Nas - Nobody feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill (Official Audio)

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  • Nas - Nobody ft. Ms. Lauryn Hill (Official Audio)
    King's Disease II Available Now 👑2️⃣
    Download/Stream King's Disease II
    Nas.lnk.to/KD2
    -------------Tracklist------------
    1. The Pressure
    2. Death Row East
    3. 40 Side
    4. EPMD 2 feat. Eminem & EPMD
    5. Rare
    6. YKTV feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie & YG
    7. Store Run
    8. Moments
    9. Nobody feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill
    10. No Phony Love feat. Charlie Wilson
    11. Brunch on Sundays feat. Blxst
    12. Count Me In
    13. Composure feat. Hit-Boy
    14. My Bible
    15. Nas Is Good
    ----------------Nas----------------
    / nas
    / nas
    / nas
    ----------------Lyrics---------------
    HOOK
    One city, one country, one state
    Some place to be nobody
    Some place to be
    Some place you wouldn’t know problems
    Yeah yeah
    VERSE 1
    If Chappelle moved to Ghana to find his peace then I’m rollin
    Where the service always roamin’ I’m packin’ my bags and goin’
    It’s a challenge in that, it’s a balancing act
    Visit beautiful places that’s more out here than the trap
    Houses in Long Island they always found ‘em
    House in the South a n*gga barely got out
    Sunny LA
    Remember calls with Dr. Dre
    He told me ‘Don’t let the palm trees fool you n*gga, be safe’
    Me and my higher self, we often would speak
    Somehow we lost the connection, might meet at Joshua Tree
    And it’s been bothering me
    Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
    Can’t be my age DM’ing
    No kidding
    It’s hard to move like a civilian
    I write the truth ‘cuz I live it, not like you musical n*ggas
    We did it big and they bigots
    They’d rather shoot than write tickets
    What it feel like to go get it
    What it feel like to go missing
    HOOK
    In one city, one country, one state
    Some place to be nobody
    Some place to be
    Some place you wouldn’t know problems
    Some place to be nobody
    VERSE 2
    My dog bought a plane said ‘let’s go to Paris’
    That’s where baguettes are from
    French bread, that’s long and narrow
    I like the other definition, rectangular carats
    The concept of this song is rather esoteric
    This girl said in Grenada we should go get married
    Broke the meaning down of the Virgin Mary
    And you got your own place
    My favorite part of the night when you text me that you made it home safe
    I’m contemplatin’ at the homebase how I’m used to breakfast in the ghetto sippin’ OJ
    That’s a picture right there, a moment in time
    Before anybody wanted a photo of mine
    Before the internet energy and social decline
    Destroyed the vibe foolin’ us with the headlines (keepin’ us blind)
    Vultures eat you alive (the key to the signs)
    Wishin’ I’d find
    HOOK
    One city, one country, one state
    Some place to be nobody
    Some place to be
    Some place you wouldn’t know problems
    Some place to be nobody
    VERSE 3
    All my time has been focused on my freedom now
    Why would I join ‘em when I know that I can beat ‘em now
    They put their words on me
    And they can eat ‘em now
    That’s probably why they keep on tellin’ me I’m needed now
    They tried to box me out while takin’ what they want from me
    I spent too many years living too uncomfortably
    Making room for people who didn’t like the labor
    Or wanted the spoils, selfish behavior
    Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity
    I don’t need to turn myself into a parody
    I don’t do the sh*t you do for popularity
    They clearly didn’t understand when I said I get out apparently
    My awareness like Keanu in The Matrix
    I’m savin’ souls and yall complainin’ ‘bout my lateness
    Now it’s illegal for someone to walk in greatness
    They want the same but they don’t take risks
    Now the world will get to see it’s own reflection
    And the anointed can pursue their own direction
    And if you’re wrong and you’re too proud to hear correction
    Walk into the hole you dug yourself f*ck a projection
    See me in my freedom taking all my land back
    They sent a lot against me thinking I’d just stand back
    I got my legs beneath me, I got my hands back
    A lotta people sabotaged they couldn’t stand that
    I turned the other cheek, I took blow after blow
    There’s so much crisis in the world ‘cuz you reap what you sow
    When you keep what you know is meant for someone else
    The ditch you dig for them you must just end up in yourself
    I’m in the secret place
    I keep a sacred space
    They keep showin’ their hands, but keep hidin’ their face
    If I’m a messenger you block me then you block the message
    So aggressive, the world you made is what you’re left with
    Pride and ego over love and truth is living reckless
    Yall n*ggas got a death wish, the stupid leaves me breathless
    OUTRO
    Some place to be
    Yeah
    Ain’t duckin’ nothin’
    Just might have to build my own city where yall need a real n*gga passport to enter
    Ms. Hill, we ain’t goin’ nowhere
    They gon’ have to deal with us
    Make ‘em uncomfortable
    Yeah
    #Nas #MsLaurynHill #Nobody #KingsDiseaseII #KD2

КОМЕНТАРІ • 12 тис.

  • @Bilnation
    @Bilnation 2 роки тому +3874

    To hear Nas and Lauryn Hill on a song in 2021 is unreal and a gift.

  • @elijahleys2734
    @elijahleys2734 2 роки тому +1618

    “I don’t need to turn myself into a parody, I don’t I don't do the things you do for popularity” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @TJay-hr2tx
      @TJay-hr2tx 2 роки тому +55

      That part though❤️❤️❤️

    • @ccy7806
      @ccy7806 2 роки тому +60

      "/the world can see it's own reflection/and the anointed can seek their own direction/"

    • @leonthesailor
      @leonthesailor 2 роки тому +31

      That part especially the "i don't i don't" part makes me flip. Wooo that one is ill 😮

    • @madubaym
      @madubaym 2 роки тому +37

      Lauryn Hill's only sin is not blessing the earth enough with her spoken genius.

    • @bernadetteharris3399
      @bernadetteharris3399 2 роки тому +5

      Ooooow, whoo

  • @staciw454
    @staciw454 2 роки тому +807

    When I heard Lauryn’s verse I teared up, I didn’t realize how much I missed her rappin. ✊🏽💜✊🏽💜✊🏽

    • @chosenchick444
      @chosenchick444 2 роки тому +22

      Man... The queen 👑 of rap 🎵 and it's our bday today 🎊

    • @vernonwalker2527
      @vernonwalker2527 Рік тому +6

      Ryght!

    • @madeleineg8438
      @madeleineg8438 Рік тому +4

      That’s crazy

    • @tavareslowery8643
      @tavareslowery8643 Рік тому +4

      We felt that same spirit,,,I was tearing up too..

