Nas - King's Disease Album Lyrics

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King's Disease

Yeah
Hello, ladies and gentlemen
(Hit-Boy)

I made the fade famous, the chain famous
QB on my chest match the stainless
Amazing Grace, I'm gracefully aging
Without masonry I made more paper to play with
No rap in my playlist, sold dimes on my day shift (king)
So, can I breathe? Can I walk? Can I speak? Can I talk?
Can I floss without you wanting me outlined in chalk?
Family gossiping, pocket watching him
Jealousy keeps blossoming, ain't let it box me in (king)
'Cause you are not a king if you can't come out a thing
That you got yourself in, claiming nobody helping
The stupidest part of Africa produced Blacks that started algebra
Proof, facts, imagine if you knew that as a child, bruh
Nostalgia, how I remember things
Remember crowns, remember kings, they want your reign to cease (king)
You a king, you will be next to me, doing your own king shit, most definitely
We're so, "Say less when I speak", y'all estrogen speak
Respected by kings only, address me as chief
Invested in things only a vet would
Only lames front on kings, that's expected from creeps
You mad at my niggas, and any women with any interest with me
You could've made it (you was good), look at all the time wasted
Now you gotta retract statements, shoulda stuck to the basics
All you had to do was tell the truth, like, f*ck all the fake shit
You should want every brother to make it out
But brothers want trophies, they troll for clout
Rappers weird, weird flex, but okay
You ain't as ill as you think, you just okay
You got pressed in the hood, fix your jibs up, I'm on top
Stop fighting it, yo, stop with the over-righteousness
It's so lame, this media circus greedy and worthless
My life got 'em tight, why they wanna see me hurt up? (Why me?)
Real kings everywhere, stand up
It come with the game (King's Disease)

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Blue Benz

As we go through life, one of the big questions about
Things we purchase is- is, what the value of it is
Is it really worth it?

I used to be at The Tunnel twenty deep in a huddle
Razors on us that'll make skin bubble, Moet, we guzzle
Chris Lighty let me in a few times with nines
That's on God, wish you woulda walked by
And bumped me hard or just looked at me wrong
My chain on, try to book me, you gone
Goons, Italian leathers, couple bottles of Dom
Took risks, this ain't what you want, there's rules to this
Don't get it misconstrued, my suit game was crisp
Silk, linen, chiffon, Dior to Diadora
But I rock custom more, that hustler aura, tap in
Razor cutter, nineties, eighties lover, raised in gutters
Raised above it, they made it up out the hood subject, I made you love it
Crazy, I knew this chick, she had a blue Benz
A Jersey penthouse, she used to pimp girls that would turn rich men out
Her coke habits was so savage
She hear voices and see ghosts on the average
Of her stepdad, he raised her from a carriage
She was twelve when he passed, she's been in hell since that
Her grandma raised her, I met her in Kingston, Jamaica
Where veteran kingpins bought acres, rest in peace Louie Rankin
Original Don Dada

Man a Jamaican rude bwoy
Uno waan ramp with bomboclaat me
Come, come on
I murder people fi fun
Murder uno bomboclaat fi fun

Peace signs in the air for son
Put his name on the street sign there where he from
Whenever we hear his bangers, flare up a blunt
And praise God, and pray we all prepared when He come for us
Just opened my new office, West Coast branch
Place my teacup on the saucer, it's Esco, man
Bossed up, nothing feels better than doing deals with my brothers
It's surreal, how I feel, y'all should love us
Life is a test so congratulations to your success
For having patience, you deserve the best
You know they do niggas, the IRS
People I ain't even met take it out my check
They the biggest gangster, I respect the jooks
We buyin' big boy mansions, they respect the crooks
This for my project niggas and blue Benzes
Mercedes emblems with they bitch with 'em

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Car #85

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah (Big Queens, NYC)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, (uh), ah, oh
Ooh-ooh (yeah), oh, ooh-ooh (Hit-Boy)

