[00:22.63][Intro: Nas]
[00:22.94]Nasty Nas in your area
[00:24.98]About to cause mass hysteria
[00:31.77][Verse 1]
[00:32.11]Before a blunt, I take out my fronts
[00:33.66]Then I start to front; matter of fact, I be on a manhunt
[00:37.05]You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer
[00:39.33]That's like Malcolm X catching the Jungle Fever
[00:42.21]King poetic; too much flavor, I'm major
[00:44.51]Atlanta ain't Brave-r, I'll pull a number, like a pager
[00:47.49]‘Cause I'm an ace when I face the bass
[00:49.49]40-side is the place that is giving me grace
[00:52.07]Now wait, another dose and you might be dead
[00:54.56]And I'm a Nike-head, I wear chains that excite the Feds
[00:57.95]And ain't a damn thing gonna change
[00:59.79]I'm a performer, strange
[01:01.18]So the mic warmer was born to gain
[01:03.26]Nas, why did you do it? You know
[01:05.06]You got the mad-phat fluid when you rhyme; it's halftime
[01:12.68][Chorus: Nas]
[01:12.83]Halftime
[01:17.70]Halftime
[01:22.47]Halftime
[01:26.71]Yeah, yeah
[01:28.31][Verse 2]
[01:28.51]It's like that, you know it's like that
[01:30.84]I got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back
[01:33.49]When I attack, there ain't an army that could strike back
[01:36.03]So I react never calmly on a hype track
[01:39.31]I set it off with my own rhyme
[01:41.35]‘Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
[01:44.19]I'm max like, I flex like ***
[01:46.79]In your stereo sets, Nas'll catch wreck
[01:49.22]I used to hustle; now all I do is relax and strive
[01:52.00]When I was young I was a fan of the Jackson 5
[01:55.04]I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it
[01:57.54]With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach
[02:00.22]Nasty Nas has to rise, ‘cause I'm wise
[02:02.46]This is exercise 'til the microphone dies
[02:05.10]Back in '83 I was an MC sparkin'
[02:07.59]But I was too scared to grab the mics in the parks, and
[02:10.49]Kick my little raps ‘cause I thought ******s wouldn't understand
[02:13.51]And now in every jam I'm the ******' man
[02:15.80]I rap in front of more ******s than in the slave *******ps
[02:18.34]I used to watch "CHiPs", now I load Glock clips
[02:20.88]I got to have it, I miss Mr. Magic
[02:23.36]Rest in peace Mr. Magic, tragic
[02:27.65]I'm an intellectual
[02:28.64]And that's no question, yo
[02:31.49]These are the lyrics of the man
[02:32.92]You can't near it, understand?
[02:34.21]‘Cause in the streets I'm well-known, like the number man
[02:36.56]Am I in place with the bass and all that?
[02:38.94]Explore rap and tell me, "Nas ain't all that."
[02:41.48]And next time I rhyme, I be foul
[02:43.37]Whenever I freestyle I see trial, ******s say I'm wild
[02:47.41]I hate a rhyme-biter's rhyme
[02:48.94]Stay tuned, I assume; the real rap comes at halftime
[02:55.56][Chorus: Nas]
[02:55.77]Check check, it's halftime
[02:59.02]Looking at my Rollie, it's that time, oh
[03:06.77]Yeah, that's [?] over there
[03:11.69]But some of y'all know
[03:13.59][Verse 3]
[03:13.78]I got it going on, even flip a morning song
[03:15.97]Every afternoon, I kick half the tune
[03:18.45]And in the darkness, I'm heartless, like when the NARC's hit
[03:21.30]Word to Marcus Garvey; I hardly sparked it
[03:23.69]‘Cause when I blast the herb, that's my word
[03:25.68]I be slayin' them fast, doing this that and the third
[03:28.60]But chill, pass the Andre, and let's slay
[03:31.00]I bag ******* up at, and hit a matinee
[03:34.04]Putting hits on 5-0
[03:35.73]‘Cause when it's my time to go, I wait for God with the .44
[03:39.07]And biters can't come near
[03:40.80]And yo, go to hell to the foul cop who shot Garcia
[03:44.04]I won't plant seeds
[03:45.34]Don't need an extra mouth I can't feed
[03:46.98]That's extra Phillie change, more cash for damp ******
[03:49.52]This goes out to Manhattan, the island of Staten
[03:52.45]Brooklyn and Queens is living fat, and
[03:54.64]The Boogie Down, enough props, enough clout
[03:57.58]Ill Will, rest in peace! We was out
[04:04.10][Chorus: Nas]
[04:04.30]Halftime
[04:06.78]Whole up, looking at my Rollie, it's that time, oh
[04:14.61]Half—half—it's halftime
[04:17.30]Yeah, check, hey yo, it's halftime
[04:21.43]Not even half of this show though
[04:23.86]Not even half, yeah
[04:30.33]Halftime, yeah
[04:35.26]Halftime, yeah
[04:40.39]Halftime
[04:48.95][Spoken: Nas]
[04:49.16]Y'all alright over here? Over here?