NaS & AZ - How Ya Livin' (complete with lyrics)

[originaldkay]

AZ = probably one of the MOST UNDERRATED RAPPER EVER!

[ThELaStSoNxx]

Az looking like he jealous of nas in that pic.

[kreep2nite]

LES beats were epic in the 90s.

[Ultraliskification]

AZ is the shittt

[iamnottheshit]

Sick ass joint.

They are Hip Hop

[Krisnamurtiji]

i know factually az and has killed tupac and they'll never be as good as he was

[Jmedzvideos]

The 3 people who disliked this can suck a fat one.. Word to mother they be frontin'

[fridsade]

IS THIS REAL LIFE DAMMN

[splateee]

i have whiplash from nodding my head to this sick beat man!

[taaadbit]

But if it’s war we on, comin’ for niggas who crossed me wrong

[jerzyfam]

It's talons not talents

[fridsade]

The God's wit me, mad blunt smoke, it's hard to miss me

Pick one out of two dimes to twist me

New nines is crispy

[fridsade]

If I had to choose between music back then and now, I'd choose to listen to the 90's for the rest of my life.

[bausplaya]

bumpin ass beat... it has dat g-funk touch to it. luvin it

[moosemack615]

Love this song!! brings back soo many memories..i cant even lie..i be wantin to cry sometimes when I hear this song..they just dont make em like this no more smh

[xKidJordan23x]

Str8 fire

[songotenz02]

I miss 1998 :(

[TheIG07]

This some smoove shit!

[vlad146]

yes escobar is right man... they dont come like that anymore

[ArchangelExile]

This brings back memories.

[IceveinsProductions]

Half hispanic, hollow tips massive damage

[residentofsalem]

WE NEED A  AZ & NAS ALBUM NOW, WHA THEY WAITING ON

[3njoyurk0]

@residentofsalem

Nas and Az made one. A LOOONG time ago its called executive desecions

[residentofsalem]

@3njoyurk0 i jus look it up, it a mixtape a dj put together

[shahryarization]

Stop arguing about Ice Cube and Nas, they're both great artists. Look, occasionally, there are times when two producers get the same sample when making beats. So just shut the fuck up and listen to the music instead. No-lifers.

[DuTcHBoYWavY]

noo wayy ice cube betta thann Az .

[shahryarization]

@DuTcHBoYWavY Did i even say that? lol

[ac2763]

This song gives me wingggggsssss.

[MrThriller4life]

I want a Nas and AZ album Noooooooooooooww!!!

[IRS320]

fuckin flawless flow fuckin flawless

[IRS320]

mad underrated compared to lifes a bitch....the essence is too

[clj055]

mc beat righ here

[1drosefan]

this beat is from ice cube's "until we rich" feat krayzie bone

[AlleiFatz]

@1drosefan this came out before Ice Cube song

[AlleiFatz]

@1drosefan this actually came out before that wack ass ice cube song

[tha1calldgeorgiep]

@1drosefan good effort comin from Cube, but ain't no touching this joint.

[720GZ]

born a baptist but moved on to higher practice......u dnt feel this.. u smoking crillz and listenin to soulja boy....real rap i miss it....

[brianooog]

whos the only 1 to dislike this .. must of been high

[druha10304]

anyone remember the scene in belly where az tells nas he looks like a broke ass sexual chocolate

[MobiusX]

az>canibus

[Y2J75]

Dope Song! Chill Beat! Sick Duo! :)

Nas & AZ: Two Of My Favorito MC's

[DNAROCKA]

Nas and AZ always come correct!

[77dat]

I thot bronx was the same thing as Brooklyn jus a slang therm lol

[Gremlin212332]

Damn at AZ's Rhyme Scheme. Flawless Victory! 

[19cjw88]

n.a.s are the letters that spell ~~NAS~~

[TheNoobThingsInLife]

@19cjw88 no shit...

[19cjw88]

@TheNoobThingsInLife suck me off

[liquidgold]

What a FUCKING song. Nas + AZ >

[verniceGmorris]

I like how the beat comes in, the dj scratch, but also how they flow back and forth.

They flowing smooth, swear they need to come together again, I would actually goto the store and BUY that album.

[thisdisease777]

too fly for female singers who get face lifts and fake titties, we rule the world and take cities!

[Detroyt313]

i wish nas and az would start messin wit each other again

[kingmady18]

classic

[fgreppin]

HOW YA LIVIN ON YO BLOCK?