    • @kuruptone7433
      @kuruptone7433 Рік тому +6

      Staci W. Honest 2 who im witcha on dat hearing her again with Lyrical Greatness on her verse it's fukn UNREAL how great of a MC she actually is just what I needed to hear these days to let us know Incase we forgot how good she is

  • @unknowntalent3440
    @unknowntalent3440 Рік тому +351

    Amazing how Ms Education can take 10 years off and come back still spitting a LEGENDARY verse. GOAT.

  • @iAm_KweenKatt
    @iAm_KweenKatt 2 роки тому +1021

    “I’m saving souls all they can see is my lateness.” -Ms. Lauryn Hill

  • @Seven9_exchange
    @Seven9_exchange 2 роки тому +1127

    Lets have a funeral for this song because Lauren Hill killed it.

    • @joshdaboss2365
      @joshdaboss2365 2 роки тому +32

      Lauryn killed Nas on his own shit

    • @samratneupane8429
      @samratneupane8429 2 роки тому +13

      @@joshdaboss2365 nah they both didn't went that hard but if i had to judge the verse , lauryn did it. Nas don't need to improvise the flow and i wish he could constantly rap at the end of his verse without stopping.

    • @kaliefhampton2483
      @kaliefhampton2483 2 роки тому +11

      Did her fucking thing!!!!!

    • @nichi-br2vz
      @nichi-br2vz 2 роки тому

      Omg lol

    • @natasanj6472
      @natasanj6472 2 роки тому +26

      I'm so sad Lauryn didn't release another album after Miseducation. She's the absolute queen of hip hop, the best female MC.

  • @sageketo1823
    @sageketo1823 2 роки тому +39

    "Don't let the palm trees fool you nigga be safe" for real man... Holy fuck.

    • @bigharp0949
      @bigharp0949 3 місяці тому +1

      This line Reminds me of LA frfr

    • @yungem2778
      @yungem2778 2 місяці тому

      @@bigharp0949that’s cos it is about la

    • @yungem2778
      @yungem2778 Місяць тому

      @@bigharp0949cos it’s about LA

  • @TheBlackRanger187
    @TheBlackRanger187 Рік тому +22

    Lauryn hill is the greatest female emcee of all time and one of the greatest emcees period.

  • @lyricalmiracle77
    @lyricalmiracle77 2 роки тому +402

    Lauryn Hill's verse is what fortune cookies would be if they we're written by wise black leaders.

  • @spanonemusic
    @spanonemusic 2 роки тому +562

    People commenting about Lauryn Hill outrapping Nas on his own song need to understand that competition is not the goal when making music for the ages. The goal is to complement each other's contributions to the song. They did it perfectly, and that's including Hit Boy.
    I can't get enough, I love it.

    • @vibewithkey4350
      @vibewithkey4350 2 роки тому +34

      You right fam everything a competition nowadays people can’t even enjoy good music

    • @popularloner4279
      @popularloner4279 2 роки тому +4

      @@vibewithkey4350 💯

    • @mywrittenvoice
      @mywrittenvoice 2 роки тому +9

      She out-rapped him and that's fine.😅

    • @astridtravel7991
      @astridtravel7991 2 роки тому +9

      U the only one mentioning it

    • @julesbadguy5878
      @julesbadguy5878 2 роки тому +7

      I haven't seen anyone say anything that stupid. She went in but I won't go that far.

  • @ryanpeck7013
    @ryanpeck7013 2 роки тому +102

    Nas using words like esoteric teaching me my own language and the other mumble rappers deleting my brain cells not even using words. Nas the GOAT 🐐👑

  • @GMPGMP-jp5ut
    @GMPGMP-jp5ut Рік тому +241

    Lauryn Hill got me teary eyed over here, her verse speaks volumes. Nas, thank you for all 3 of the King's Disease albums and thank you Lauryn Hill.

    • @WolverineNerd
      @WolverineNerd Рік тому +4

      Amen!

    • @kuruptone7433
      @kuruptone7433 Рік тому +3

      Hard out Thank you

    • @JamieAsh_
      @JamieAsh_ 7 місяців тому

      Think yall need to toughen up

    • @gnirf22
      @gnirf22 4 місяці тому +2

      Facts man, I rerun and rerun her verse over and over

  • @Donweze
    @Donweze 2 роки тому +1287

    Lauryn Hill has the verse of the year on this song, I felt her every word spoken.

    • @HerbsAndPotionsTing
      @HerbsAndPotionsTing 2 роки тому +41

      Been saying it too! Lauryn's Verse on Nobody is THE Verse of tha Year! Hands down. Sorry Nas, Nicki y'all were contenders but this right here is on another Level!

    • @blessmimi
      @blessmimi 2 роки тому +8

      I agree ☝️

    • @connorbrown1421
      @connorbrown1421 2 роки тому +22

      It’s soo fucking good man I just keep rewinding

    • @rubyedunn1910
      @rubyedunn1910 2 роки тому +30

      I feel the same...Her verse is like church/a testimony. 100%

    • @moniquerobinson1986
      @moniquerobinson1986 2 роки тому +16

      Somebody...knows who The Fuck They are...lol and kekeke

  • @chrissanderson5850
    @chrissanderson5850 2 роки тому +1320

    Lauryn Hill's Verse was so FIRE that I had to come back here and make a 2nd comment. THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!

    • @roderickgriffith9492
      @roderickgriffith9492 2 роки тому +12

      I totally agree 💯

    • @skredVII
      @skredVII 2 роки тому +3

      😎

    • @osagyefoel6539
      @osagyefoel6539 2 роки тому +21

      First time I ever fast forwarded a Nas verse. My bad... Really feeling Lauryn Hill verse.

    • @roderickgriffith9492
      @roderickgriffith9492 2 роки тому +7

      @@osagyefoel6539 i did the same thing it was like it was to good to be true

    • @timothyjamison6977
      @timothyjamison6977 2 роки тому +10

      Chris Sanderson ... She Brought The RIGHT NOW MESSAGE . Definitely Where Im At With The Whole Thing..

  • @gabos7892
    @gabos7892 7 місяців тому +19

    Nas and Lauryn are a breath of fresh air.

  • @nickamenta12
    @nickamenta12 2 роки тому +56

    Lauryn’s verse is one of the dopest I’ve heard since the 90’s, hits harder each time I hear it.

  • @yetundepink
    @yetundepink 2 роки тому +826

    When you don’t follow the latest trend, you always stay in style. That’s what this track exemplifies.

  • @injoyinmyself2018
    @injoyinmyself2018 2 роки тому +710

    To hear Nas and Lauryn Hill on a track in 2021 is unreal and a gift.

