Nas - I Can (Official HD Video)
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2011
- "I Can" by Nas
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Lyrics:
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (Be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard at it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (Be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard at it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
#ICan #Nas #OfficialHDVideo #HD
This is actually the reason and purpose for which Hip Hop was meant to be.
King Nas for life.
Early days of NY Hip Hop culture and Universal Zulu Nation, the first block parties with breakers battling, a healthy musical outlet as an antidote to gang violence. Some proud origins. Respect to the founders, Kool Herc and Bam, Grand Master Flash True-school hip hop. EOTO
Nasir was here
Go look at Tupac and his work.
King Pac 4 LIFE
#facts
@@australianresoluteminds If it wasn't for Kool Herc, we wouldn't have what we have now.
This song came out when I was in middle school.. I just turned 30 today and I’m still singing this song lol ... the part when he said “you can be anything in the world .. in God we trust .. an architect, a doctor , maybe an actress but nothing comes easy it takes much practice” ... and now I’m in school to become a doctor 👩🏽⚕️
Hell yea sister!
And I'm a money launderer, we all take different paths. You gonna make it
i'm on the streets doing crack.
Doctor Fashion So you were one of the kids that can relate to this. Now look at you a 30 year old woman doing her thing.
Congratulations
Nas deserved the Nobel peace prize for this song
what a music right here a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took Nas oFf 2 da big leagues and fo dat I will always be super grateful
This song is a MASTERPIECE! It's weird that I have tears in my eyes listening it. This was real music with meaning.
Meee tooo!!!!😅
This is definitely a masterpiece does the samething to me 👍👌
I remember seeing kids younger than the ones on this screen singing to this. Those kids are adults now 🤯. Also imagine all the Americans being in our own world. Then there's the ppl in Egypt: ohhhhh sh. This my ish. & Then just like that, I half way feel improper
same!
Same 😢😊
Nas deserved the Nobel peace prize for this song
Facts!
Facts (2)
Hell yea, considering Obama got it for taking the country INTO Lybia, wtf. Nas earned it on this one f'realz.
@@kinkane5566 🔥 say it
Bulletproof facts
“If the truth is told, the youth can grow.”
-Nas.
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
GROW and HEAL
Ral had a meaning back then
This year's mid terms in 2022 the Gen Z voters outvoted old white voters for the first time
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
The most positive message in rap music ever
the world doesn't like this kind of message. Yet this beat still strengthen someone out there and change someone's life everyday.
Only a certain color of the world, lol!
@@Wis_Dom not true. I'm from Europe and I know damn well what my ancestors did. I appreciate the message of the song. Nas is the GOAT
@@LOLXD-sf4yd That's one, now convince a billion more, lol. So yeah that logic doesn't makensense, it's still pretty true.😂
@@Wis_Dom yeah might be in the grand scheme of things. At least here in Germany we are very aware of this kind of stuff I don't think I have to explain to you why. I know damn well what my country has done in the past. From the Herero and Nama genocide in 1904 in German West Africa to the biggest crime against humanity ever, the Holocaust. And yet there is so much more to our history. There's a reason why patriotism is very uncomfortable for us today.
You are correct
i I heard this song when I was in 6th grade living in the inner city of Brooklyn. Now I have graduated college and am now a working engineer. Thank you Nas.
Wow. Keep it up. NaS is the best :)
nas is very inspiring. If only today's "artists" were more like him.
congratulations my man I'm studying to be an engineer too wish me luck
Proud of you man :)
+connorlax goalie yo homie that's impressive fair play
As I recall, Nas wrote this song at the request of his Mother, who had asked that he release an inspirational song for children before she passed away. This was him fulfilling his promise to do so.
For someone who writes such deep raps with integral stories, it shows the man's talent that he can compose something so simple yet meaningful.
wow that is so powerful, divine feminine rising! Happy mothers day yall! Its time to rise, thank you Nas' Mom
my g its long time ago
Why haven’t this reach 💯 mill yet is beyond me
That gave me chills, he definitely delivered for his mommy. This makes me so happy and proud.
not all of the song, part of it was written by one L.W.Beethoven
am i the only one listening to this in 2024! Respect Nas thank you!!!