MINES IS HOT, HOW YA LIVIN ON YO BLOCK?

I GOT IT LOCKED!!

[AbsolootPerfekshun1]

Shun this was my shit! 1 dislike? What the fuck is that about!?!?!? 1 person missing half a brain disliked this track. How you livin'?

[transworld20]

FUCK AN OLD NAMMMME

[rollinlow28]

Thats shit is Fuckking HOOOOT!

[Quice79]

Nas and Cube is both hot, but i think Nas is better lyrically than Cube though. Like someone said though, it's all about what you like though. Nas, Scarface, and Cube did a hot track together though.

[jersey23605]

@Quice79 think?!?!?!? NAS is the God Son emcee! Cube aint intercoursing with Nasir!

[rellracczmusic]

this is one of my favorite songs , i freestyled over alot of there classics and ima 16 year old rapper from bronx new york chec me out !

[famouslydangerous]

both are tight cubes & nas it jus depends on who u like most as artist.

[jordanfan88]

why the fuck are niggaz comapring......rappers.....Don­t ever add a legend in another legends song....no point,your just going to spark some beef ...dumb asses.

[xxjamaalxx]

@YoungWolve1 hell yeah, produced by dj premier....u cant go wrong!

[mostlynoble]

can they just do an album together already...

[rayks35]

With the black toasta, by my hip bone, fuck a holsta, see me at the copa, platinum choka,the god's wit me,mad blunt smoke it's hard to miss me, pick one out of two dimes to twist me,new Nas is crispy .

[agarcia455]

2 dudes juss doin' their thing! Hip hop in its truest form. I can't get enough of classic Nas. OneLove :)

[SaavedraBroddas]

smooth old school beat. refreshing flow.

this is what hip hop is about my friends.

[asianmancman]

classic feel good tune

[za1dah]

grade 9 summer school! use to always have this track blasting! good times!!

[ItZyABOiDwiLL]

this song is tuff

[stratoxxl]

im speechless nas & AZ lyrical beats

[dosalltime]

millionaire strut, wit the Crist cup

Switched up, slow goin', gold showin'

Doe flowin', eyes don't lie, hoes knowin'

[XiaoZuZeng]

no wordz to describe it

[swaggsurfin137]

I live 4 this shit it inspires me. great track

[djr31784]

no words can explain the level that these niggas is on, you either realize it or you don't know whats up!

[newjak2218]

nobody in the history of the game can ever top these 2 goin at it in the last verse of this song and AZ's the essence

[Junction133]

One of the best hip hop songs of all time.

[YoungMoment21]

Cosign

[thinkbmb]

dis song is fuckin fire-skii right here... my son clue played dis on memorial day weekend.. went back to da old crates on niggaz

[Blackjesus3]

yeee this is the song u play wen u get rich lol or u having a gud day

[jordankicks06]

lol ice cube vs nas???? lmao Nas easy

last i saw ice cube was makin kiddy movies. ARE WE THERE YETTTTTT. LMAO. Nas and AZ on the same track never gets old.

[DrewCS2]

Common already crushed Ice Cube back in the days anyway.

[thiliemouse84]

@DrewCS2 no the fuck he didnt he admited he did want no problems i quote "i remembered no vasaline"

[DrewCS2]

"Hoo Bangin, you ain't banging shit but the table

in the Circle Mad, ain't got no choice but to fight

Ain't none of y'all muthafuckas got a chance on the mic

Anytime you come out, jo, I'm a talk about you

Until you let that bitch in you, walk up out you

Any last words before I hit the switch

From the immortal words of one, a bitch is a ... BITCH."

I'm sure common remembers it, and I'm sure Ice cube remembers meeting with a more verbal emcee in a beef. Both cool emcees for sure though.

[stratoxxl]

HOW YOU LIVIN ON YO BLOCK

[mrgetnets]

Im glad to see people kno real music!

[Blackjesus3]

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH MAN

[hashy34]

Nas is fuckin class...

Hes better when hes with AZ though.. Apart from 'The world is yours'

[shOtZLiive]

from the Coke game, to the Dope game fuck a no name..this is REAL HIPHOP

[ilovedadoe]

old school NAS, n AZ THAT B SOME COOL SHIT

[realhiphop1449]

good song

good song

but AZ takes it again

[ackwon]

that beat is still Butter

[jailbait1999]

ice cubes was jus as good. not as much lyrical

but krayzie bone on that hook was priceless!!

