Escalate4u

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[Hook] (DJ Premier scratches)
[Sample]
“And now for my next number…”
“I’d like to return to the…”
[Nas]
“Classic”
[Kanye West]
“Uh, uh, - timeless…”
[Kool G Rap]
“Nike’s straight classic”
[Nas]
“Classic”
[Kool G Rap]
“Nike’s… Nike’s… Nike’s… straight classic”
[Nas]
“I’m better than I’ve ever been”
[Kanye West]
“Timeless…”
[Rakim Sample]
“I’m Rakim, the fiend of a microphone…”

[Rakim]
Uh, yea, is y’all ready for 20-07?
It’s now another drought
Everybody’s a killer, wow we buggin’ out
Since ‘86 showin’ the crowd what I’m about
And they still wanna know when the album comin’ out
Askin’ teenagers, OG’s and nasty kids
What their definition of Classic is?
Timeless, so age don’t count in the booth
When your flow stay submerge in the fountain of youth
Ain’t no doubtin’ the truth, I’m off the meters
Everybody cosignin’, even the non-believers
Since I came in the door, and became one of y’all leaders
In a fresh pair Air Force sneakers
Uptowns, we call ‘em uppies, when they’re on divas
Probably worn when KRS-One raw teachings
Nas - Made You Look, before the heaters
I bet Kan’ had ‘em on when he walked with Jesus
(mehr…)

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[Nas]
Nas is like…
Nas is like…

Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby’s bein born
Same time my man is murdered, the beginning and end
As far as rap go, it’s only natural, I explain
My plateau, and also, what defines my name
First it was Nasty, but times have changed
Ask me now, I’m the artist, but hardcore, my science for pain
I spent time in the game, kept my mind on fame
Saw fiends shoot up, and do lines of cocaine
Saw my close friends shot, flatline am I sane?
That depends, carry Mac-10’s to practice my aim
On rooftops, tape cd covers to trees
Line the barrel up with your weak picture then squeeze
Street scriptures for lost souls, in the crossroads
To the corner thugs hustlin for cars that cost dough
To the big dogs livin large, takin it light
Pushin big toys, gettin nice, enjoyin your life
is what you make it, suicide, few try to take it
Belt tied around they neck in jail cells naked
Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is felt
And of course N - A - S are the letters that spell …
NAS, NAS

[Hook 2x] (DJ Premier scratches, Nas)
“Nas is like life or death… I’m a rebel… ”
“My poetry’s deep, I never fell…”
“Nas is like… half man half amazing…”
“No doubt…”
(mehr…)

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[Afu-Ra]
Peep the finisher, blemisher, menace to sinister
It’s him with the, been with the, mic’s Next to kin with the
Lyrical assassinate like toxic waste
Rocks is base, matches I burn up in your face
Travel through eons, mentally to spit it viciously
Slapping up these red-eyed devils, speaking fictitiously
They slipping B, snippin the, mic styles they slippery
A golden aura, it backs the voice you can’t ignore the
Monumental essence, which crowds wish to adore the
Shimmering stone, lace like stylish, luscious, Tiffany
Sages when they meditate, prism filling my imagery
Subliminally, thoughts I set it, Synchronisticaly
The intricacy, complex levels my entity
No stopping me, I’m rocking the, Hip-Hop philosophy
Drummer drum it, preserve myself to keep me omni-potent
9 9 styles I keep it flowing

[Hook] (DJ Premier scratches, Guru)
“Randomly flip on bystanders”
“Blowing up the spot”
“Randomly flip”
“Take control”
“And represent, represent, represent”
(mehr…)