    • @injoyinmyself2018
      @injoyinmyself2018 2 роки тому

      @@upnaboverecords1101 can you explain

    • @upnaboverecords1101
      @upnaboverecords1101 2 роки тому +2

      @@injoyinmyself2018 in sense of such song being released in 2021 ...

    • @injoyinmyself2018
      @injoyinmyself2018 2 роки тому +1

      @@upnaboverecords1101 aah , I'm with you🙏

    • @upnaboverecords1101
      @upnaboverecords1101 2 роки тому +2

      @@injoyinmyself2018 i wonder why lauryn has never released another album

    • @injoyinmyself2018
      @injoyinmyself2018 2 роки тому +1

      @@upnaboverecords1101 I was thinking the same thing ,she has done some collabs and tours but family, tax evation, record label politics , appealing to a new younger market, life in general who knows.
      She has the experience, wisdom , voice that is needed especially during theses times.

  • @Twalk1123
    @Twalk1123 Рік тому +29

    Her verse has a strong message about the music industry.

  • @oogabooga1023
    @oogabooga1023 2 роки тому +57

    Something about playing this song late at night by yourself or with people you care about along the ocean coast line is so serene

    • @ChicagoStyles23
      @ChicagoStyles23 Рік тому +7

      I fuckin feel you, first time I heard this was in Miami out in my condo, the feeling was indescribable

  • @DJSkandalous
    @DJSkandalous 2 роки тому +7141

    Love the old school vibe of this. Can't go wrong with Nas and Lauryn on the same track 🔥

    • @raymorris8447
      @raymorris8447 2 роки тому +13

      in 2021 you can. This shit sounds dated af. "Im bout to make some delta blues" ass song...

    • @joshuaspikes7159
      @joshuaspikes7159 2 роки тому +52

      Summer Knights Vibes 🔥

    • @DJSkandalous
      @DJSkandalous 2 роки тому +177

      @@raymorris8447 the point is to make it sound old dude. Why you think he used alot of old samples again. Nas already did the mainstream shit. Since lost tapes he been going back to the old school vibe well. Lauryn doesn't do much music anymore, why would you want her on a mainstream trash beat?

    • @DJSkandalous
      @DJSkandalous 2 роки тому +178

      @@raymorris8447 Even Lauryn Spits in her verse "she don't need to do what you do for popularity.". That says it all.

    • @malabo10
      @malabo10 2 роки тому +9

      Nope you can't

  • @destinyroby261
    @destinyroby261 2 роки тому +339

    “They clearly didn’t understand when I said I get out apparently”, Ms. Lauryn is referencing her song “I Get Out” where she’s talking about leaving the industry and these socially constructed systems that have got people brainwashed. She didn’t want to be a part of that. So she’s now saying that “I guess y’all didn’t grasp what I was telling you”
    Long story short, Lauryn did her thang as per

    • @box5bastard277
      @box5bastard277 2 роки тому +17

      Networth, she bodied it with the truth yell

    • @santinovaughn9336
      @santinovaughn9336 2 роки тому +30

      The fact that the Unplugged album is a masterpiece and she gets ridiculed for that album is just another example of how backwards the 🌎 is. She is a all time great rapper, singer, actress and spoken word poet but barely gets talked about nowadays, smfh

    • @num9558
      @num9558 2 роки тому +7

      we clocked the same thing. she didn't want to be a part of it.

    • @OneTrineMendUs
      @OneTrineMendUs 2 роки тому +4

      @@santinovaughn9336
      The Throne That She Is Speaks For Itself.🌿⚜⚘
      #WatchHerThrone @laurynhill

    • @MakeupMobster
      @MakeupMobster 2 роки тому +5

      Good catch. God I missed her though. I was not expecting THIS Lauryn Hill on this and I’m so here for it! In a nutshell though, she was wise beyond her years and probably smart to make her money and only come out for friends. I have to say though, I wished she stayed in the limelight because her talents are unmatched but she was smart.

  • @kevleafy
    @kevleafy 10 місяців тому +31

    Lauryn's verse is unreal. Total different class to what we get nowadays 🙏 nas brought that verse out of her! ❤ 🔥

  • @oldmantrax
    @oldmantrax Рік тому +65

    “All my time is spent focused on my freedom now, why would I join them when I know that I can beat them now, they put they words on me and they can eat them now”. Lauryn snapped #relate #salute

    • @jayduecesjaydueces1148
      @jayduecesjaydueces1148 Рік тому +5

      That's hard a line. The whole entire verse is fire

    • @IRONKING-en6cx
      @IRONKING-en6cx 11 місяців тому +2

      Kinda gives you a small peek into what she went through after she disappeared…and makes you wonder if there are particular people she’s talking about when she talks about they/them

    • @bluetinsel7099
      @bluetinsel7099 9 місяців тому

      @@IRONKING-en6cx
      You may not have heard her unplugged album, but it’s excellent.

    • @IRONKING-en6cx
      @IRONKING-en6cx 9 місяців тому

      @@bluetinsel7099 I haven’t. Gonna check it out today. Thanks 😊

  • @michaelbarnes2617
    @michaelbarnes2617 2 роки тому +1417

    Nas is the only artist alive that can make a song recorded in 2021 feel like a 90’s classic smh the Unappreciated GOAT

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 2 роки тому +21

      Oh, I got a few that'll take you back to *'95.* My entire style is that classic 90s sound🎧🎤🎶🔥

    • @gilrapozasr.16
      @gilrapozasr.16 2 роки тому +27

      @Micheal Bames Exactly 💯 how I feel about Nas, Lauren together on this is ridiculously unfair fight to everyone putting out hip hop today...Nas never left the game and only got better over the yrs in my opinion, Lauren together with him is bananas! Big ups to both of them 👏 for their positive influence on my life,every other fan since I was a kid back in early 90's 🔥 👨‍🚒 🧯

    • @Poet1k
      @Poet1k 2 роки тому +19

      I mean he's got it, but definitely not the only one. That's pretty disrespectful to others out there

    • @MarquesTheProducer
      @MarquesTheProducer 2 роки тому +4

      Only?

    • @ericrios6675
      @ericrios6675 2 роки тому +11

      Well maybe not the only, but who active longer AND do it better than Nas?

  • @RebellComedyOfficial
    @RebellComedyOfficial 2 роки тому +800

    Missed her Voice so much

    • @aquaflow1264
      @aquaflow1264 2 роки тому +17

      Me too, crazy how therapeutic our voices can be to someone

    • @Noirmariposa
      @Noirmariposa 2 роки тому +18

      It’s so surreal to hear her voice on this track .

    • @blacksatoshi6486
      @blacksatoshi6486 2 роки тому +9

      So cool she does it so effortlessly

    • @twebster179
      @twebster179 2 роки тому +3

      Right!?