[CJAEY]

Let the Ice cube and nas debate go

Both need their credit

[pussypincherpaddy]

damn i remember this tune,cant beleve it was '98'. im getting old.

[420hempknight]

hahaha @ ice cube fools weak compared to this

[tjbodrato33]

ice cube's is better my ass

[TheBitchKilla1993]

Ice Cube's is better (UNTIL WE RICH)

[Amillion4980]

1998 - Off AZ's album "Pieces of a Man". Album was overshadowed with the releases of DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot and Jay-z with Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life.

[escobar4444]

Hiphop just doesnt come like that any more....

[JaqaiNy5]

I know too many fake rappers are out today

[TerenceTriple81]

@escobar4444 Not on commercial t.v.!!

[verstylez92]

i wish nas and az would make a joint album together with premo on the beats... that right there is godly. a hip hop heads dream... NAS & AZ >>>>> any other duo in my opinion please respect it

[HoPEoFWaRx]

id love to see that haha but idk Mos Def and Talib Kweli are a pretty ill duo too

[CowboyKilla89]

I wish Nas and Az would make another album together, but from what ive heard nas is working on a album with damion marley... Premo better be on that

[adoplussmordi]

This song and some icky sticky goes hand in hand! ill shit!

[poetryselite]

Hip Hop is beautiful when it's done right ain't it? 2 of the best eva... NAS AND AZ!

[DaProlifik1reaLyrics]

In my opinion, best rap duo ever, AZ and Nas, AZ so underrated. If y'all like underground hip hop, click my page. I got over 50 tracks posted, new mixtape, free dl. 1

[mostlynoble]

AZ is still one of my favorite MCs. He just doesnot get enough dope beats (neither does Nas for that matter). I wish these dudes would just do an album. Listening to AZ's first few albums I forget how much he reminded me of G Rap...

[shiimshiim]

Imagine a collab with AZ & Nas again and Dj Premier & Q-Tip, RZA on the beats...Okay I'm dreamin' but I'm happy we're left with atleast some good tunes to remember east coast is godly hip-hop.....It's just kind of in the past now! Peace god!

[MrPragmatism]

Nas doesnt get no dope beats? Are you out of your mind? Just look at the production credits for his albums and then say that again, he is one of a few people to work with some of the best producers.

[RocnRed9]

This beat is ill Ice Cube sampled it as well

[ceofybpm]

Glen jones - Show Me. The Original.

[RocnRed9]

thanks

[altonoir]

man tears can to my eyes when i saw "Notorious" 1. I black man died for some dumb shit.

2. hip hop will never be like it was in the 90's and the 80's like the ish up dis joint!

[mpa05]

I'ma bring good Hiphop back..

[Evepac]

whatever softy...but this joint is hot you just cnt go wrong with AZ and Nas - 'Life's a bitch', 'The Essence' - AZ and Nas two of rap's besties

[zacht112]

top 3 best mc duo ever??!

yea yya

[illmaticnastynas]

They should do a full album together.

[shaamshaam]

Look at the dou, there rhymes and flow tangle with perfection..a full album would be great

[Coolyfett]

Co Sign man!!!!!! The firm part 2!!!! These two going line for line is always dope!!!

[CJAEY]

Man this song never gets old

[shaamshaam]

This song brings out the best in Az & Nas and shows there real talent....to bad the fucking Essence isn't on youtube, Sosa & Esco run this shit

[illmaticnastynas]

If your talking about the song "The Essence" it's up now.

[shaamshaam]

yeah? thanks homie

[dboom101]

this song is sooo fucking sick

[i11matic1988]

how u livin on ur block?

[shaamshaam]

Mine is hot

[NaStyNaS1973]

AZ is such a product of Nas, it's scary how similar they rhyme. I wouldn't be surprised if Nas occasionally wrote for him.

[JRipp88]

please dont respect AZ like dat.

[NaStyNaS1973]

do you mean disrespect? And I don't mean any, is it really that hard to fathom, Nas is a musical genius in his own right. Either way, they are classics, great song.

[JRipp88]

oh yeah you right...my fault. but yeah they both nice. and az dont deserve to be slept the way he does

[lamontC139]

haha AZ deffinetly writes his own lyrics, They grew up rhyming together maybe thats why it could sound similar but no way he wrote for him.

