Wednesday 16 January 2008

Let others complain that the times are wicked. I complain that they are paltry.

Here is your chance to participate.

Karaoke: Last Real Nigga Alive, God's Son [lyrics corrected, punctuated]

[Chorus 2X]
Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ.
He's just nice; he just slice, like a ginsu.
Look at the life that I been through.
I'm the last real nigga alive. That's official.

[Nas]
Y'all don't know about my Biggie wars.
Who'd you thought "Kick In The Door" was for?
But that's my heart. Y'all still trippin of this Jigga shit.
Real niggas listen up and I'mma tell you how the whole thing start.
Off top, I brung Queens up from hard times.
Rockin' at the Fever, streets was all mine.
It was my version of the blues, droppin out schools.
The crack epidemic had rap representin new rules.
So I got in them shoes, tried them, wore them.
Wasn't a perfect fit, so I couldn't sport 'em.
Young murderers ride--I knew all them.
Jungle got shot. Will died. We was warring.
I wrote it in my album.
I was 18 when Lake seen the Island.
And Lord held me down and
my surroundings started changing.
I had a baby. I was making my rounds with AZ.
Niggas started noticing my flow and was open when
The Golden Child closed 'em in with more style than them older men.
Puff tried to start a label; Prince Rakeem had formed Wu-Tang;
Snoop and Dre had a new thing.
So Puff drove his new range through Queensbridge Projects.
He let me drive it before Ready to Die hit.
BIG and I hit blunts performing at the Arc.
Next thing you knew, BIG blew and all the balling starts.
He had Kim and his crew; I found Fox;
Only niggas in New York with number one charts.
BIG was ahead of his time, him and Raekwon--
my niggas; but dig it, they couldn't get along.
That's when Ghostface said it on The Purple Tape:
Bad Boy biting Nas album. Come awake.
BIG told me Rae was stealing my slang
and Rae told me out in Shaolin BIG would do the same thing.
But I borrowed from both them niggas.
Jigga started to flow like us, but hit with "Ain't No Nigga"s.
Had much Versace swagger.
BIG admired the Brooklyn knight and it took him in as Iceberg the rapper.
Today don't know nothing about this bullshit.
There's more shit than wanting to be this King of New York shit.

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