They called me "Babyface" in eighty-eight
On 40th and Broadway they made me stay and wait
Cab service, car eighty-five
Ten minutes, they back in the car
Not safe to drive, narcos are lookin' (woop, woop, woop)
No secret compartments in the ride, so keep pushin'
We get stopped, hide it between the seat cushion
Either that, or just tuck it inside your boot
Don't throw it out the window yet, son, that's all our loot (not yet)
See? They turned, they wasn't after us, my nigga with me laughin' (yeah)
He clutchin' his gold Lazarus, made it home and he baggin' up (what up?)
I'm just a lil' nigga smokin' weed (fried)
I'm just tryna figure out who to be (Nas)
Horse and Dula touchin' paper (uh-huh)
Plus, Spud and Wallet Head, a lot of bread
And I was talkin' to Tia
I went to her block, I was just happy to see her
And low was how she did me (ooh)
She moved from Queens to Co-Op City (ooh-wee)
She said, "Visit me, that's if you really miss me" (I did), show proof
Ten niggas outside her buildin', that's what I go through (damn)
1989, my baby mind was advancin' (yeah)
Nike Air Trainer 3's, two fingers on her hand, son (ooh)
I'm losin' her slowly (uh)
Plus my other girl is startin' to move on the homie
Hop in eighty-five, roll with me (oh-oh)

When I used to slide
I used to call car eighty-five
Don't want no other driver on the job (nah)
Only car eighty-five
Yo, take me Uptown to that smoke shop I like (ooh)
Car eighty-five
All blacked out tint (running for my life)
Everywhere we went, we took car eighty-five (yeah, yeah)

We gon' ride
Put that tape on I like
You know that tape I like, turn that shit up (oh, yeah)
We gon' smoke and ride (ooh-ooh)
Go to Times Square, we take it from there
Just ride (ridin' with car eighty-five)
It's Friday
It woulda been a good night to pick up shorty, but she on some other shit (ooh-wee, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah)

In my peripheral view
Nothin' trivial 'bout me, just witness the truth, I'm certified
That's been verified
My mere presence got other guys terrified (whoa, ooh)
Slap oxygen out your esophagus (ooh-ooh)
I survived with stick up kids, was droppin' shit (ooh-ooh)
The rotten apple's the tabernacle
That's NY, White Castles at midnight
Fish sandwiches, forty ounces and fistfights (oh, ooh-wee)
They even used car eighty-five to pull robberies
Use 'em as a getaway car and paid him properly
Next year the whole town strung out
Swept the block where they hung out
Look how far we've come now (amen)
Grab the duffel and run out
Seven fiends in one house, hustle sun up to sundown
What up? Summertime in NY
In the back seat of car eighty-five (oh-oh, oh)

The whole hood was tryna call car eighty-five
Any car like that, any number that had that system
Or that cool ride (yeah)
You know that'd make your whole day
Just bein' able to get up and go
To this day, I just like to ride
Lot of thoughts come to mind (ooh-wee, oh, oh, ooh)

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ULTRA BLACK

Nas, Nas (Nas), yeah
Nas, Nas
We goin' (we goin'), we goin' (we goin')
Uh, uh
My pants 'posed to sag (yeah)
We goin' ultra, yeah

We goin' ultra black, I gotta toast to that
We don't fold or crack (we goin')
Occasion, we rose to that, f*ck goin' postal (uh)
We goin' ultra black
Watchin' the global change, hop in the coldest Range
Hit-boy on the beat, this shit 'posed to slap
We goin' ultra black, we goin' (we goin')
We goin' (we goin'), uh

Rhythm and Blues, Pop, Rock to Soul to Jazz
'Til my toes are tagged (uh)
How I look being told I'm not supposed to brag?
Nobody fault, I tell the truth, I know it's facts, we ultra black
Grace Jones skin tone, but multi that
Multiple colors, we come in all shades, mocha black
Accept where I'm at and not fight me on it (uh)
Emotional stares like I might be wanted (yeah)
Pitch black like the night, I'm ultra black
Sanford and Son reruns, jokes are black (ha)
Oh yes, oh yes, God bless success
We goin' ultra black, like the Essence Fest
Talk with a mask on, the freshest breath
African black, so caress the flesh
Superfly, The Mack, sittin' fly in the 'Lac
Take the boat on the water, history talks with my daughter (Dest')
My son'll be my resurrection (Knight)
Constantly learnin' lessons, I never die, you get the message?
I hope you be better than I, life's precious (precious)
Two steppin'
Sometimes I'm over-black, even my clothes are black
Cash Money with the white tee and the soldier rag
We goin' ultra black, unapologetically black
The opposite of Doja Cat, Michael Blackson black