[CowboyKilla89]

thats very true... nas and az both have very similar flow

[thegoods21]

The best in the game bar none!!

[salehs313]

is he muslim??? cuz he said allah

[Prodigy51992]

"Born a Baptist, but moved on to higher practice

My fire ashes, only macks I interact wit

We all Dons, strong arm, all on calm

But if it's war we on, comin' for niggas who crossed me wrong

Select features, sit back connect the pieces

Inject the thesis, spoke to my pops and left him speechless"

IM SPEECHLESS

[jose13137]

tactical form to place lyrics. NaS and AZ are nice, son. With the hopes to be rich before they bury 'em

[tyrmaster666]

"We all Dons, strong arm, all on calm

But if it's war we on, comin' for niggas who crossed me wrong." dopest part in this whole rhyme. Nas and AZ are the best MC's in the game dun.

[OGTANTRUM]

Ayo jack1anapes, son straight look like he bout to bust em in the back of his shit! You ever see a brotha eyes cut at you like that and his lips get tight like that, duck my ninja!

[biggamethbiggame]

haha thats exactly how he looks!!

if i saw someone lookin at me like that I would sucker punch em.

Nas & AZ together is always perfect chemistry. Fuck the Firm...these two should just make a CD full of songs where they go back and forth with each other like this. Lifes a Bitch set it off!

[jack1anapes]

Az loks so shady be hind nas in the picture, like he dont trus doone

[vvz1234]

dude i love nas, hes a good hiphop and not the new shit meaningless

[dudewitgunz]

this song sounds longer than it should be weird...

[squarecnix]

shut the fuck up

[dudewitgunz]

what the fuck? that wasnt a diss you retard the song is 4:31 minutes and after listening to it it felt more like 6 dumbass

[squarecnix]

shut the fuck up

[skrip1]

why havent they been around since 2000

[HalfBlooDeDRussian]

this some ny shit

[pthgizzle133]

hell yeah this that real shit, niggaz need to be comin out wit shit like this instead of that commercial bullshit, like Kanye, Jeezy, and Lil Wayne. we need some shit like this.

[Prodigy51992]

i love this, hip hop def aint dead.

shes just looked at in the wrong

places. missin the AZ & Nas

collab classics. (sighhh) this

makes me love hip hop!

[JayRythm]

fo real prodigy, i feel ya. Hip hop is alive indeed, but she aint looked at wrong - shes still the same, still beautiful. That lil wayne bs, that mainstream bs, young jeezy, etc. That aint hip hop, thats a failed attempt, ya dig? haha

[RsPhr0zenPur3]

i got u man, forel hip hop like this...its still alive man. hel yea true wat u say b.

[gsingh2]

for reel dogg.. hip hop is alive buh yo liek its been mentioned.. instead of bringing bak lyrical genius's liek nas and az and signing raw old skool talented rappers to rock tha mic, we got pussies only out to make hits tha are bangin for clubs only and arent maken hits to sit bak n chyll to u kno n take a minute to lissen to.. we need raw uncensored truthful songs tha actually makes sense have a meening to dem, liek old skoo mobb.. method ..pac n gottah teech these new hiphop artists wuhs good

[Imaaze2]

im with you to the end man.

[xmoorserx]

the way rap should be !!!! old skool classics .

[thetruth763]

nas and az made alot of classics man the best rapp dou for real

[beamn318]

I'm likin this Glenn Jones Sample

[Magikano]

this is the greatest rap duo song ever

[ooPaXeRoo]

I Agree !!!!

[pops4u95]

"I die black, we see you in Allah Kingdom you try that"

That line is soooo sick

[gmoneyyz]

these two remind that hip hop ain't dead yet

[ComfyMidnite]

I'd like to see these two rappers in the studio creating a record together......the chemistry is not forced.......their rhymes are not forced either.......everything comes together perfect like christmas lights, with all the routine blinks in place. Bliss. They should make a callabo album called, "PARALLEL CONSTITUTES".

[mtaryi]

Raised a baptist but moved on to higher practice (Islam).

[NZTA80]

verses of nas are a way betta

[KrfNYC]

Nah, Nas is nice, but I think AZ outshines him on just about every track.

[dmazewoods1981]

I AGREE!!!!!!!

[KrfNYC]

Word!

[dmazewoods1981]

whats up wit foxy!!!!!!

[KrfNYC]

Foxy Brown?

[CraCCs30]

i feel that 2 and Nas is my favorite az number 3 on my list