NaS - N.Y. State Of Mind (complete with lyrics)

[CapedCrusaderMusic]

says doenst know where to start, proceeds to spit the illest verse in hip hop history

[K4inan]

Only fake niggaz left rapping

[KhmerBoiKrazy]

wayne said "Life is the bitch, and death is her sister. Sleep is the cousin Where the fuck the family picture" not ''i never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death''

[remixmaster5000]

@KhmerBoiKrazy its similar as fuck

[sploder1999]

@remixmaster5000 calm down bud drake said luda was stealing his flows he dident even take more than one verse

[wolsingham]

@runenite113 Good music brought me here?

[Ddken93]

This song is really... Marvelous

[ikevhawk]

This flow goes hard..

[420maryganja420]

I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane

Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain

[sAcRoSaNct17]

Racists are just a bunch of racially narcissistic people with a delusion that their superior than everyone else. God is the only one superior. Other than that, you have life spans just like the rest of us. Stfu and get in line.

[amuntboro]

@sAcRoSaNct17 They're 

[metalupyourthrash]

@sAcRoSaNct17 Hey, racism goes both ways. I work in a store in an area where I am in the minority and I am white. Most of my co-workers and me are cool and I'm not some gangsta wanna be or nothin. I'm just a white dude who likes metal and country more than rap. However, one or two of the black employees are clearly racist.

[Unlyricallyrics]

@sAcRoSaNct17 no one is more racially narcissist than nas. all that niggas never die and stuff like that. That's one thing i dont like about nas.

Also he seems to think that blacks cant be racists.

[sAcRoSaNct17]

Wtf, I sont see the point of racism at all. We're all gonna die someday, black, white, yellow, green, blue who gives a shit.

[OzanGangster]

Nas sucks he just talks shit.

[sequeeezy]

@OzanGangster Nas is ill dawg, he raps about a variety of subjects,

something jay-z, lil wayne, drake and them noobs can't do.

[nickelodeon891]

@OzanGangster You are joking, right? Please tell me you're just bullshittin'.

[recoveryxnolove]

You have alot of hate, or else you wouldnt be calling AAmer people "niggers". dont play w/ yourself, you know you have tons of hate in u. if u dont like rap, dont post shit on rap videos, nobody wants ur opinion, and to quote what i said last time, --> im done talking with a racist hillbilly bitch, try to have fun w/ what life you have left (none; you probably have no wife/kids, and too old to find them)... <--

[RockstarLuvRT]

BEST RAP ALBUMS:

1. PAID IN FULL

2.ILLMATIC

3.REASONABLE DOUBT

4.THE SLIM SHADY LP

5.Me Against the World

6.YOUR MOM

[chrislipimp]

Correction: this is REAL HIP HOP

[MrCalculus999]

you notice he big uped rakim. using him in the hook cause that where he got his style from. only difference is his flow was faster more details and came up with more complex words to rap to.

[needabloodyname]

some propa nigga shit

[bmxerfolif805]

This is rap, not todays Horse shit

[FRE3RUN115]

great song reminds me of saints row 2

[OdinsCloud]

What is this trash???? Where is Billy Joel, Ray Charles?? Who are these Niggers???? Forget it , I don't care...

[ImaqezHD]

@OdinsCloud Poetry my man...poetry

[OdinsCloud]

@ImaqezHD Poetry??? LOL!! This is rubbish. I think Eddie Murphy did a skit on SNL where he played a poet named Tyrone Green who wrote and recited poetry while in prison. He recited "In The Jail" and this is worse than Eddies poem but not nearly as funny.

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud wow your a racist bitch.. your bitterness is your undoing. racist white america is looked down upon in this time period, as is your hatred in general. and as for your dislike of rap, why BE here if your going to make a fool of yourself? rap is the dominant music in america right now, and your feelings agaisnt it can be kept within your own deranged mind. stfu and go waste away with your life until you die. idiot.

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnolove This is lowlife sound and you are indeed a Lowlife! You are part of a degenerate society. People like me are being proven correct every day as the United States declines faster & faster. YOU & your kind are incapable of the kind of innovation & ethic that built the Unites States. Rather you are a component of the post 1965 decline. Rap music was lowlife sounds promoted by Jewish media moguls of the 80's. Many DJ's shared shared stories of this account!