    • @JohnSmith-yt5mf
      @JohnSmith-yt5mf 2 роки тому +2

      She disappeared because she's racist trash and told white people not to buy her music....and it was mostly white people who loved her music.

  • @robertcue
    @robertcue 10 місяців тому +69

    The wicked industry tried to block this song but the true hip hop heads understand how 🔥🔥🔥this song hits!!! Thanks Nas for getting Ms Hill back in the studio to share her gift with us!! 👑👑

    • @Ustilldown1
      @Ustilldown1 9 місяців тому +1

      Def a bot

    • @JuicyJLee
      @JuicyJLee 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Ustilldown1you the one who is a bot your distractions won't work here.

  • @bokangpuso8511
    @bokangpuso8511 2 роки тому +24

    Ms. Lauryn Hill's verse is out of this world. WOW!!!!

  • @FupaDoncic
    @FupaDoncic 2 роки тому +568

    A female rapper not rapping about sex and money, we needed you Ms.

  • @jizza7173
    @jizza7173 2 роки тому +475

    We are just lucky that Nas is still rapping and can’t thank him enough for bringing out Lauryn Hill.

    • @StevenBB222
      @StevenBB222 2 роки тому +2

      🎯❤✊🙏👍

    • @9etherking707
      @9etherking707 2 роки тому +2

      Lauryn should return as a rapper again! R&B won't support her anymore but hip hop always will!!

    • @marcusb.1482
      @marcusb.1482 2 роки тому

      @@jesusisking120 wtf are you even talking about

    • @vibewithkey4350
      @vibewithkey4350 2 роки тому +1

      @@jesusisking120 Yeah when you write one of the greatest albums of all time at age 17, all of your other work tend to not live up to it.

  • @aaronlangford-bey4581
    @aaronlangford-bey4581 Місяць тому +6

    Lauryn Hill can body any female MC on the mic today

  • @trenapier206
    @trenapier206 2 роки тому +20

    The only dude in the game that never lost his sound. Always on some classic tip.

  • @equality616
    @equality616 2 роки тому +520

    Didn’t realize how malnourished hip hop was until I got this healthy plate of vegetables. Listened to this song 5xs and then purchased the album. Love it!

    • @nicholasbrinkley4453
      @nicholasbrinkley4453 2 роки тому +12

      Filled me ALL THE WAY UP!!!

    • @burntdog8277
      @burntdog8277 2 роки тому +5

      Where did you get the album from I'm looking now

    • @kevinsandidge4248
      @kevinsandidge4248 2 роки тому +2

      Yo!straight facts !Nasir reigns suprême !

    • @MakeupMobster
      @MakeupMobster 2 роки тому +3

      This!!!!

    • @MakeupMobster
      @MakeupMobster 2 роки тому +18

      I can’t believe im hearing Lauryn hill spit verses right now in 2021!!!! I’m in absolute Heaven right now

  • @oba1560
    @oba1560 2 роки тому +445

    Lauryn is the coldest female MC to touch a mic EVER!! This is not up for debate. Cold hard facts 💯

    • @landisrowan7529
      @landisrowan7529 2 роки тому +30

      100% agree. Her lyrics have real meaning and she makes it sound so cold while sharing a message and inspiring people.

    • @93ToInfinity420
      @93ToInfinity420 2 роки тому +9

      100% she da queen of dis ish

    • @Victor.Spoils
      @Victor.Spoils 2 роки тому +2

      I always suspected she was transgender like the rest though. It doesn't matter but this is why she good I think. I could be wrong. I'm prolly not.

    • @thebuttermilkgirlisback
      @thebuttermilkgirlisback 2 роки тому +40

      @@Victor.Spoils STFU!!!
      She’s all woman!! She was even pregnant in her Doo Wop video.

    • @clockett1971
      @clockett1971 2 роки тому +3

      It is debatable tho

  • @realvoicevideos3402
    @realvoicevideos3402 2 роки тому +21

    They should do a Nas and Lauren album. That would be dope af.

  • @Mainetain07
    @Mainetain07 Рік тому +92

    Only the goat could get the queen Lauryn to come outside for just a moment ✊🏽❤️

  • @blahblahh9276
    @blahblahh9276 2 роки тому +675

    This woman didn’t even sound like she was rapping I feel like she was reading us her thoughts she spoke so clearly and smooth I feel like we were simply listening on the thoughts in her head.. absolutely incredible

    • @bklynblue761
      @bklynblue761 2 роки тому +6

      Well put 🙏🏿

    • @blahblahh9276
      @blahblahh9276 2 роки тому +4

      @IWalkAlone247 what makes you feel like I missed out though

    • @soulbakin
      @soulbakin 2 роки тому +8

      well she took it back. where mc (emcee) come from? came from poets aka spoken word artist who would talk real shit over jazz during the 60's. look up Gil Scott Heron. L Boogie took it back to the roots for us one time.

    • @tevphillips1983
      @tevphillips1983 2 роки тому +1

      You said it

    • @soulbakin
      @soulbakin 2 роки тому +3

      @IWalkAlone247 he hasnt been missing out. it was a lot of ratchet music back then. it just was not commonly played on the radio. we talkin about the era where Rump Shaker and Freaknic were a thing. Today is opposite. You want quality hip hop you have to search for it instead of turning into pop culture. Issa culture shift. And its been exploited since day 1 tbh

  • @4EVERFOREIGN
    @4EVERFOREIGN 2 роки тому +205

    Nas doesn’t need a Grammy to prove how talented he is

    • @zeke3225
      @zeke3225 2 роки тому +10

      He got a Grammy for King's Disease, best rap album!

    • @Trappinoutthebandoo
      @Trappinoutthebandoo 2 роки тому +7

      But this is a second grammy album.

    • @victorholloway5624
      @victorholloway5624 2 роки тому +4

      Nas is classic

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 2 роки тому +4

      “I don’t need a Grammy the work speaks for itself”

    • @amgmusicsl
      @amgmusicsl 2 роки тому +1

      Jay Z v Nas on Versus..... will never happen. I’m Mr Nassir all day. Deep thinker

  • @edwardjordan4925
    @edwardjordan4925 2 роки тому +36

    If you wanna feel that 90s vibes just listen to Nas.. Hes still doing it the 90s way even in 2022

    • @mothernature7380
      @mothernature7380 Рік тому

      The yz1 Morpheus Processing
      m.ua-cam.com/video/PzaSEeGnptY/v-deo.html

  • @myamazing9146
    @myamazing9146 Рік тому +24

    They killed all of these mumble rappers of today...this is TRUE HIP HOP! ❤️💯 🔥

  • @samuelsglover
    @samuelsglover 2 роки тому +417

    Nas is just beyond rap at this point. He needs his own genre smh

    • @GiselleHeart
      @GiselleHeart 2 роки тому +9

      Facts !

    • @cjtzadokrams4024
      @cjtzadokrams4024 2 роки тому +7

      Factz🔥🔥🔥

    • @samuelsglover
      @samuelsglover 2 роки тому +14

      I'm still digesting the album. Shit is beyond 🔥 Nas must've got the rap cheap code something. I don't know how you can be 30 years in the and still have number 1 album on 70 countries, beyond ridiculous!

    • @KenyonClemonsNY
      @KenyonClemonsNY 2 роки тому +2

      💯💪🏿 Truth!

    • @pebblesleak8214
      @pebblesleak8214 2 роки тому

      HIM, J. COLE, KENDRICK L.

  • @retsej515
    @retsej515 2 роки тому +422

    This feeds my soul like only real hip hop does….

    • @a.h.9679
      @a.h.9679 2 роки тому +12

      This gives 90`s and I'm so here for it

    • @bolajiaiyegboyin3579
      @bolajiaiyegboyin3579 2 роки тому +7

      Anybody that doesn't love this probably a new breed rap music lover...every 90s guys will love this

    • @bergytc24
      @bergytc24 2 роки тому +3

      @@bolajiaiyegboyin3579 I like the new NY Pop Smoke's "wave" he helped lay out is dope but I dig this!!🔥

    • @eljwopoma369
      @eljwopoma369 2 роки тому +3

      Come on nowwww

    • @FindMe04
      @FindMe04 2 роки тому +3

      Agreed, but this is just good music without need of an era. This is good in whatever era you place it in. Real music.

  • @sibusisoenockcebekhulu9318
    @sibusisoenockcebekhulu9318 2 роки тому +31

    we are lucky to witness such greatness in this wicked era of music, thank you Nas and Ms Lauryn for caring about people ❤️.
    Love from South Africa ✊🏾

  • @GladysDark
    @GladysDark Рік тому +69

    Lauryn Hill is on an entirely different level and always has been with these female MC's. She is the G.O.A.T (period) and lyrically untouchable. Preach to us Queen Lauryn!!

    • @jamaican81
      @jamaican81 11 місяців тому +1

      She touched my soul so many times. True street poet, wonderful human being, untouchable artist ❤ Greetings from Serbia.

  • @cholhoknaam1539
    @cholhoknaam1539 2 роки тому +482

    She never left, its a shame the current generation won't understand this masterpiece. 🥰🥰

    • @r3b3lvegan89
      @r3b3lvegan89 2 роки тому +18

      Exactly, and I love how she even bodied a verse about her “being late” and then killed it harder. Hip hop goddess

    • @mgigamestyle
      @mgigamestyle 2 роки тому +5

      Facts Queen

    • @518goeshard420
      @518goeshard420 2 роки тому +1

      I honestly lost a lot of respect for her when it came out that she had multiple ghost writers on the miseducation of Lauren hill album.

    • @eiden5778
      @eiden5778 2 роки тому +7

      i mean she did leave

    • @yungbc
      @yungbc 2 роки тому +8

      Only those with knowledge can see the hidden wisdom in her barz. She was early to the true awakening..

  • @JAYALIVE4EVER
    @JAYALIVE4EVER 2 роки тому +285

    Not old school nor new school but rather timeless music.

  • @KyleOfTheNorth
    @KyleOfTheNorth 7 місяців тому +11

    Could listen to this for hours. I love both Nas and Lauryn Hill so naturally their collabs are going to be something special.

  • @papagyau82
    @papagyau82 2 місяці тому +5

    What a dynamic duo...Nas and Lauren murdered the track, this is on another level.

  • @ChessNotCheckersTV
    @ChessNotCheckersTV 2 роки тому +3017

    "The ditch you dig for them, you might just end up in yourself" Ooooohhhhhweeeeee, Back like she NEVER left! Lauryn the Great!!

    • @RacingRoman44
      @RacingRoman44 2 роки тому +38

      ....the greatest

    • @rodrigobarba930
      @rodrigobarba930 2 роки тому +56

      Psalm 141:10 all day

    • @AloRose
      @AloRose 2 роки тому +37

      Everyone is focus on the lateness line, but this line here!!! This the line, especially with the state of music now.

    • @seanmc7838
      @seanmc7838 2 роки тому +35

      This line is so profound in 2021, can't keep shit from the future generations and try to hoard blessings in the process. Love is always unonditional and can't be contradicted! Big up to Nas and Lauryn Hill 🙏🏾🎆🤙🏾

    • @derricknichols5787
      @derricknichols5787 2 роки тому +26

      It's Ms. Hill, sir

  • @pepperdiva591
    @pepperdiva591 2 роки тому +635

    Lauryn just murdered every female in the game right now in less than 1 minute and 30 second's. This is Hip Hop, that I use to love 💕.

    • @josephclay4454
      @josephclay4454 2 роки тому +28

      She on a whole different level

    • @terrycarter6443
      @terrycarter6443 2 роки тому +30

      male and female!! she killed that!! that's a real queen!!

    • @kitkatx6516
      @kitkatx6516 2 роки тому +19

      Lauryn is too above them (new skool) to even acknowledge their presence

    • @ayonnazglam9050
      @ayonnazglam9050 2 роки тому +4

      ❤️

    • @happylindsay4475
      @happylindsay4475 2 роки тому +9

      Big Facts- she vibrating on a whole next level.
      Queen 4 Ever!!!!

  • @guyperson3468
    @guyperson3468 2 роки тому +3

    they both SNAPPED

  • @ernestwilliamsjr.7181
    @ernestwilliamsjr.7181 8 місяців тому +10

    If Nas would've had Dr. Dre actually on the record saying "Don't let these palm trees fool you, be safe!" I would've shed a tear 😂😂! This song is absolute perfection!!

  • @romeod7549
    @romeod7549 2 роки тому +712

    No tweaking voices. No overdone and overused huh's after every line. Just straight meaningful lyrics and Hitboy... Classic

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks 2 роки тому +1464

    She does not disappoint.

    • @izzyjudah6015
      @izzyjudah6015 2 роки тому +9

      Check out nas & lauren track called!! It wasn’t you!

    • @keithsmith7224
      @keithsmith7224 2 роки тому +8

      Neeeeeever!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

    • @Kamsgraphix
      @Kamsgraphix 2 роки тому +21

      This is a lyrical masterpiece. The beat is soulful and so chill. I love it

    • @charlietorgerson1798
      @charlietorgerson1798 2 роки тому +9

      No she doesn't she fire🔥🔥

    • @nastynat1001
      @nastynat1001 2 роки тому +3

      Nope never

  • @LastSifu
    @LastSifu 2 роки тому +37

    When It Was Written dropped in ‘96, my friends and I drove to the Tacoma mall to pick it up, and played “If I Ruled the World” on repeat the entire way back. This song brings me back to that; to better times.

    • @mothernature7380
      @mothernature7380 Рік тому

      The yz1 Morpheus Processing
      m.ua-cam.com/video/PzaSEeGnptY/v-deo.html

    • @kbry81
      @kbry81 Рік тому +1

      253 rep

  • @jobareliezerqanduwiseduality
    @jobareliezerqanduwiseduality 10 місяців тому +13

    Lauryn Hill's verse if more could understand and embody the space the state of consciousness she's at, we could heal the world ✊🏾💜🌍

  • @thirdeye700
    @thirdeye700 2 роки тому +425

    "And if you're wrong and you're too proud to hear correction, walk into the hole you dug yourself, fuck a projection"
    -Ms. Lauryn Hill

    • @thirdeye700
      @thirdeye700 2 роки тому +15

      I needed to hear this today. Thankful for hip hop always humbling me 🙏

    • @uriellevelupriley684
      @uriellevelupriley684 2 роки тому +1

      💯🎯🙏🏾⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    • @ThaBrookkynHurricane
      @ThaBrookkynHurricane Рік тому +5

      That part...
      No, frfr...

    • @mothernature7380
      @mothernature7380 Рік тому

      The yz1 Morpheus Processing
      m.ua-cam.com/video/PzaSEeGnptY/v-deo.html

    • @mothernature7380
      @mothernature7380 Рік тому

      The yz1 Morpheus Burned
      m.ua-cam.com/video/vkLrEgDm0B8/v-deo.html

  • @jarrodporter361
    @jarrodporter361 2 роки тому +612

    Sounds like a revival of authentic hip hop, something that has been missing. Thank you Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill for the reminder.

    • @zaigrice2719
      @zaigrice2719 2 роки тому +3

      Killin it son

    • @MrTee12
      @MrTee12 2 роки тому +3

      Pure nostalgia

    • @jarrodporter361
      @jarrodporter361 2 роки тому +1

      @@zaigrice2719 yes

    • @jarrodporter361
      @jarrodporter361 2 роки тому +4

      @@MrTee12 it is. May be the first hiphop album I purchase in a very long time.

    • @ugrey3466
      @ugrey3466 2 роки тому +5

      I feel like the wave is coming...

  • @Differentstuff112
    @Differentstuff112 Рік тому +20

    One of the greatest songs ever made

  • @cl4241
    @cl4241 Рік тому +5

    I thought the world was spiraling out of control, I mean it most likely is, then I remembered we still have God's warriors alive in the flesh today like these two, who's still fighting & still pushing and I'm less scared and less lonely with my siblings in Christ.

  • @b.c.blvdclassicsbroughamli5353
    @b.c.blvdclassicsbroughamli5353 2 роки тому +335

    Radio worthy, refreshing, no Guns, no death, no dissing, my people. Fucking love it

  • @davidrichards6059
    @davidrichards6059 2 роки тому +631

    Lauryn killed it but I'm amazed at how people sleep on Nas first verse. That verse is beautiful.

    • @queenieqt2033
      @queenieqt2033 2 роки тому +32

      He still got that flow

    • @afrilifewealth8743
      @afrilifewealth8743 2 роки тому +6

      Not me I was popping. I couldn't over it!

    • @rakim2948
      @rakim2948 2 роки тому +4

      Word!!

    • @moeweezy7536
      @moeweezy7536 2 роки тому +26

      Nas snapped but to hear Lauryn, he got overshadowed because we missed her.

    • @Dee_Nice89
      @Dee_Nice89 2 роки тому +5

      @@moeweezy7536 Amen bro, it felt so good hearing L-Boogie again

  • @Ak-ur4uo
    @Ak-ur4uo 5 місяців тому +9

    As I listen to this song and recognize so many esoteric messages. Some place to nobody.🦅🦅🦅

  • @karloshskorner2874
    @karloshskorner2874 2 роки тому +40

    When these two collab, it's hard to put into words how special it is. These guys should put out an album together. 🙌 wishful thinking right? Lol ❤️

    • @clivevaz6778
      @clivevaz6778 2 роки тому +3

      I'm kinda hoping he's strolling through these comments and see your vision because i also do believe that a complete album from them together would be a great idea and masterpiece for their catalog.

  • @nufsed909
    @nufsed909 2 роки тому +304

    After hearing this...I sat in silence and imagined how culturally explosive a Nas and Lauryn joint album would be! 🙏👑👑

  • @jonsmith856
    @jonsmith856 2 роки тому +413

    It's good to hear Ms. Hill rapping again. She does not disappoint.

    • @susansusan138
      @susansusan138 2 роки тому +19

      Never; Nas is so blessed to have her on the album because she is very selective about who she works with. ❤

    • @snicka8173
      @snicka8173 2 роки тому +3

      @@susansusan138 Bless to see both of them live at the same time a few years back.

    • @1295shawnlewis
      @1295shawnlewis 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/csbfvEdmhqA/v-deo.html

    • @angelmelvin2045
      @angelmelvin2045 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly!! Keep listening over, and over. 🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤

    • @5igb5lifer74
      @5igb5lifer74 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Zudpk4ycYek/v-deo.html

  • @tajmabruno
    @tajmabruno 2 роки тому +17

    My two favorite lyricists on one track. An instant classic.

  • @hopesdaughter5947
    @hopesdaughter5947 2 роки тому +17

    As someone proudly born and raised from Queens, NY, this song gives me all sorts of life. Word for word Lauryn Hill spoke my own truth. God bless... from another LBoogie. ❤️☮️

  • @amaciofavor
    @amaciofavor 2 роки тому +463

    Nas is a genius at letting the track breath and picking his spots to rap on beats...... he's great at not overcrowding his verses and his flow is pure...... This guy is truly one of the greatest artist/creators ever

  • @KontryBoy706
    @KontryBoy706 2 роки тому +674

    It's such a joy hearing Lauryn like she never lost a beat. She still sounds like she's in her prime. So grateful she did this

    • @dontexroddy5012
      @dontexroddy5012 2 роки тому +15

      Facts!! It's like she was frozen in time...

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists 2 роки тому +11

      Absolutely... takes me back to the '90s 🥰

    • @mathulizagoba2103
      @mathulizagoba2103 2 роки тому +2

      Queens Never Wilt..... 🔥

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak 2 роки тому +4

      Talent like hers never fades.