We goin' ultra black, I gotta toast to that
We don't fold or crack (Nas, Nas)
Occasion, we rose to that, f*ck goin' postal
We goin' ultra black
Watchin' the global change, hop in the coldest Range
Hit-boy on the beat, this shit 'posed to slap
We goin' ultra black (yeah)
We goin' (we goin', we goin')

We goin' ultra black
Raiders, Oakland hat, I smoke to that
Pre-rolls and 'Gnac, what's the results to that?
C-notes and bags (uh)
She knows I'm classy like I'm Billy Dee Williams (smooth)
Go ultra black (uh), Isaac Kennedy films, Penitentiary II
Black like out in the Lou', black don't crack
It's like the fountain of youth, the culture's black
Like Iman, she beautiful, goin' ultra black
To Africa, you say, "Go back"
I stay pro-black, my Amex black (ah)
Black like cornrows, afros
Black like Kaep' blackballed from the Superbowls (Colin)
Hall & Oates, I can't go for that
Motown Museum, Detroit, I'm ultra black
This for New York and all the map
No matter your race, to me, we all are black

We goin' ultra black, I gotta toast to that
We don't fold or crack (we don't fold or crack)
Occasion, we rose to that, f*ck goin' postal (this a celebration)
We goin' ultra black
Watchin' the global change, hop in the coldest Range
Hit-boy on the beat, this shit 'posed to slap
We goin' ultra black (black is beautiful)
We goin' (black is beautiful)

Nas, Nas (Nas)

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27 Summers

(Hit-Boy)

Bitch, I'm in a good mood, good group pulled me up (ice)
The plane leave in thirty, fix your life, hurry up (fix your life)
Ackee rice, peas, puttin' curry over duck (mm)
Courtside Rockets, Warriors, Curry up (swish)
Smokin' weed in a tux, sippin' Ricard
Sitting on Governors Isle with all the killers
Premier movies with my man DeNiro
And Johnny Nunez got all the pictures
Black-grown, black-owned
Black women is the backbone (love)
Latin food in the back room
Big business, I'ma drop a new 'gnac soon
Followin' the cash rules

Rich, matte-black Rolls, yeah, I got her seeing ghosts (ghosts)
Twenty-seven summers, that wasn't even the goal (goal)
Blowing kush clouds and we all for the smoke (smoke)
Black card, black Rolls, more black CEOs

Bitch, I'm in a good mood, good group pulled me up (Dino)
Mass Appeal, movies and music, sign with us (Al Pacino)
All my niggas millionaires, G-Code know what's up (what up, G-Code?)
What up, Jung'? What up, Stoute? What up, Ant? What up, East?
What they say about us?

Rich, matte-black Rolls, yeah, I got her seeing ghosts
Twenty-seven summers, that wasn't even the goal
Blowing kush clouds and we all for the smoke
Bitch, black card, black Rolls, more black CEOs

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Replace Me

(Hit-Boy)
N-A-S
Uh, yeah

It get kinda hard to replace me
So ain't gon' lose before nobody else
I was keeping my heart there on safety
But now I'm letting it go until it end me
You got a lot to lose but it's all basic
I'll probably ride in times for better late texts
I bet I'm living it up, I'm so spacey (living it up)
You love to wine and dine, come be my lady, lady

You can't replace me like a battery, you can't mistake 'em for Nasty
You know my anatomy, you know my body is voodoo probably
Kama Sutra, Mr. Oochie Wally
She hit the whoa, I make her trow, I'm in her soul
Sugar daddy sometimes, no sugar coatin' one line
But we talk, but she thought, she coulda found a new guy
That kid alright but I'm her Kryptonite, a different type
Larenz and Nia Long, Love Jones, dipping on the bike
You growin' into a better woman, it's whatever, we thuggin'
New product every season, fifty ball on the budget
If it didn't occur (huh) she's for me, I'm for her (running)
Only thing worse than being alone is wishin' you were

It get kinda hard to replace me
So ain't gon' lose before nobody else (I'm one of one)
I was keeping my heart there on safety
But now I'm letting it go until it end me (step up)
You got a lot to lose but it's all basic
I'll probably ride in times for better late texts
I bet I'm living it up, I'm so spacey (living it up)
You love to wine and dine, come be my lady, lady