Still rockin in 2024 right along with you! ✊🏾Black History Month is the perfect time to bring this back.
Love to you ❤
Me too! Showed my daughter this video too!❤
No 💪🏼💪🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🌹🌹🌹
I’m here❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽2034
Best generation homie never stop listening to this genre ..... We need to have the radio and TV bring back the real shit !
Thanking God for Nas 🙏🏽I am what I want to be in 2024! A 40 year old Black Queen, working in a career with a majority of 50+ yr old white man. And I am about to graduate with my degree in Applied Science. 🎓 I made it out!
Light skinned are blacks??
@@westernsellers9148There's always somebody trying to divide. It's all the same struggle
You go girl congratulations, I'm proud of you.
Congratulations! Show them who's boss! :-)
hahahaha oh no, not another "queen"
A song like this is really necessary right now
Let’s get this song trending you guys
Sooon.....💯✊
My exact sentiments.
Hip hop is dead
IM ACTUALLY CREATING A SONG ALONG THESE LINES RIGHT NOW.....
cool dude how bout you start a business and employ people instead of making a pointless song
He’s not a rapper, he’s a poet. My favorite musician ever.
The Emcee
🎯🎯👍👍🎯🎯
@@MrMakingcake lol
Nas isn‘t a poet. He is a storyteller. 2Pac is a poet. Biggie is a lyricist. All different things
Lyricist extraordinaire!!!
Who else is still here 2024.thanks NAS for teaching the minors
2pac is the best of rap Nas is noob
the greatest rap song of all time
2023 and still listening to this dope song…. Should be played in all places for growing kids to empower them and let them know they can be whoever they wanna be as it takes determination and focus
I heard shit wat year listen to it still like tho u feel me and all bitchs talkin shit wats the score because i listen all ages music Just good music like jimi hendrix and cool way be its wats up turf trippin on height street San Francisco California mural of e40 and jimi hendrix u be all nation Wide bout San Francisco it important call bay área like is more Just San Francisco we cool east bay
i would like to hear hip hop that would be similar to this song because nowadays music is just sex and there is nothing interesting in music videos.
#2024 & more yrs to come this song will still be felt strong & history will remain the truth
Agreed!! I played this for my kids repeatedly and they understood it!
This song needs to be played more for this generation untill they really understand it
But omg how could i forget the powers that be dont want that!!!!
Really men
I am 18 dude and i love this
Well explained
As I'm playing it for my 14 year old son glued to his xbox!
Remember when rappers used to tell stories and not just rap about how much they have
Pretty much what I said in another convo What people view and choose to consume as media will always reflect what's coming next.
If you do really appreciate rap with intelligent lyrics and you are truly tired of those with small to no content in their chants simply stop consuming their product. They will collapse of their own.
And that doesn't go only for music. It goes for all. Money is power, use your power (give power) sparingly and only to those you truly feel deserve it. Because they will use it the way THEY see fit. And when it comes to music, well Migos will produce more Migos album with more money/views people give him....
Like Lost Boyz~Renee
@@revariox189 PREACH! 🙏☝️ people don't be knowing
That's why i love Kendrick, J Cole, Joyner and Em
Fish Nerd 👏🏾
Nas 💪
This song gave me strength when I was young and impressionable. That’s when I knew Nas was different. His outreach to the youth commendable. The real king of New York City. I’m Greek so those parts about Greeks and Roman and Alexander the Great mentions hit home
Just a positive message and not drugs weed or twerking girls. Hip-Hop at its finest.
oh yeah yeah man
90s hip hop also had those... yall old heads contradicting
@HAYT sounds like you have "back in my day" syndrome, people have always fucked and smoked weed, and they used their free will to do so too. amazing, isnt it
@@yeetsmith1105 My thing is artistry kinda ceases to exist in my generation. The ones who show this barely get the time of day.
So true
This song came out when i was a kid.
i grew up in the hood.
I'm 25 Now with a college Degree.
Thank You, Nas.
Respect, bro I'm still trying on mine. Peace.
@@ericsonjacques7643 I failed some classes at first but kept fighting and graduated. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 all part of the process. keep going brother, you got this.
