation...the nigga died 2 months before
RKG5A5 1 year ago
@wesmokeweedallday420
that album was even released. And he would never acknowledge somethin like that, he probly liked the idea and was like "oh i can do that shit better, fuck Nas"...but w/e the case may be they are both good artists and both songs are creative, but the FACT still remains that Nas recorded and released his first. And yes Pac studied It Was Written thoroughly, thats why he dissed Nas, b/c on "The Message" he felt like the "fake thug no love u get the slug" was a subliminal diss
RKG5A5 1 year ago
@wesmokeweedallday420
snoop said nas let them live in a later interview
RelaxednCaIm 1 year ago
@RelaxednCaIm because tupac and snoop had no weapons, and nas had like 20 dudes with him with guns, it wouldnt of been nas if he got killed there anyways
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KilluminattiNETWORK 1 year ago
@KilluminattiNETWORK Get out of here with that bullshit. It's ignorant jackoffs like you that generate the publicity the very cats you hate need to continue to succeed. Get some common sense.
LoXie80 1 year ago 2
This is the dopest record ever.
chatege75 1 year ago 2
nas a thru poet,top3 doa.he s the best story teller rapper,no quistions
MaggTutch 1 year ago
In my opinion. Nas is 2pac are the best rappers dead and alive.
angeriod 1 year ago
@angeriod and biggie
AngelsDemon12 1 year ago
lyrical genius!!!
killahbee07 1 year ago
Completely underrated! This track was and still is tremendous, yet I feel like it never received the credit that it deserves.
1MSBBSM1 1 year ago