[00:26.57]It ain't hard to tell I excel then prevail
[00:29.29]The mic is contacted I attract clientele
[00:32.16]My mic check is life or death breathin a sniper's breath
[00:35.75]I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
[00:38.90]Deep like The Shinin' sparkle like a diamond
[00:40.72]Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
[00:42.67]Hit the Earth like a comet invasion
[00:44.51]Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian half-man half-amazin
[00:47.73]Cause in my physical I can express through song
[00:50.02]Delete stress like Motrin then extend strong
[00:52.11]
[00:52.67]I drank Moet with Medusa give her shotguns in hell
[00:55.40]From the spliff that I lift and inhale it ain't hard to tell
[00:59.16]
[01:19.29]The buddha monk's in your trunk turn the bass up
[01:21.99]Not stories by Aesop place your loot up parties I shoot up
[01:25.53]Nas I analyze drop a jew-el inhale from the L
[01:28.43]School a fool well you feel it like braille
[01:30.85]It ain't hard to tell I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
[01:33.75]Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
[01:35.75]Plus +Matic+ I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek
[01:38.13]Jam like a tech with correct techniques
[01:39.55]So analyze me surprise me but can't magmatize me
[01:43.19]Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
[01:45.32]I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
[01:48.16]Nas'll rock well it ain't hard to tell
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[02:11.31]This rhythmatic explosion is what your frame of mind has chosen
[02:15.32]I'll leave your brain stimulated niggas is frozen
[02:17.87]Speak with criminal slang begin like a violin
[02:20.01]End like Leviathan it's deep well let me try again
[02:22.73]Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
[02:24.11]I dominate break loops givin mics men-e-straul cycles
[02:27.31]Street's disciple I rock beats that's mega trifle
[02:30.00]And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova
[02:32.76]You're still a soldier I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
[02:35.58]Packin like a rasta in the shit spot
[02:37.78]Vocals'll squeeze glocks MC's eavesdrop
[02:39.42]Though they need not to sneak
[02:41.09]My poetry's deep I never fell
[02:43.12]Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
[02:45.50]It ain't hard to tell

It ain't hard to tell I excel then prevail
The mic is contacted I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
Deep like The Shinin' sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian half-man half-amazin
Cause in my physical I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin then extend strong
I drank Moet with Medusa give her shotguns in hell
From the spliff that I lift and inhale it ain't hard to tell
The buddha monk's in your trunk turn the bass up
Not stories by Aesop place your loot up parties I shoot up
Nas I analyze drop a jew-el inhale from the L
School a fool well you feel it like braille
It ain't hard to tell I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
Plus +Matic+ I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek
Jam like a tech with correct techniques
So analyze me surprise me but can't magmatize me
Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
Nas'll rock well it ain't hard to tell
This rhythmatic explosion is what your frame of mind has chosen
I'll leave your brain stimulated niggas is frozen
Speak with criminal slang begin like a violin
End like Leviathan it's deep well let me try again
Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
I dominate break loops givin mics men-e-straul cycles
Street's disciple I rock beats that's mega trifle
And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova
You're still a soldier I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
Packin like a rasta in the shit spot
Vocals'll squeeze glocks MC's eavesdrop
Though they need not to sneak
My poetry's deep I never fell
Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
It ain't hard to tell