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud because i listen to rap im a lowlife and part of our shit society!? you dont even know me! and the post 1965 decline, as im learning in history NOW, and which you seemingly never learned, was caused by our government, and filthy racist white bastards being insensitive to their country. to think MUSIC could effect an economical and political decline, your a fuckin tool! in todays society, YOU ARE A LOWLIFE! racists are ignorant pricks who dont value the human race!

[recoveryxnolove]

@recoveryxnolove to say im a lowlife is pathetic. regardless of my upbringing, i have more class and value then you ever will. my destiny is to be rich and change this world, dont act like you know me or my social class. lame ass faggot!

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnolove Oh, I value the value the human race very much, I just don't value NIggers!

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud african americans are part of the human race you racist fuck. people like you are hated for a reason. get your uneducated hick ass off the internet and go hang yourself.

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxn Not in my opinion! Actually I earned my BS in engineering, MA in engineering & my MBA from top tier global institutions. You however and quite understandably are confused with regard to the word "education". You see I am educated; I speak three languages, I am an engineer, I am a published writer, I am a senior manager and I consistently improve upon my education. YOU are what can best be called "EDICATED", because you are a nigger who can't speak properly!

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud idc what your education is, if you're racist you don't belong in this country. its not the early 1900s anymore, if you were educated you'd know that, and the african american race aren't called "niggers" anymore except by angry, self-nondepreciating losers like you. now get off the internet and study some engineering, and get a life.

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnolove Yes; well you see, I do not subscribe to anything one might consider PC. I would wager that the word "Nigger" is used more often today then it was 60 years ago. In fact today the nigger commonly uses the word "nigger". Now when I see lowlife black people or hear that wretched substitute for music "WRAP or RAP" (more like crap) all I see & hear are niggers. Your opinion is not worth much to me anyway, guess why? That's right...because you are a NIGGER!

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud African american people use "nigga" differently as it was used before, and i can't explain why. rap is good music, idc what you think... and if you think so poorly of african americans, go to your local store, and start picking fights with them THERE, in PERSON, so instead of being shielded by your internet world, you can get ya ass beat right there! i bet you wont! your a pussy white old racist bitch and you dont have class or standard! ik AAmers w/ more class then you!

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnlove You make many assumptions... I don't care how US Negroes use nigger or destroy English for "nigga"; I USE NIGGER!! I don't think so poorly of niggers so much as I think poorly of YOU! Rap has no melody; it is not music! I have been beaten & I have beaten. I boxed for 3 years while in University, I did quite well for a white and had 12 fights in & around Brooklyn. 70% of my opponents were black and I won 9 of my fights with 4 KO's, 2 TKO, 3 decisions.

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud your opinion doesnt matter in contrast to the VAST amount of people who listen to rap, those being from ALL RACES. idc if you boxed years ago, go fuck w/ somebody now and get your ass beat! you dont have the balls or courage to go up to a "nigger" and call him so! fuckin pussy! AAmer people are currently mistreated by you ignorant selfish whites and have lower chances of success, but we're MAKING IT! now go find a wife and stop pestering me w/ your racist BS!

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnolove I called every black opponent I fought a nigger as we fought!! Always did it every fight no exception. Most of you would get so angry that you would tire yourselves out. The ring was not a good place to be tired. Rap is lowlife and teh majority of those who listen to it are uneducated lowlifes. Urban hood niggers or Suburban copy cat white wiggers it makes no difference to me; your all niggers!

[recoveryxnolove]

@OdinsCloud and what does this statement prove..? you just have alot of hate in your being, probably from a past experience, and you take it out on your own kind, the HUMAN RACE. im done talking with a racist hillbilly bitch, try to have fun w/ what life you have left (none; you probably have no wife/kids, and too old to find them)...

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnolove Hate, I don't hate anyone! I don't like PC silliness and will do the opposite! I don't like rap, I do think that too much of it is degenerate. Not all of it however. I don't like words like "Bitch" or "Bro" or "yo". Blacks have been responsible or had a large part in forming allot of great music.