@@MrTrav110594 respect earned brother ❤
Hope you grinding well, man! Keep doing you ✊🏽✊🏽🔥
@BASSNSANE yeah when u and i was cruising down the drive through bro was servin fries
My dad would play this every day on our way to school. Man it brings me to tears when I think all he wants for me and my siblings to succeed. My brother and I in Uni on scholarships in highschool part of the way but we about to be engineers. If you black and from the tough parts of town you know how stacked the cards are against you, but this is how i always knew subconsciously you have to be the best despite the world's view of you. Man I'll never 😢stop playing this song. Nas thus means a lot to the young black youth worldwide. Much love from africa.
Your dad loved you ❤️
Pop culture can be hope for new generations... and this is the exact example
This guy called Nas by this song is probably the best positive and cultivate rapper in the world. The third part of this song show up how NAS is cultivate!!!
My 10 year old daughter has no confidence so I always get her to repeat the chorus after me it helps her so much to achieve goals in her life ❤️
Waaoo that nice
Good luck to your daughter. Laws Of Attraction helped me with my daughter.
@@ashabrooke1660 thank you the same to your daughter ❤️
Congrats to all the cool and creative supermoms, you included!
Best song on earth
That first Grammy is long overdue. Congratulations Nasty Nas.👑🏆
Clearly they have the wrong people voting for a long time Nas has been 🔥 for decades.
@@jasminemonroe5784 OLD WHITE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO FOAR FROM THE CULTURE. THAT IS WHY T.I. JOINED THE COMITTEE
Nas is beyond a grammy. They should be happy to just put Nas in their list.
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Nas forever.
Nas should've been rewarded for this song this a timeless gem fr and forever a classic nas a legend 😅🔥🔥🔥😅😁😁😁😁💯🙏
This song came out when I was 9 years old. I lived in the projects with my grandparents, uncle and mom all in the same house. I took heed to the words of this song. Never did a single hard drug. Never drank alcohol until I was 21. I went to college and got a computer science degree while working at walmart. Now I work at an insurance company making software. I'm glad Nas was the artist I was obsessed with as a kid, it really kept me on track.
Amazing testimony!
I love your story. It needs way more likes.
Nas smooth as ever
Write to him and tell him.
Well done. Keep striving
Respect bro!
Pay attention kids.
This is what rap is SUPPOSED to sound like.
Yes sr
It depends on what mood you want to feel while listening. This song is very motivational and hype, the lyrics are very well put together as well. I think that some songs have poor meanings for children, but at the end of the day if it is catchy the lyrics don’t matter to me as much.
Ma manh you are right
You're not wrong
@@lukeadams6737 True
These are powerful lyrics.This is a Masterpiece
this is the reason i started getting better at school
One of the best quotes I ever heard was "if you show me your friends I'll show you your future" Took me years to understand this till I realized I was an addict and all my friends were too.
I feel like this artist can bring 90s hiphop back ua-cam.com/video/a1VfycbMoSw/v-deo.html
Still takes guts to admit it, mad respect man👏🏻
@@fohduhskreets8301 It's good not bad
It’s a really great bar, I will say.
One of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard. He gave our history, the parts they don’t want to teach, and uplifts our culture. This song went WAYS in helping me become the strong proud black Man I am today.
👌that's amazing
Where is the evidence that Alexander the Great damaged the nose of the sphinx?
It seems that the the doctrine perhaps best named 'black pride' is so deep into the victim role that they allowed themselves special rights to assume history even though it is not at all proven or even deliberately altering it.
The 'we are the victims so we are allowed to lie' ofcourse goes at the expense of your credibility.
Shut up boomer
@@spraakkanon all throughout the Bible u Dummy
@@spraakkanon Greek scholars the Bible kemetic scrips
This song came out right as i was graduating college. Didnt have kids then but recently became a first time dad. I will be playing this song for him as well as planting this seed for him.
👏🏼
Facts
Named my firstborn son after Nas… totally a living legend. Power in us can never be taken! Still listening.
I got older n finally understood what nas was talking about...
Same here lol
Really 20 years later
True facts
Idem pour moi
Fr
Why didn't he got a Grammy for this, this is better than so many hip hop songs
It didn't even blow up much so painful
Because it is a positive song that teaches kids from all walks of life to achieve. But if it was the opposite then it would have been nominated.
