Turk - '94 Nas Lyrics

They say money don't make you happy, I'd rather be sad and rich
Chilling on a beach, piff in the air with baddest bitch
While the kids laugh in back as they're running up and down
So I refuse to remain underground until I'm under the ground
The music industry is the new plantation
I refuse to sign a deal and spend my lifetime slaving
But there's two sides to the coin, making it harder to choose
Because you could win label, but a part of you lose
I'm more Rakim then I am Cassper
More Hip-hop than Pantsula, hope to see you in the life after
Since a kid I been pro, that's word to mama
Clock tick as time moves, but my pen never Been sharper
Been sharper, Ben Sharper that's wordplay
People with the same skin as mine are dying in the worst way
Didn't cry when XXX passed, but will Nas do
Jesus might return on the same day as Pac do

I knew the world was mine, I ain't learn that from watching Scarface
Nas taught me I'm a young king, that's because my heart's brave
It ain't hard to tell I represent, it's one love
One time for your mind, throw your deuces up above
Let's take a trip down memory lane
Back to the genesis, before melodies, man
I heard life is a bitch, well imma make her mine
Half the time, I'm in my LES state of mind

I figure it'll all work out if you put the work in
That's why I spend hours in the studio putting work in
Every penny I'm worth it, word to Irv I murder with the ink
Abracadabra your favorite rapper quicker than you could blink
There he go rapping all his old shit
Your new shit couldn't amount to my old scripts
Really hope that you know this, I'm focused
Because it's a few folks counting on me, I can't blow this
Born in '94, feeling like '94 Nas
Still ill with the matic's, serving '94 pies
That's plug talk, I be in the booth cheffing for my Cuban link
I spit doper than any line or rhyme you can think
When it was written, I ain't have a single clue
That I would be one of the greatest, mic check 1 2
Been on different stages, we was rapping on crates
Back when we would bootleg beats and drop several tapes

I knew the world was mine, I ain't learn that from watching Scarface
Nas taught me I'm a young king, that's because my heart's brave
It ain't hard to tell I represent, it's one love
One time for your mind, throw your deuces up above
Let's take a trip down memory lane
Back to the genesis, before melodies, man
I heard life is a bitch, well imma make her mine
Half the time, I'm in my LES state of mind
I knew the world was mine, I ain't learn that from watching Scarface
Nas taught me I'm a young king, that's because my heart's brave
It ain't hard to tell I represent, it's one love
One time for your mind, throw your deuces up above
Let's take a trip down memory lane
Back to the genesis, before melodies, man
I heard life is a bitch, well imma make her mine
Half the time, I'm in my LES state of mind