[OdinsCloud]

@recoveryxnolove Since then I have traveled through I lived overseas. I had worked in many nations and a few of them were African. One thing stuck me about the Africans. They do not want to be associated with lazy, cry baby, American Niggers Like you!! Guess what??? Many of them also think you are NIGGERS! Make real music, stop this rap BS with it's lowlife nigger culture.

[nickelodeon891]

@OdinsCloud Then get the fuck off this page then, motherfucker. Nobody is going to listen to your racial comments. You're just making yourself sound so immature by sayin' than shit. Fuck, I can't stand racist assholes.

[OdinsCloud]

@nickelodeon891 Fuck off nigger!

[nickelodeon8911]

@OdinsCloud Like I said, you're just making yourself sound so immature saying that shit. Leave! Get off this page, you racist motherfucker!

[sploder1999]

@OdinsCloud are u fucking with me

[ImaqezHD]

whats a "weezy"?



[MultiFeezy]

@ImaqezHD Weezy - (Adjective) Wife of George Jefferson, from the t.v series "The Jeffersons". I believe there's also a gay rapper who uses that as his nickname.

[ImaqezHD]

@MultiFeezy Clever..hahaha

[micoin1994]

Nasty Nas, lyrics is beyond the regular human Conscious.

[hosdih]

for the info

the first verse was a freestyle when Dj premiere played the beat Nas started freestyling

[magic57ful]

i had the dumbest arguement ever yesterday me and my friends talkin bout who is better nas or eminem all i had 2 say was what is the greatest album ever and they started makin up shit

[eyetalllies]

@magic57ful CITIZEN KANE - DELIVERANCE 1999 !

just off the top of the dome !

[wolverine668]

@magic57ful Both are one of the greats but Nas is better

[jayd4ever]

lyrically this is great

[christian6455]

"If you don’t Weezy’s lyrics/style then he looks down on you…obvious wordplay with “understand” and “stand under” too"

[magic57ful]

its a shame that the closest thing 2 nas is common and j cole and they are barley played on the radio

[catsaysmeow007]

This is REAL music.

[fxgarza22]

lil wayne stealing more rappers lyrics daamn whos next

[hellshide]

@fxgarza22

Who is Lil Wayne?

[420maryganja420]

I dont even know why you have to bring him up i say fuck em

[penquinftw]

@fxgarza22 it was a reference you moron. fuck you.

[GlasgowsBlue]

@fxgarza22 what lyrics from this song did he steal mate?

[EpicIsBrady]

This is the shit. This is real rap. I don't know what the hell the kids at my school are listening to, but it ain't this. This is the best. The lyrics mean something, and it has a sick beat.

[MeLLyKeLLy9]

...it runs deep as it does in my breath, I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death

[RedsharkF]

True Crime 2

[IDesireZv]

Nas is a lyrical maniac

[mrrickstur]

one of the best hip hop songs ever!

[taurtue]

I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death...

Wow, this is fucking dope

[MrRamsay8]

saints row 2 brought me here 

[IjhasSWAG]

this shit deep As hell GEESH

[PrettySwagBoyz]

saints row 2

[skateboardingiscool1]

ran like a cheetah with thorns up in his ass

[dephlection]

@skateboardingiscool1 LMFAO; "I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin"

[klove20w]

Man Nas Killed this shit man it has gotten even better with age listening to all the bullshit on the radio today

[kixmgc]

life is parallel to hell but i must maintain 

[transformerkid830]

its funny how Nas says at the begining "i dont know how to start this" but then he wrecks shit the whole song. thumbs up if you agree

[Caveman1006]

@transformerkid830 naw. no thumbs up...begging lmao thats how walking round asking for high fives or dap..nigga no

[chimachonga14]

Rappers I monkey flip em with the funky rhythm I be kickin

Musician, inflictin composition

of pain I'm like Scarface sniffin cocaine

Holdin a M-16, see with the pen I'm extreme, now

Bulletholes left in my peepholes

I'm suited up in street clothes

Hand me a nine and I'll defeat foes

- Fuckin dope

[daroyalneszNC15]

Try to resist bobbing your head while listening to this...

[MrLegit2010]

this song was on GTA SAN ANDREAS, I RECALL...