Yeah, you talk a little sweet about me, a lot of sour
I know that you believe in stars
And just like stars, you know your words got a lot of power
You know I'm good at reading you, I spent like ten thousand hours
I musta bought you ten thousand flowers
Ignore red flags and all the bows
I even bought your daughter clothes and your father clothes
And I bought you diamonds even though I got a heart of gold
And on your enemies we rode, I go Picasso, Art of War
We a different pedigree
I did some foul shit across the line, you seem to petty me
I never gave you infidelity or tried to reck your credibility
I'm not your ex, I'm your ecstasy
Methamphetamines, ain't no better me, facts

It get kinda hard to replace me (yeah)
So ain't gon' lose before nobody else (straight up) (that's right)
I was keeping my heart there on safety
But now I'm letting it go until it end me (you know I'm the one)
You got a lot to lose but it's all basic
I'll probably ride in times for better late texts (I ride that)
I bet I'm living it up, I'm so spacey (living it up) (whoa, whoa)
You love to wine and dine, come be my lady, lady (Yeah)

You know I'm just tryna do what I'm meant to do
Teach you, please you
You know, never mistreat you and treat you
You know how it goes
It's that Don Life shit (Sean Don)
Esco (I got that New York walk)
I got that Detroit soul, you know (hahaha)

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Til the War is Won

You know I love you different, my queen, my mother, sister
Protect you with my life, let's deconstruct the myth, uh
You just depressed a bit, and only good for sexin' with you
Let's dismantle that, it's a man you lack
You don't need us, you could handle that
Let's see where the black family at
We need each other, with bad tempers, we defeat each other
Single mothers, my heart's bleeding for you
These coward men, that were beating on you (never me)
Let's silence them, with a silencer
For the violence of relationships
Hold your head up, don't take that shit, run away from it
I shoulda ran away myself, the amount of pain I was dealt
And I'm a man, my job is to help
Single parent home, came up, now the man is grown
Mom's gone, pop's here, wish God reversed the roles
(Sometimes) If I could've chose, subsidized housin'
Sometimes witnessin' the most foulest things would arouse us
We became numb like pure 'caine on the tongue
To the pains from economical strains

Diabolical games put on our future kings
And our future queens, y'all the strongest ones (yeah)
May God gives strength to women who lost their sons
I give all I have 'til the war is won (ooh whoa, oh-oh)
We're nothing without our women
I give all I have 'til the war is won (yeah)
(Ooh whoa, oh-oh)
I give all I have

2020 flows, everything getting exposed (exposed)
Who really the bros? (Bros) Who really is goals? (Goals)
Who ready to let it go? All the grudges we hold (uh)
It's too many fallen soldiers NY to the 'Go (Chi-Town)
Late night outside, you hear the forty drum (baow)
In every ghetto and all the slums (for real)
These laws made to slaughter us (damn)
I give all I have 'til the war is won

I was servin' out my mama crib, she ain't know about it (she ain't know about it)
Complaining about my rent, but I know my mama got me (my mama got me)
She told me to be a man, and never sleep through problems (sleep through problems)
University of the streets, I ain't plan on going to college (oh yeah)
Why you crying 'bout low income and welfare? (Ooh)
You ain't the only one going through it, this everywhere
Better hold your head, I know it don't feel fair
Reason my people dead and they know I still care
Depending on the people, then you gotta do better
Black lives matter, I'm for real, it do matter (for real, it do matter)
Black-on-black crime, they still do it to whoever (whoever)
Talking to the trenches, we just gotta do better (do better)
He think he Martin Luther, but he tryna be a shooter (tryna be a shooter)
Got his car took, he ride with guns in the Uber (in the Uber)
I'm talking where we from, we carry MACs, but no computers (no computers)
He got out yesterday, but he went in when he was juvie (Chi-Town)

Diabolical games put on our future kings
And our future queens, y'all the strongest ones (yeah)
May God gives strength to women who lost their sons
I give all I have 'til the war is won

