And as a special treat this I have America's foremost young poet To read his poem for us
Ladies and gentlemen, Everybody, him Ladies and gentlemen, We, we, we came a way
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody him Ladies and gentlemen,
Yo, yo, yo Power and crime, the thugs powder and dimes Twenties of D, is yo' niggaz wilder mine? My niggaz bust nines, puff lye and up cowards For they shine, you resist, then you up flowers
I'm like Lou Cabrasi, best hit-man That's Godfather shit, seat, next lit plans spit, I'm too tough to bargain with And you don't want the God to pull up the cars that's
Arms and wrists is lit up, Queensbridge awards applause when I do my thing Streets is black as midnight, the gray With stains of blood and and piss all day
on the ave, get sized up, plus appraised Duck and pray that my guns bust your way Niggaz with names, livin' off gotta remind you ain't nothin' changin'
Ladies and gentlemen, Everybody, him
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If your off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all in love and war and I'm well prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If your gun's off the hook then we'll be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't It's all fair in love and we can take it
You don't like me clown? Now, you wanna me down? If I bring my face around, you do what? You butt Your crew knew I blew up, I shinin', baseball diamonds Dick rings for your lings
Niggaz know what my nine pearl about Fuck you, say girlie mouth? Get it like the Dirty South And I know you see me flossed out, mill i Hear your bitch talk me, you give her the cold eye?
Girls dig you, imagine she feel for me? You make hot songs, but she know you from me Who ill as me? I wild on haters in album Next level, I y'all niggaz to 3-D
Can't a nigga shook from Queens I'll be with the most grimy (What nigga?) And they all clean Who put underneath cars, if you want beef then start Your next is to the graveyard
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If your off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't It's all fair in love and war and I'm well
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared It's all fair in and we can take it there
You too feminine to kill again, got you soft You talk but you scared to go up North Keep face twisted, but you don't really want nuttin' Talk a bunch of shit motherfucker and stop
You don't wanna flip again, and sell again Be on the run again, you at the Comfort Inn Shoot up your door, in on you and your whore Put y'all in bags, the blood off of the floor
So play tough, I y'all to get out of line I got nines, every color shape and I sent killers every to put one in your spine Two in your ear, get your crew, who do I Nobody get involved and none of em dyin'
I think like you do, with about two irons me flyin', high in the aircraft winin' And dinin', you die, then we laugh, you ass You bitch ass to gauze up, your wounds
While I'm gettin' head, in a jet, bathroom all my goons, all my ice, and suitcases Full of paper, not money it's statements The Illmatic explains how we rock and co-ops, we buy the hood and sell you a block
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If your gun's off the hook then we'll be gunnin' get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared It's all fair in love and war and I'm well
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If your gun's off the then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I scared It's all fair in and we can take it there
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus We, we, we a long way Ladies and gentlemen, watch him Ladies and gentlemen, and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen