Uh, you know I still run with that, that of a slave Boiling in my It's just hot until a nigga take it no more Blood of a slave, heart of a Turn my up
Ayo, the is "stillmatic" I up out of that grave, wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt They thought I'll another "illmatic" But always forward I'm moving
Never backwards here's another classic See-notes is falling the sky By now the credits roll starring nas poet, produced, directed by The kid escobar
Narration describes the lives and laws in the ghetto trying to survive The feature opens with this black child Finger scratch, cigarette burns on the sofa, turning the tv Mary girls, 45's playing, soft in the background
Food from mornings was hash browns over dope fiends, walking out the door, all of us paw I learned the difference the snitches, the real ones, and who's soft And the murderous, crews
People jumping from roofs, shotguns made it through my youth Walking thin lines, ages seven and nine That's the age I was on my album cover, this is the I know the thirst water like Moses
through the hot desert searching to be free This is my end and my new beginning Out for the in a mega places, like a glitch in the matrix I it at all, did it all, most of why'all been pop for a minute
Spitters, sinners and the game get rid of got there but y'all didn't get it all, I want my style back Hate to cease y'all plan it's the rap man To them up hustlers, bidders, niggaz who real
Professionals, stick up dreaming for meals Let my words guide you, get you crypts to pirals this is survival
Blood of a slave, of a king Blood of a slave, of a king Uh, uh blood of a slave, heart of a Uh, yea Huh,