She do the best to raise our young
Ooh, she independent and she don't depend on no one
We nothing without our women
Ooh, she independent, went from a girl to a woman
One love to the single mothers
Ooh, oh, yeah, yeah
I give all I have 'til the war is won (ooh, whoa, oh-oh)
'Til the war is won, we gotta stick together
Women, stop chasing your man away
Men, stop acting crazy, chasing your woman away
We all we have 'til the war is won, baby

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All Bad

To all the ones I loved across the world, uh-huh
It was all good 'til it went bad (Hit-Boy)

It's all bad
It was all good 'til she went bad
Damn, I hate to take a loss
Damn, it hurts to take a loss (she went bad on me, y'all)
It's all bad
It's all good 'til it's all bad
Damn, I hate to take a loss (she went bad on me, y'all)
Damn, it hurts to take a loss

Time passes by, I'm asking, "Why?"
You match my fly, no cap, no lie
Trophy, arm candy, but I'm better without it
It's a dub, my love, but I gotta reroute it
It's a lottery, it's loaded, hope I can see all the motives
Before she make a fool out of me, I should know 'cause I'm older
Wasn't meant for me, f*ck it, we ain't agree on no subject
We look good together when we was out in the public
You used to brighten my day, had me hype as a kid
First, good morning, good night, now she leave me on read
I'm disappointed, it's different chicks who want it
Can't lie, for a minute, I was sick to my stomach

You need to stop, breathe, think
Before you say the wrong thing
And I wish I could stay the night
But I feel some type of way about it
I've been stayin' up late
Thinking about this day (yeah)
And I wish I could stay the night
But I feel some type of way about it, aw yeah

And it's all bad (all bad, all bad)
I might have to just fall back, fall back
Damn, I hate to take a loss (man, I hate to take a loss)
Damn, it hurts to take a loss
It's all bad (all bad, mmh)
You got some problems that I just can't solve, no, no, no
Damn, I hate to take a loss
Damn, it hurts to take a loss (take a loss)

I don't love you, girl, that's far from true
Even took you to the barbecue
That should show how I much I f*ck with you
I know I gotta make the choice, shit is overdue
I had to let you off, might have to take a loss
I might have to take a loss, take a loss
I kinda like it when I'm far from you lately
I'm kinda fed up with the bullshit you do

You need to stop, breathe, think
Before you say the wrong thing
And I wish I could stay the night
But I feel some type of way about it
I've been stayin' up late
Thinking about this day (yeah)
And I wish I could stay the night
But I feel some type of way about it, aw yeah

Yeah, since Guess was spotted on my denim pockets
And my wave grease would amaze geeks and freeze fly chicks
Where they stood, I never lost the steps, stay splashin'
Not one of these just got money, not knowin' how to act
New to these bad ones, I was on fly chicks since junior high
Beautiful fly girls caught my eye
Takin' down some of the girls Drake and Future took down
But I got no time for juveniles throwing tantrums
Texting me that they hate my one-word answers
Here's two, call me, this is you stalling
Guess you through, you ignore me, days go by
Missing you be the worst, play the game, who gon' hit who first
Checking my Yachtmaster, Pac blaster
Wonder why they call you bitch, empty shot glasses
Scrolling back on the thread, the nice things you once said
Look at us now, it's all bad

Aw yeah, and it's all bad
You know I might have to just fall back, fall back
Damn, I hate to take a loss (man, I hate to take a loss)
Damn, it hurts to take a loss (oh)
It's all bad (all bad, all bad)
You got some problems, I can't solve 'em all, uh, uh, uh
Damn, I hate to take a loss (man, I hate to take a loss)
Damn, it hurts to take a loss

Damn, I love it when you talk to me crazy
But who the f*ck you think you talking to?

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The Definition

Yes
Something new from my man Nas
This the world famous Brucie B
We call this one "The Definition", haha
It's that vibe
Get your groove on, step, clean, ya know what I mean?
All the way from Queensbridge, my man Nas
Something new, here we go (Hit-Boy)