Because it's the truth and the truth hurts. They'd rather have someone like lil nas x representing black men. Smh🤦
Because he was telling the truth about Egypt. The history that was whitewashed
Songs like this dont win grammies they want to keep us dumb ignorant and violent
The Beethoven sample & the poetic storytelling. Empowering. A rare treasure of a song 💎 Memorized these lyrics at age 8, didn’t really know the significance of what Nas was speaking. Today I listen with adult ears 20 years later & after being traumatized by some of the issues he spoke, this has so much more meaning than I ever imagined
I thought I was the only person that noticed the Beethoven sample..
@nwagwuezeoha7543 you seriously thought you were the only person who noticed the incredibly famous, centuries-known sample of one of the most well-known pieces of music in history? Okay..
old but gold, rap with message
Nas. I am a male nurse. I have a nice house, 2 kids, wife, cars and a boat. Thank you for this song as it got me through the grit and grind! I worked hard at it! And got out my neighborhood!
Im happy for you, succes usually comes with jealousy 2 side of the same coin. Peace
@@Oraldc_lover who do you think you are?
Amen
Dopeness
Tons of respect, show those babies how it’s done ❤
Respect to nas for looking out for the youngins
"There were empires in Africa called Kush, Timbuktu where every race came to get books" That last verse is the most important verse in hip hop history
Nas the 🐐 and it's not even close 👑
12 years later still dope and cool video, imagine if social media was there then
they don’t make empowering music like this anymore 🖤
BLM would hate this song. They need victims. I like this song!
There is no money to be made if you teach the minority. Power must be kept in balance or else the idea of thought and self worth will topple the status que. Remember a single grain of rice can tip the scales of fate
@@loganforge9266 agreed. BLM is a Marxist organization. Thats communism. They are criminals for taking money from people and buying mansions
They never did.
Yes they do lol
This is when hip hop was great. Had a positive message. You don't have to be poor, or a criminal, just because you come from humble or poor beginnings. You can do anything you want with hard work. 💪👍
Lol, this song inspired by Slick Rick. Hey young world.
Yep you right
+1
song at the beginning?
You seen Hopsin? Number 5 reminds me of NAS
This should be the greatest song ever in the history of the world. But then Grammy won't see it. 2024 and I'm still here from Nigeria.
Wow I never felt the power this song has. This is amazing.
This is real hip hop
0%nudity
100% talent
Love nas,tupac and biggie
This is so real bro 👍
And Nipsey Hussle
@@besbesubisu3817 nipsey was trash lol
Eminem mahn
V3N0M_PL4Yzz GTA so what if theres0% nudity hahaha
This song should be played at every elementary school on the first day all across the globe 🌎
"Sniffin' up drugs".
Agree
I agree 👍
Agree
I’m just hearing this song. Love it
Yeah, or even at the school assemblies every week...
Great song. 35 years young and still listening to this great piece
Generational song that can never die...I can remember this song when my dad jams it while taking me to school... everyday he hits this masterpiece for me to be where I am today...Thanks Bad🙏💪💯
2020 whose still listening to these great jam like
Me brother and can u respond back to my comment that’s never happened to me
@@maxx2raw92
Damn right
My 6 year old Nubian Prince Favourite song💪🏾✊🏾
@@maxx2raw92 whassup
Who's still listenning this Nas's master piece in 2019..?
Not me
☝️
Me
this song is beautiful
@@andirohim8651 lol
Great Morning Affirmations On The Way To Conquer The Day Nas is a legend I'm still here in 2024
This song will be more important in 2035❤😊
this why nas is one of the greatest rappers
Lorenzo Cole yea he's Tha fucking greatest rappers of all time sure
Lorenzo Cole nah Tupac is the Biggest rapper
The 🐐
I think I got the message of this song when I first heard it as a child at age 12. I grew up to be a high school teacher. This is as a refugee immigrant out of Eritrea, Africa. Thank you Nas
I was 11. It definitely felt like Nas was speaking to me. 🙏🏽
Eritrea...? how can I reach you pls
Awesome song. Unforgettable!
Wow, this literally brought a tear to my eye, this music started for the messages but has been terrible lost because of the machine that took control, as usual
Dope!
Nas is a PROPHET of the MOST HIGH! A GOD on the mic 🎤
The most inspiration song in hiphop
That 3rd verse!!! 👌🏼 educate them NAS.
Heather Dale
HEATHER DALE COULD EDUCATE ME
tr3bomb3r how so?? 😊
however you please, youre gorgeous lmfaooo
miz528 ?????
Nas was ahead of our time💯
....Or maybe you guys are lost.... 😔
@@1Flyingfist lol 😂
For real old school hip hop was like that, nothing unusual here. Only gangsta rap and mainstream rap changed this, and still some like Tupac wrote great lyrics
Not ahead, always on time
Vous s an du lour
No he wasn’t
No joke who’s better in any level of the Art of Hiphop
I wish artist these days will make music with a lesson like this
+Jasmine Ferguson hello pretty ¡¡
+Jasmine Ferguson J. Cole!!!!
Bitch Dab
+Jasmine Ferguson They do
+Jasmine Ferguson They do
This song never stops giving me chills...even after what 20 yrs
Factss👊💯💯 intense Goosebumps
It's been 11 yrs
@@bettybirku5104this video was uploaded 11 years ago. I know damn well the first time I heard it wasn’t in College. The song was released over 20 years ago.
Easy over 20 year old ... only the old skool know
@@kylephillips9612 UA-cam was non existent then as we barely had broadband internet.
Most educated musician in the 🇺🇸 bigger respect 🫡
Round of applause fo this genius rapper. May you age gracefully
he just told the whole ancient history in under a minute... what a legend
Fact check what he says tho
.. I love nas but some shit he says isnt 100 % facts
@@5280PolotheKid u must be fun at parties
@@lovrokosutic8973 i don't "do" parties
@@5280PolotheKid What is incorrect?
We Wuz Kangs
Nas is the best Rapper ever. This song is so relevant.
Chill my boy lmao .. U forgot 2pac and big
Chill both of ya ... eminem is the goat
@@em28z15 uh no
@@joezxc ask kendrick
@@joezxc uh yes
This is the core of rap and hip hop. Educating and uplifting society especially the next generational youth
if Nas says i can yeah i can
I remember listening to this in elementary school. 27 years old now and it still gives me the motivation it did back then !
My big sister showed me this song. She Would always play it for me where my dad couldn’t hear it
Hell Yea
Turning 33 in July
Been banging this tune since 03
Eye was a teenager whilst going through a mental breakdown,I kept playing certain songs and this over and over again. All Seeds must listen to this song🧡3️⃣6️⃣9️⃣☯️💓⚖️🧬👏🏾🌞🌙💫🫂🥰💕🥰🌠🤰🏿🤱🏿👩👩👧👧
Same 😭😭😭 I’m 25 tho
Same bruh send me 5000 dollars for a loan!!
This song needs to be made again for this generation
No, people need to be original. Remaking movies, songs, etc. is weak af
No 🧢
This version is good enough ... i think 😉
Its enough, but if u wanna just heard a good new version, or i think this is same, about the piano bethoven
My favorite rapper in spanish has a song with a beat of classic's 90
Its like the 2pac of latam bro
The song is so good like all him
Its "ni de oro ni goldfield"
@@SirMrZombie nothing is new in this world
This song got me through a lot ❤ Thank you Nas!
Yo booty phat af doe
Greatness
I still have goosebumps like when I was 13, and now I'm 30. The only difference is that now I really comprehend the deep meaning of his words. 🌱🦋
till now his so good. bring me back on track
I totally get you. I turned 30 in March. Im so happy to ran into this.💖💖💖
Crying wish I had paid more attention. Know all the words but it’s taken 15 years to understand. Going to make sure my kids listen and pay more attention than I did.