[DJAPK]

@MrLegit2010 naw saints row lol

[evilbeast1000]

I like the beginning "straight out the Fu#king dungeons of rap where fake niggas don't make it back"

[sarkodemission]

popopop du lourd, du putain de son bande d enfoire vous vous gavez dans votre pays !!!!!!!

[disgustingfool5]

"I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death." "life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain." Greatest rap lines of all time. Pure poetry.

[nickelodeon891]

@disgustingfool5 Ain't that the fucking truth?

[angusthrax86]

holy shit!.....epic.

[snowonweb]

@angusthrax86 EPIC is right!!!!

[gcortez81]

The word of the day is - GREATNESS!

[BigLTheBestMC]

Rappers I monkey flip em with the funky rhythm I be kickin

Musician, inflictin composition

of pain I'm like Scarface sniffin cocaine

Holdin a M-16, see with the pen I'm extreme, now

Bulletholes left in my peepholes

I'm suited up in street clothes

Hand me a nine and I'll defeat foes

Y'all know my steelo with or without the airplay

I keep some E&J, sittin bent up in the stairway

[NeverMakeVideos]

Someone once said "It's funny how he says 'I don't know how to start this man, uhh..' and then proceeds to drop the Best album of All-time." And I completely 100% agree.

[Mistarcid]

it drops deep, as it does in my breath

i never sleep, cos sleep is the cousin of death

beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

i think of crime, when im in a new york state of mind

my favourite bars of all time. thumbs up if you agree

[shaydee313]

8 people went to sleep and died.

[Ibezilla]

@shaydee313 lol wtf?

[shaydee313]

@Ibezilla I thought I'd post one of those statuses. Oh well, I tried.

[waiting4smtin]

@shaydee313 it worked. nd d rest of us r on d right state of mind

[glargith]

I hate how he and tupac were rivals... smh

[zZSavageZ]

"I neva sleep cuz sleep is the cousin of death"

[richieE213]

@zZSavageZ fuckin lil wayne copied nas

[HORRoRFrEak4EvEr1]

@zZSavageZ best rap line ever

[Ddken93]

@zZSavageZ OMAGAD! Wayne just copied that on "6 foot 7 foot"!!!

[nickelodeon891]

@Ddken93 I just heard that song. I do like Lil' Wayne, but he needs to stop taking other peoples lyrics.

[suhrtz]

im a base head

[rockerbrad76]

saints row 2 has the best mother fucking sound track ever

[louistov]

Reminds me of when i played saints row 2 haha

[Get1LLMAT1C]

how did anyone dislike this?

[ghostrecon755]

who produced dis?

[n00bx360]

@ghostrecon755 DJ Premier.

[ghostrecon755]

@ghostrecon755 word thx!

[drouco1]

@ghostrecon755 dj premier..legendary

[Andres247ish]

@tyetye44 nice paragragh.... Oh and also Fuck you crybaby bitch.

[Andres247ish]

@tyetye44 you're so right, im such a dumb shit. now go buy some roca wear and comment how great jay z is on one of his videos.

[Hydrolic16]

I never sleep cuz sleep is the brother of stress, who is related to weed, from weed he has cousins, crack, and meth, which is fathered by death.

[NICKD92570]

@Hydrolic16 hahaha

[joshwuzhere1]

Lmfaoo frumm Saints Row 2 ;)

[mrthebenson]

@joshwuzhere1 nigga from the hood. nas flows son he spit straight crack

[baboon2525]

this is pretty unbelievable. sleep is the cousin of death....

[TwoLeggedBeast09]

NAS: None As Sick

[BALLIN02130]

"I Never Sleep Cuz Sleep Is The Cusin Of Death"....

"Never put in your box if your shit eats tapes".....

Straight up hip hop.....

[TwoLeggedBeast09]

@BALLIN02130 "Life is parallel to Hell but I must mantain"

damn dude he already had me at 0:00

[RamboW4NN463]

If you a real hip hop head thumbs up !!

[wshu20]

the reason why saints row is the best game ever it has nas songs in it and big pun and all rappers man!

