NAS Illmatic Represent

Represent, represent!! (repeat 4x)

Straight up shit is real and any day could be your last in the jungle
Get murdered on the humble, gunsll blast, niggaz tumble
The corners is the hot spot, full of mad criminals
Who dont care, guzzlin beers, we all stare
At the out-of-towners (ay, yo, yo, who that? ) they better break north
Before we get the four pounders, and take their face off
The streets is filled with undercovers, homicide chasin brothers
The d.a.s on the roof, tryin to, watch us and knock us
And killer coppers, even come through in helicopters
I drink a little vodka, spark a l and hold a glock for
The fronters, wannabe ill niggaz and spot runners
Thinkin it cant happen til i, trap em and clap em
And leave em done, wont even run about gods
I dont believe in none of that shit, your facts are backwards
Nas is a rebel of the street corner
Pullin a tec out the dresser, police got me under pressure

Represent, represent!! (repeat 4x)

Yo, they call me nas, Im not your legal type of fella
Moet drinkin, marijuana smokin street dweller
Whos always on the corner, rollin up blessed
When I dress, its never nuttin less than guess
Cold be walkin with a bop and my hat turned back
Love committin sins and my friends sell crack
This nigga raps with a razor, keep it under my tongue
The school drop-out, never liked the shit from day one
Cause life aint shit but stress fake niggaz and crab stunts
So I guzzle my hennesey while pullin on mad blunts
The brutalizer, crew de-sizer, accelerator
The type of nigga who be pissin in your elevator
Somehow the rap game reminds me of the crack game
Used to sport ballys and gazelles with black frames
Now Im into fat chains, sex and tecs
Fly new chicks and new kicks, heines and becks

Represent, represent!! (repeat 3x)

No doubt; see my, stacks are fat, this is what its about
Before the bdp conflict with mc shan
Around the time when shante dissed the real roxxane
I used to wake up every mornin, see my crew on the block
Every days a different plan that had us runnin from cops
If it wasnt hangin out in front of cocaine spots
We was at the candy factory, breakin the locks
Nowadays, I need the green in a flash just like the next man
Fuck a yard god, let me see a hundred grand
Could use a gun son, but fuck bein the wanted man
But if I hit rock bottom then ima be the son of sam
Then call the crew to get live too
With swoop, hakim, my brother jungle, big bo, cooks up the blow
Mikell chop it, mayo, you count the profit
My shit is on the streets, this way the jakesll never stop it
Its your brain on drugs, to all fly bitches and thugs
Nuff respect to the projects, Im ghost, one love

Represent yall, represent!! (repeat 4x)

One time for your motherfuckin mind
This goes out to everybody in new york
Thats livin the real fuckin life
And every projects, all over
To my man, big will hes still here *echoes*
The 40 side of vernon
My man big l.e.s.
Big cee-lo from the don
Shawn penn, the 40 busters
My crew the shorty busters
The 41st side of vernon posse
The goodfellas
My man cormega, lakid kid
Cant forget drawers, the hillbillies
My man slate, wallethead
Black jay, big oogi
Crazy barrio spot (big dove)
We rock shit, ph.d
And my man primo, from gangstarr
(ninety-four real shit yall, harry o!)
Fuck yall crab ass niggaz though...
(yeah, bitch ass niggas! *etc.*)

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[UnlimitedProdiction1]

I remember when I first bought this CD (well tape at the time), me and a friend listened to it and we were like "Damn this is lyrical perfection" being a southern dude who grew up on classic Geto Boys and UGK before their mainstream glory (still making good music don't get me wrong) Nas was the rapper that got me and my friend into hip-hop straight classic

[Thys93]

thumbs up for the harry potter beat (Y)

[maxassasin911]

One of the 4 way tie best songs represent, one time 4 your mind, ny state of mind, and it ain't hard to tell

[amnesiabubble]

The brutalizer, crew de-sizer, accelerator

The type of nigga who be pissin in your elevator

[beanaldo]

best flow of any rapper ever

[johnlansing14]

This is one of the Smoothest Songs Ever Made

[jimmyhayers]

@KIDFLAK There are much better rappers around than Wayne now (just look at J Cole, he is fucking quality), Weezy just looks ok because he has very good production his rhymes are pretty trite. He's done a few catchy tunes but he isn't great by any measure apart from commercial.

[KIDFLAK]

@jimmyhayers wtf u just named some old school ass foos i understood them when i was in middle school your late news man u barely started liking old school shit. im talking about current events music from my life shit thats going on right now im listening to hot ass shit. your not cool cuz u listen to old school shit that shit got played out i still got respect but eventually people get bored and wanna listen to more music i listen to way more music than u old school and hot ass shit

[jimmyhayers]

@KIDFLAK Hahahaha that's not even deep the meaning is obvious to anyone, god help you if you try to understand some real deep shit like Kweli, Black Thought or Gang Starr

[kchengbp]

peace to Nas for this classic