    • @Ftftuwhoo
      @Ftftuwhoo 2 роки тому

      🔥🔥🔥🙏🏿ua-cam.com/video/BmKhL20wojE/v-deo.html

  • @bajjajjj9419
    @bajjajjj9419 Рік тому +23

    I always play this song because there is nothing like it now a days. Real music and artist 🎨 will last forever no other words needed. Two legends that can take years a hiatus and come back as if they never left is spectacular in itself
    Amazing duo part 2 always a vibe with this king and queen

  • @simz7068
    @simz7068 Рік тому +15

    Words can't describe how good it was to see these two link up again! Another CLASSIC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

  • @ACIEOFFICIAL
    @ACIEOFFICIAL 2 роки тому +374

    I dead ass smiled hard as fuck and made the ugly face while Lauryn was spittin’, Thank you Nasir Jones!

  • @oarabilemanamela6653
    @oarabilemanamela6653 2 роки тому +176

    Bro this Lauryn Hill verse is just unbelievable,my lady really came through.

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 2 роки тому +6

      She's still ahead

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 2 роки тому +7

      U remember when Nas did the song on Streets Disciple with the altered female voice. I never realized how similar the voices r. LAURYN go on & return

    • @tevphillips1983
      @tevphillips1983 2 роки тому +1

      She's Lauryn Hill duhhhhh

    • @tedgramz1905
      @tedgramz1905 2 роки тому +2

      @@tevphillips1983 nah that was nas. Aka scarlet

  • @habon78
    @habon78 2 роки тому +27

    Thank you Nas and Lauryn for this master piece. Love it and God bless all of you all ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.

  • @lamontjackson1251
    @lamontjackson1251 4 місяці тому +10

    Lauryn hill set the bar for females in this rap game

  • @alainthibault184
    @alainthibault184 2 роки тому +153

    "Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity I don’t need to turn myself into a parody I don’t- I don’t do the shit you do for popularity" -- Ms. Lauryn Hill

    • @uriellevelupriley684
      @uriellevelupriley684 2 роки тому +8

      💯👑🗣️✨✨✨✨✨✨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🧬🎁🪶💚💙❤️

    • @KennyWhite115
      @KennyWhite115 2 роки тому +10

      FIRE.

    • @sandi1410
      @sandi1410 2 роки тому +2

      🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Ftftuwhoo
      @Ftftuwhoo 2 роки тому

      🔥🔥🙏🏿ua-cam.com/video/BmKhL20wojE/v-deo.html

  • @tomcat0395
    @tomcat0395 2 роки тому +375

    “I’m savin’ souls and y’all complain about my lateness” damn.

  • @brandons.hernandez3368
    @brandons.hernandez3368 Рік тому +13

    This track is on total FIRE!!!!!!!!!! Nas ft. Ms Lauryn Hill, once again killin' it, BRAVO!!!!! 😎😎😎👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🎧🎧🎧🔊🔊🔊🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🔝🔝🔝💯💯💯

  • @panchoabalos
    @panchoabalos 9 місяців тому +9

    Nas and Lauryn Hill should do an album together, as Nas did it with Damian Marley..would be a jewel

  • @kingjamesiiibeats
    @kingjamesiiibeats 2 роки тому +324

    Nas killed it but I know i wasnt the only dude going crazy when Lauryn's verse dropped

    • @jermainewright4339
      @jermainewright4339 2 роки тому +7

      NO SIR, U WAS NOT...LOL.. SHE KILT IT..

    • @zeusmonroe3793
      @zeusmonroe3793 2 роки тому +4

      liking in advance MS HILL NEVER DISAPPOINT

    • @xolilemahlangu9344
      @xolilemahlangu9344 2 роки тому +2

      I fully agree, Nas is just a king my man.

    • @JaiSheha
      @JaiSheha 2 роки тому

      I’m screaming!

    • @dionbell2461
      @dionbell2461 2 роки тому +1

      Imagine not realizing it was her until halfway through the verse... 🤦🏾‍♂️ I caught the voice and was like "omg that's Lauryn!”

  • @OllyDay1
    @OllyDay1 2 роки тому +381

    “I don’t need to turn myself into a parody” such truth spoken here, so many artists these days have become just that.

    • @oblack6351
      @oblack6351 2 роки тому +6

      👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

    • @vishalsangar625
      @vishalsangar625 2 роки тому +2

      Like THE GAME

    • @MrTee12
      @MrTee12 2 роки тому +8

      Peep game: It was all predicted and planned. Go back and watch the movie Brown Sugar with the HipHop Dalmatians 👀

    • @laron.henderson
      @laron.henderson 2 роки тому +2

      💯💯💯

    • @skrillztheentourage
      @skrillztheentourage 2 роки тому +1

      *coughs* Plies

  • @Jvive3o5
    @Jvive3o5 Рік тому +11

    “Can’t be my age DMing” 😂

  • @latanyasmith1608
    @latanyasmith1608 Рік тому +12

    A lot of people dk what a piece of gold this song is ms Lauryn herself the name speaks volumes with the legend lyricist nas stay woke world🙌🏾2022

  • @m.g7610
    @m.g7610 2 роки тому +53

    This is why Lauryn Hill is the greatest female rapper of all time

    • @mikedavis2083
      @mikedavis2083 2 роки тому

      It’s Nicki but I love lauryn💯

  • @solesoundz
    @solesoundz 2 роки тому +116

    I don't understand how people don't like the song, this music for grown folks.

    • @taurus77cb
      @taurus77cb 2 роки тому +22

      That because this songs makes too much sense and some people don't like thinking these days

    • @Adversital
      @Adversital 2 роки тому +3

      @@taurus77cb facts

    • @giuf175
      @giuf175 2 роки тому +3

      okay but who isn't liking this song, people always be saying shit like this as if everyone in the comments isn't loving it.

    • @sehhmie5483
      @sehhmie5483 2 роки тому

      Gatekeep girlboss...

    • @malikaustin9087
      @malikaustin9087 2 роки тому

      Exactly 💯

  • @TRobert97
    @TRobert97 2 роки тому +45

    "Pride and ego over love and truth is f**kin reckless..."
    All Hail the Queen of conscious hip-hop, MC Lauryn Hill! #BarzonBarz

    • @mothernature7380
      @mothernature7380 Рік тому

      The yz1 Morpheus Processing
      m.ua-cam.com/video/PzaSEeGnptY/v-deo.html

    • @hasmonean1427
      @hasmonean1427 Рік тому

      Lauryn hill the greatest female rapper ever it's a Gemini ♊️ Thang 😉

  • @kzstaytrue1983
    @kzstaytrue1983 Рік тому +6

    Lauryns verse is the greatest verse of recent years! I feel this so much at this point in my life!