Yo, see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Traffickers, African Latin, wire tappings
Here come the people, run my people, they don't treat us equal
I'm talking the law for me, freedom is illegal
Tape telephone conversations, what kind of nation
Got three hundred million people they investigating?
I know they're tryna watch me, a Russian oligarchy
Politically, it's principle they try to stop me
Powerful people establish you, they try to mute you
Unethical ways put you in prison, try to roof you
Our youth is dead to us, they call us stupid predators
Stupid words from the President's mouth, where are his editors?
Antarctica is 65 degrees
Global warming, they don't wanna believe
And they're hanging people on trees
And what the f*ck is up with Gale King?
A black male, a female thing, a failed thing
Journalism or internalism
Shirley Chisolm wouldn't play the victim
Eartha Kitt woulda been finished with him
Top of the charts, guarded my heart, playing my part
Sun rising but they want us to stay in the dark
Scorned woman wanna slump me, to fade me to dark
King's disease, I cure this shit with my art

The definition of King's Disease
Well, also known as rich man disease
You ain't gotta be rich to get it
Just doing too much, you'll get it
Gout, uric acid levels up high
Get you some lemongrass
Some cherries, alkaline water

Haha
Tell a friend to tell a friend
My man Nas
It's the world famous

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Full Circle

(Hit-Boy)
(G. Ry got me)
Ayo, Hit-Boy, man
I need to roll up some of that fronto you got, man
I be seeing you smoking
Yo, how that I.E. weather?
Uh

Tilted brim like Goldie talking
Pryor listening, my prior women had no remorse
When they tried to end on no discourse, no discussion
I'm all alone and all the people with the big hats on went home
So what you gon' do now, Goldie? Your bottom left you
It's up to me and you, Goldie, through introspection
You ain't Goldie, you Nas, and my heart ain't cold as it was
And I go through multiple love triangles over and over enough
I talk to my boxing trainer, he's my logic explainer
Conversations through our combination
He told me, "Stick and move," and "Different rules apply to different women"
Some women's into licking women
Some women's independent, some women want brothers who educated
Some women want Benz's, leather seats that are perforated
Some do malevolent snake shit
Yeah, you can miss me with that fake shit (peace, king)

Dialogue superb, flyest cars on the curb, word
When I evolved, a higher God emerged reserved
More subtle, come from the stress and the struggle
Young then, obsessed in the bubble about it
Took advantage if a woman allowed it
One of the foulest, some would say I was childish, money driven
Mischievous, I perceived it as livin', gifts and ribbons
Any kisses on the lips was forbidden, I was on it
She curvy, then shorty was cornered, no worries
For the naughty, it was higher performance, or was it really?
The games that I was playin' was silly
Similar to them days when I was packin' that milly, it could've killed me
Caution never crossing my mind, she calling crying
Me, I'm more concerned why she ain't falling in line, was buggin'
Grew a lot since they said I was stubborn
Guess it's real, even players need lovin'
When you enamored by female companions, there's no standards
Once you hit and it switch the dynamics, that's the damage
Reflecting on first impressions, what's she expecting?
Why when men don't follow directions, it's deception?

I was intrigued by fine women, I realized
Some were drop dead gorgeous living a lie
Oblivious to beauty inside truly defines
Will you walk with me or are you there for the ride?
For better or worse, every blessing and curse
Understand exotic sands come after the dirt
I was dealing since adolescent
Thinking my girl was my possession
I stand corrected
It takes understanding and affection
Time is money, I need growth for my investment
I don't like attention unless it's a woman
With majestic grace like an empress in Essence
Let's just chill, catch vibes in the grill
Celebratin', many of us never made it (haha)
Whatever brings you down won't elevate you (uh)
Like a real one beside you is very gracious

I'll Na Na top five, nigga, dead or alive
Nigga or bitch, Firm mafioso shit
Ayo, Esco, name a bitch f*ckin' with me
Did a bullet, came home, Brooklyn gave me the key
No cap though, facts though, nigga, that's really rap, though
Like really though, my nigga, she really back though
Like really though, my nigga, she really rap though
In my lowski lotion, nigga
Got my wooskies locin', nigga
Comme de Garçons loafers on my posters, Firm la familia
First lady, nigga, Bonnie for real
Pussy power like Tasha pushed Tommy to kill, uh
Black Sheba, Philipp Plein on a sneaker
Lowering the two-seater, bitch, I spits ether
I'm saying my salaams, what up?
Got my three gods with me, so ladies, keep it a buck
La familia