[Yankjetknickranger]

this is probably in the top 3 albums of all time...10 beautifully crafted tracks...even the genesis...you cannot go wrong with this album

[TheeGreenKnight]

0:25 ......i dont know how to start this shit.... go, thats how u start a free

[TheeGreenKnight]

0:25 ...... go, thats how u start a free

[TurkishRapTube]

Sains row 2 !

Straight out tha fucking dungeons of rap !

[wshu20]

@TurkishRapTube yehh thats ight

[RoNzAdO]

People are soo stupid nowadays listenin to stupid shat... like a g6 really? NaS makes you appreciate REAL RAP

[ANTIanitmetalclub]

I just listened to this album in its entirety yesterday, and it's incredible. Some of the best rap I've ever heard.

[ABluFuture]

Nas isn't embraced as the GOAT by the masses bcuz his lyrics r too real n his design is so intricate that u either gotta read the lyrics or listen to his songs many times to truly appreciate it and get the meaning of it. In other words, the mainstream masses don't want to LISTEN to quality music n intellectual lyrics. They want to HEAR a catchy beat n lyrics that just include simple wordplay full of hot air n shit. Tell me I'm wrong. I DARE U

[vladzhuk]

@ABluFuture word! +1

[macwit2cs]

Ima a addict for seakers, 20s a budda and bitches wit beepers, thats 90's shit right there

[WoWisalotoffun]

wow 1:00 - 1:35 is some serious shit

[xxjamaalxx]

dont talk..........just listen!

[CBCCLTBNOSNOH29]

@xxjamaalxx your right because words cant describe how beautiful this song is... and this whole album... and anything Nas has every done or said.

[23LilMessi]

What yuh NAS DO when Tupac called yuh a WEAK RAPPER HUH? NON NIGGA plus where yuh at RIGHT NOW? NO MIXTAPE NO CD WEAK NIGGA N THIS IS RITE FOR YUH FUCK ILLUMINATI YUH DIGG

[nunucpt]

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death!

[TheNodoh]

they are both about new york dumb fuck

[FRR333SSSSHHHH]

ridiculous.

[astonecoldG]

i like this one but NY State Of Mind Part 2 is better

[thatunit995]

even tho i think premo is waay overrated, this beat is fucking legendary

[BeatsYouCanDig]

@thatunit995 bought a vinyl about a week ago and came across the sample used on this, it is pretty nice

[thatunit995]

@BeatsYouCanDig yea that joe chambers sample is off the hook, but im most impressed by the way he flipped the NT break

[BeatsYouCanDig]

@thatunit995 ahh i don't have that one, the little beeping noise at the beggining is on flight time on donald byrd's black byrd

[BeatsYouCanDig]

@thatunit995 i jus started getting into jazz very recently, so my collection of jazz records isn't very big, got a few blue note, eddie harris, billy cobham, and some others ones, like 200 songs only, but one of them is used in this which is kinda cool

[Inferno9978]

They are saying this is the best album ever

[ProudAmerican9]

Nas youre music will never die. From Boston!

[whiteboy420pothead]

jayz wrong for that

[betomas]

Great song, Nas is a master lyricist, but yet NYC never was and never will never be as hard as LA.

[chuckieboy1988]

@betomas yea true, the desert is a shithle place to live

[Wanksterbufford]

Nas one of the best lyricist alive.

[twojastara7]

classic

[icecoldbrew92]

"Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined"

jesus makes you stop and think. nas is a lyrical genious 

[bxpupil]

Just remember the movie Belly actually had a scene based on the conversation between NAS and the kid on the bench!!! In the streets we call em uops!

[FATMANPACMAN]

saints row 2

[NewYorkFlavour]

URBAN POETRY AT ITS FINEST

[flamezide]

The never sleep line is actually quoted by some old philosopher I forgot the name.

[hungtienboi]

anyone wanting to start rapping have to study 4 men: Ra, Nas, G Rap, Big Daddy Kane

[halo3pownstar6199999]

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death

[7GANJA7]

you have this(real mothfckin rap') and then you have them wannabe gangsta's fuck em ,long live the real rap

[cocheselives]

comparing jay-z or lil wayne to nas is like comparing derek fisher to michael jordan.....

[JIMBEAU52]

Real Fucking Rap !

Nas the beast

[Sevensins93]

straight out tha fuckin dungeons of rap