Nas - Doo Rags

A great song from The Lost Tapes Albums.

--------------Lyrics---------------

Pushin drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes
Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate
That was a uncanny era, guns in my pants
Yeah X-Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide and feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball
That's when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause
Cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto
Was told to stay strong and I could beat the Devil
Cause yo, I used to play Apollo balcony seats
Watchin niggaz swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets
The car show, 560's, chemical afros
Acuras pumpin Super Lover Cee and Casanova
Live chicks be, asses bustin out of they clothes
Wearin lip gloss, big door knockers pealin they earlobes
So where them years go? Where the old gold beers and cheers go?
But now them shorties here doe, so

The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels and furs
Riker's Island bustin, still packed, what's the word?
The drinkers stay drinkin, or puffin they herb
And I'm, still enjoyin life's ride; one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels and furs
Riker's Island bustin, still packed, what's the word?
The drinkers stay drinkin, or puffin they herb
And I'm, still enjoyin life's ride; right?

Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to pull triggers
in army boots, yellin "Join the armed forces!"
We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons
Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of niggas callin in the coorporate offices
War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they torture us
They won't be servin the beast too long
The murderers wearin police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat Street breakers were dancin to the music I chose
And Peachtree Atlantic crackheads was tootin they nose
in frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children
with fo'-fo's, and double-revolvers
We devil incarnates, headed for jail
Where Shell gas company in South Africa be havin us killed
Your paper money was the death of Christ
And all these shorties comin up just resurrect your life
It's like a cycle

[Chorus]

Niggaz used to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up
That's when we were lied to, buyin hair products
Back before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin
'til awareness started penetratin
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes makin liquor
just to prove we some creative niggaz
Turnin nothin into somethin, is God work
And you get nothin without struggle and hard work
War is necessary to my niggaz in chains
From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin y'all to know one thing
The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does
Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah it's wrong, but God loves
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you
Even when all else fail, God support you
I done it, got God Son on my stomach
My heart and my lungs was affected from Henny's and gettin blunted
Do your body right and it loves you back
You only get one life, and yo because of that
I'm still blazin, goin out for the cause
Still rockin stockin caps, not for the waves, obeyin no laws
And it's like that

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[thelucadenims]

what a tune. piano in hip hop is quality. nas has immense lyrical talent.

[cdsboyg]

Classic!!

[robbi2411]

no haters :D

[biglinney1]

good track

[TheJigga321]

Why can't Nas just rap like this all the time? That continuous abstract flow with subject matter about old ghetto times is what keeps me attracted to The Lost Tapes and Illmatic. Now hes on some shit about the moon and the stars.

[Msmarxish]

blazing tune you already know!

[NuMeskeetVideos]

m 14 nas is my favorite artist. ive been writing lyrics since i was 11. a kid can dream right?

[lilp3t3rr]

"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does

Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah it's wrong, but God loves

Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you

Even when all else fail, God support you"

[2CoolF0rSch00l]

Soulja boy got nothing to do with nas or the new Generation, the generation choose what to do and listen for!

Im 17 born in 1992 never been to America and i love that song, generation choose what to listen and what to do.

[brownsugar976]

I WONDER HOW CAN ARTIST LIKE THIS HAVE US THINKING AND FEELING DEEPLY NO QUESTION ASK!

BUT THE CANDY PAINT RAPPERS WHAT IS THERE MISSION? FOR US NOT TO FEEL THINK, WHAT! OR FOR US TO GET SO ANGRY WHRE WE JUST STUCK INTO NOT UNDERSTANDING IGNORACE THEY PUT OUT I KNOW 1 THING THE CANDYPAINT RAPPERS GAVE US, TO THANK GOD WE EXPERIENCE MUSIC LIKE THIS. cause it's sad the generation that have to listen to that soulja boys and em. that music soulja boy and em are putting out is purely sad.

[gater1175]

i love to get high to this too

[blackman6272]

Owkay..Everybody Here Gots A Plus Rate! That Means SomeBody Has Nuthin 2 Do With His Life And Does This all day. -.- even the question from jinnigan has a plus rate! Further More, Nice Song ;D