Life (life)
Everything comes back around full circle (yup)
(Miss me with that)
What up, Hit-Boy? One of my favorites (ooh)
Yeah, you know what the f*ck this is (what it is?)
King shit, Firm Biz
Mastered this, no alternative
Classic shit, that's affirmative
Ha, got me out here on my first degree murder shit
Stretch marks from this art, gave birth to this
And I stand by every word of this
Malcolm X with a check, close curtains, bitch
Yeah

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10 Points

America the beautiful, gangsta's paradise
For a black man to be rich, you say we sacrifice our own family members
Like we're not savvy enough to make outstanding figures
And ain't nobody in no cult
I give so much, financially give away
But there's an aspect of that that's crippling to us today
Still coping and dealing with my environment as a kid
I trust no one today because what someone in my past did

King, gotta learn to let it go and move forward
King, you should learn to say no, keep all your dough in
King, Michael Jordan gives back and you didn't know it
Like LeBron does, but it's just seldomly shown
King, get ten points from one bird doin' your thing
King, 'til one of your homies decide to sing
King, I started sayin' "Peace King" on my song "The Flyest"
And after that, it took off like fire, peace, King

Take it from a street dude, you don't need to be a street dude
Get a lawyer, read your contract, and eat food
Become a Bird, a Flack, a Lionel
When you catch flack, that mean they got they eye on you
Produce great results, they start to lie on you
Is it love for a Queens dude in Supreme shoes
Or did the street code expire with these dudes?
Especially now, I don't expect you to bow, but stand
Creating jobs, named my venture from after the land
I came from, that's unheard of
A hood that's known for murder now doing mergers
The streets is a lie, don't believe these dudes, jail or death is all you get
They tell you never move, but when they get money, they split

King, gotta learn to let it go and move forward
King, you should learn to say no, keep all your dough in
King, Michael Jordan gives back and you didn't know it
Like LeBron does, but it's just seldomly shown
King, get ten points from one bird doin' your thing
King, 'til one of your homies decide to sing
King, I started saying "Peace King" on my song "The Flyest" (peace, king)
And after that, it took off like fire

They hardly happy for you, keep doing what you do
You can't please everybody, and not everybody is you
Don't try to force a square peg in a round circle, that shit'll hurt you
Don't try to fit in either, you're better off with neither
Few veteran speakers get medicine when you need it
Especially when we all need knowledge instead of sneakers
Stop hangin' on to childhood trauma, it defeats us
Our challenge is holding ourselves back, I hope you felt that

Queen, gotta learn to let it go and move forward
King, you should learn to say no, keep all your dough in
King, Michael Jordan gives back and you didn't know it
Like LeBron does, but it's just seldomly shown
King, get ten points from one bird doin' your thing
King, 'til one of your homies decide to sing
King, I started saying "Peace King" on my song "The Flyest"
And after that, it took off like fire, peace, King

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The Cure

Too many changes, you changed from your greatness
Become a byproduct of yourself all for the paper regardless
The markets see you as a old-ass artist
The McCartneys live past the Lennons, but Lennon's the hardest
Stay on your path, stay on your craft
They just want you to switch your lanes up so they can hate on your ass
What's in a name? What's in a name? Suffering and pain
Guts, blood, and tears, aim straight, game face, king's grace
I came in this thinkin' you was gon' be this great thing
'Cause I seen the greats do it with a great queen
What these kings have in common? They had women who solid
Malcolm needed Betty, I met some queens who wasn't ready
They envy the unhappiness of the greats
They don't have a fulfilled life yet, so they searchin' for ways
To feel what Sam felt, play the hand Marvin was dealt
A Vandross, here's the cure, the antidote

A thousand milligrams, make sure you don't overdose
Turned to a businessman, used to serve 'em in the cold
Cold game, don't get exposed, stories get told
You glamorize the game, it ain't a glorious road
Rest in peace Kobe and Nip, that's off the rip
King shit, if it ain't about fam, it don't mean shit
The cure, love all the allure
Donuts rotten, the phone tapped, tappin' in with Lord