  • @pEr5on4LLy
    @pEr5on4LLy 2 роки тому +449

    Nas voice alone gives me that feeling that everything's gonna be alright. Like watching an episode of Martin, or Fresh Prince. Very calming. This record is fire

  • @KillaMusiktv1BlACKEYEDCORN
    @KillaMusiktv1BlACKEYEDCORN 2 роки тому +97

    25 years ago Lauryn singing the hook on the Nas track, 25 years later she Killing a Nas track. 🔥

  • @MSCH187
    @MSCH187 2 роки тому +14

    I grew up with the music of Nas.. This sounds like in my childhood, oldschool style! Damn I love it

  • @hazelmarina
    @hazelmarina Рік тому +8

    If I ruled the world I would find a place to be nobody.

  • @porschemcginnis2764
    @porschemcginnis2764 2 роки тому +179

    Ms. Hill!! Man if she came back with a new album all of these so called female rappers today would be scared. She is pure raw talent no silicone, no filters needed baby!!!
    "My awareness like Keanu in the Matrix, I'm saving souls and yawll complaining about my lateness" WHAAT!!

  • @Leosteel.
    @Leosteel. 2 роки тому +343

    Lauryn hill: I'm saving soul's and yall complaining about my lateness

    • @keamokoofdasun
      @keamokoofdasun 2 роки тому +22

      That still has me screaming at every single listen…

    • @Leosteel.
      @Leosteel. 2 роки тому +10

      @@keamokoofdasun yup. the realest bar ever

    • @Tkay149
      @Tkay149 2 роки тому +3

      @@keamokoofdasun me tooo lol

    • @iaintmadatcha
      @iaintmadatcha 2 роки тому +7

      Human beings always got sutten to complain about instead of appreciating

    • @ds37
      @ds37 2 роки тому +18

      yeah but she's always late at her shows legend or not that shit is straight up disrespectful

  • @GladysDark
    @GladysDark Рік тому +128

    Lauryn Hill's verse: 💥💥💥❤❤❤
    All my time has been focused on my freedom now
    Why would I join 'em when I know that I can beat 'em now?
    They put their words on me, and they can eat 'em now
    That's probably why they keep on tellin' me I'm needed now
    They tried to box me out while takin' what they want from me
    I spent too many years living too uncomfortably
    Making room for people who didn't like the labor
    Or wanted the spoils, greedy, selfish behavior
    Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity
    I don't need to turn myself into a parody
    I don't I don't do the shit you do for popularity
    They clearly didn't understand when I said "I Get Out" apparently
    My awareness like Keanu in The Matrix
    I'm savin' souls and y'all complainin' 'bout my lateness
    Now it's illegal for someone to walk in greatness
    They want the same shh, but they don't take risks
    Now the world will get to see it's own reflection
    And the anointed can pursue their own direction
    And if you're wrong and you're too proud to hear correction
    Walk into the hole you dug yourself, fuck a projection
    See me in my freedom taking all my land back
    They sent a lot against me thinking I'd just stand back
    I got my legs beneath me, I got my hands back
    A lot of people sabotaged, they couldn't stand that
    I turned the other cheek, I took blow after blow
    There's so much crisis in the world 'cause you reap what you sow
    When you keep what you know is meant for someone else
    The ditch you dig for them, you might just end up in yourself
    I'm in the secret place, I keep a sacred space
    They keep showin' their hands, but keep hidin' their face
    If I'm a messenger, you block me then you block the message
    So aggressive, the world you made is what you're left with
    Pride and ego over love and truth is fucking reckless
    Y'all niggas got a death wish, the stupid leaves me breathless

    • @solidnj31
      @solidnj31 11 місяців тому +10

      Masterful

    • @deevargas9871
      @deevargas9871 11 місяців тому +12

      Verse of the year

    • @NOELZ45
      @NOELZ45 10 місяців тому +8

      Poetry

    • @kimb2353
      @kimb2353 10 місяців тому +7

      My mind is still blown 🤯

    • @BriLei2023
      @BriLei2023 10 місяців тому +3

      💯💥💥💥💥💥🙏❤️💫

  • @cocot9414
    @cocot9414 2 роки тому +38

    He is so timeless. He is both as classic as his 90's self but so lyrically relevant in 2022 without sounding dated. And to be able to do that without having to feature a newer or trendy artist. Gifted brotha.

  • @Earth329
    @Earth329 2 роки тому +185

    This beat smells like NY. ❤️ Hearing Lauryn on here was a dream for me! ❤️

    • @BASKET449
      @BASKET449 2 роки тому +8

      Smells like NY that's nice sis I love it. I can smell NY through your comment 😊✊🏾🗽🚉💸💸

    • @ALiM4Do4SelfMusic
      @ALiM4Do4SelfMusic 2 роки тому +1

      🕓 🖤🖤 #L_BOOGiE 🖤🖤

    • @professordrew5140
      @professordrew5140 2 роки тому +1

      This is great! HipHop is not DEAD

    • @nollysmith234
      @nollysmith234 2 роки тому +1

      I can't stop listening to this track message

    • @Earth329
      @Earth329 2 роки тому +1

      @@professordrew5140 It’s definitely not! 😀

  • @sergiobowers6930
    @sergiobowers6930 2 роки тому +281

    Give Nas his flowers while he's living. And Lauryn too, what a combination of minds on the same song, lovely.

    • @mlungisigcabashe2674
      @mlungisigcabashe2674 2 роки тому +2

      Nas and jay z have already been given their flowers...

    • @ST-mh7tb
      @ST-mh7tb 2 роки тому +2

      Yessir what a combination! Dont get no better. Dis what the world NEEED

    • @sergiobowers6930
      @sergiobowers6930 2 роки тому +1

      @@mlungisigcabashe2674 I said, "And Lauryn too." And besides, there's nothing wrong with giving someone so special flowers twice or more than once, valentines day is every year, a Nas album is once in a blue Moon and the knowledge is timeless!

    • @chillhomie7
      @chillhomie7 2 роки тому +1

      @@mlungisigcabashe2674 people still sleep on Nas

    • @inactiveuser13275
      @inactiveuser13275 2 роки тому

      im a way better rapper than nas

  • @franklinwilson2534
    @franklinwilson2534 5 місяців тому +4

    Let's run Nas streaming numbers up

  • @jwilson5328
    @jwilson5328 Рік тому +12

    This sound, song and vibe makes me feel like I'm sitting on a lawnchair up on a rooftop on a summer evening overlooking the most beautiful sunset with the cityscape in the background. A spliff in my hand staring up at the clouds indulging in the brief moment in time i can escape everything.