Roll the credits

Cuban link QB chain belong in the MOMA
So boomerang, you salute my twenty-seven summers
Rolls-Royce Brigade just 'cause it go with the moment
Pac saw the chain, got his medallion, I won't
Insinuate imitation 'cause I copied his stomach
Kings honor kings, straight from my pops to my son's shit
Steak tartare bloody, mercury levels from raw fish
Sushi for lunch, waiter at the table, the cork twist
I'm studied like a book by many
They give me looks of envy, I took the Bentley
White chick like Liz Taylor might get the Bentayga
On my Rick James behavior
Life is school for the soul and I'm in life seven already
Life's simple but heavy, incomprehensible shit
Everything from sexy to deadly, I done been through that shit
Still goin' deeper like I grew a new inch on my dick
We looked at robbin' as a way of resolving our problems
My moms cooked food, but some of my niggas was starving
And whatever they was down to do, I was with 'em regardless
Turns out I was hungry and was hittin' the hardest
The scissor was sharper, my predictions was on it
No fortune teller, just going off regular signs
Niggas often tell you they moves
Without a word, just reading they mind
Wasn't needin' no nine
Corner executive born in ghetto hell
Where metal yell especially over necklaces
Life lessons is karma
Whatever you dish out come back as blessings or to haunt ya
Could miss your kids and hit your grandkids for your dishonor
That's generational curses, they said they want the old Nas back
Play the Clue tapes for old verses
Messin' my homies' lives up, sayin' Nas will rise 'em up
Like they wasn't live enough, many lives I've touched
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
I need a witness, drinkin' three at night on some Bridge shit
Wearin' shorts and Timbs, summer night on some Bridge shit
Party with gangsters, gettin' right on some Bridge shit (yeah)
Like MC Shan and Marley, I be on some Bridge shit

Yeah
Like Jabari, I'm on some Bridge shit
Shooter live on
Kings live forever
Yeah
We go through a lot
And nobody wanna hear about what we go through
And that's cool too
Every man go through the same Mondays and Fridays
Same sun, moon, and stars
It's just how you stand like a man

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Spicy

Pricey
(Hit-Boy)

Boss shit, your Lordship
Niggas talkin' yachts and some more shit
I used to run the block, now I'm corporate (corporate)
Hoppin' out, you know it's Son when the doors lift
Whole squad hide the burners (whole squad)
Mets hats in the sky like Bobby Shmurda
They watch me like a chip', courtside at The Rucker
Flow only getting tougher, she beggin' me to cuff her
Brooklyn Sweet Chick, waffles with raspberry butter
Wear a mink at the roller rink middle of the summer
If I can't get it done, I got soldiers with me to cover
Queens get the money, we only stackin' it upwards
G's stay icy 'cause shit get spicy
She on Demon Time, I get her a timepiece
Patek, niggas not lit, not like me
Can't get nothin' by me, my mind is 2090

¿Qué lo que? Everybody pricey
Cost money, beat the charge money
Fast money, push to start money
Large money, Escobar money (uh)

Little advice (little advice), always add spice (uh)
Always get the liquor with the ice (not me)
I don't give a f*ck if that's his wife
I could bag any bitch in these all white Nikes (uh)
That ain't right, if she tell me, "No", I'm gettin' tight
Look, every time you saw me I was nice (ayy)
Every time I saw you, you was light (you was)
Uh, every bitch you with look like a dyke (lil' bitch)
Uh, I mean she might (might) not never be my type, nah
She might never be my type, look
That bitch is trash, I only f*ck her for the hype (uh)
I only f*ck her for the hype, look (uh)

¿Qué lo que? Everybody pricey
Cost money, beat the charge money
Fast money, push to start money
Large money, Escobar money

Niggas saying Ferg back, but I been with the shits
Might make a grill with Tiffany's on my gentleman shit
My drill niggas out in Brooklyn and they spinnin' and shit
Bumpin' Pop out the whip while we sippin' and shit (movie)
Model bitches that's precise, f*ck attendants off the flights
Keep the vision through the lights, never blinded by the hype
Keep the Tommy near the belly, sincere 'cause I'm hype
Got a ghetto Naomi Campbell, designer with the Nikes
I'm the one talkin' spice, twelve year old killers
With the guns and the knives, better run for your life
Got a queen in Queens and my ex a Puerto Rican spice
My Harlem bitch doin' time, gettin' caught up with the swipes

¿Qué lo que? Everybody pricey
Cost money, beat the charge money (uh)
Fast money, push to start money (uh)
Large money, Escobar money (lil' bitch)

Hit-Boy, we got another one (pricey)
Nastradamus, Fivio (vroom)
A$AP Ferg (yeah)