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They should totally play this in schools
@Shook Universe no way
bruh they played this every hour bruh
They played this everyday
Bro this was filmed at my old elementary school and around it
No way, so truthful
Nas Has Always been ahead of time , all of what he’s saying still goes on today💯
This song is what rap was meant to be. Couldn’t be a better song every child should be listening to, instead we have 2024 rap for them…
this song actually motivates me to follow my dream, and im 20
@Kakashi commentor thanks kakashi senpai
Good, don't give up, fuck who ever hating
You can say it again Bro
I'm 22 and my dream is to own a bank and a powerful media group
@@zavtraafricatv8517 rock a fella
This be the real side of the internet. Keep going guys!
Grande Nas..
Melhor de todos os tempo
Escutando em 2024 directamente de Moçambique 🇲🇿
Bless to NAS and his crew! ❤🎉
I'm 26 years old and this song still makes me believe that I will be successful in life one day. Love it
Keep trying and never give up👍🏼
Dont imagine goals just bring them goals in reality
Lyrical content, bars, no mumbling at all, telling a story, giving a positive message. What hip hop used to be.
This a statement that people can make inspirational and great music. Not promoting sex, money and murder
Sending a positive message is still happening nowadays
@@ko-rp7ge Nah
@@dabossmanjae5560 Yes the same promoting sex and violence been going on since the late 80s,but for some reason since it's in the 80s and 90s it's considered good music. When artists send messages or have meaning in a song y'all ignore it.
@@dabossmanjae5560 listen to Kendrick, J Cole, JID, Cordae.
I hope all this children got to be what they wanted to be 🙏🏽
A whole ass history lesson in 30 seconds. This dude is one of If not the best to do it
“ nobody says you gotta be gangstas ,hoes
Read more ,learn more ,change the globe 🌎”
One of the best
why is it when I saw "read more" on your comment I clicked it expecting more lolllll smh
With ppl listening to lil pump and shit the globe ain't changing shit
What a positive song and strong message!
Imagine this being the only mainstream Nas song in Europe that ever were really played on radio and European MTV.
YOOO NAS IS THE BEST RAPPER IN THE WORLD AND YOU MUSIC IN THE STREET PUERTO RICO 🇵🇷 IS GOOD PAPI ❤❤❤
When im gonna have kids ill play them this song for bed time. Nas truly made the difference!. One of the greatests rappers ever.
Cool bro. I second you. I loved this song since I was a kid until now. I also feel that someday when I'll have ma kids I'll let the know this song.
ColdSanity coolest comment I've ever read
Despa TV .. that sir is a good thought hauah
Despa TV
ditto
Despa TV An eemce not a Rapper, an eemce :)
The lyrics on this song is just absolutely fantastic
pure talent
Masterpiece and always will be.
My name is Jack from Taiwan and this is my story. 10 years ago, I was the one who got 0 in my English exam back in junior high school. I have no idea how to improve my English since the text book is too difficult for me to understand. One day I heard this song in a burger restaurant, I liked it so much so I told myself said: one day, I will able to understand everything in this song. It took me a while to find this song because I could only type “be where I wanna be” to search (I didn’t even know wanna is want to😂 at that time). After few months of study, my English improved a lot, I got 60 in my English exam! But some how, I became a person that is brave, confident enough to speak English with foreigner on the street. Thank you Nas for making these wonderful, motivative and positive songs, I want to thank me as well, for putting efforts and making a change. 💜
Im touched by your words. Congratulations bro and big thanks to NAS for blessing the world with this timeless record
💖💖🥰
You made a story with a song that is a source of inspiration for your story
Good job man this was touching
Your story made me smile.
The last verse gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I listen to it. And it's incredible to know that all he tells about is true. Such a masterpiece, this song deserves all the accolades.
Facts. That Last verse is different
Jesus loves you
💯
Alexander didn’t do anything to Sphinx noses, and the idea is based on a myth that Napoleon did so, which he didn’t do either, it was much more likely to be other pharaohs such as Akhenaten, who declared himself a God and dismissed his predecessors, the Persians didn’t rob Egypt and steal everything either, they only controlled Egypt for 150 years, and suggesting that Africa was empty from the Hellenistic period onwards is not correct, Nas is dismissive of Rome, Islam and the ottomans in Africa, and jumps to slavery which was in a different area of Africa, west and south instead of north where Egypt is, so it’s quite problematic as a history lesson, but I’ve always loved nas and the attempt by him to make a good song with a real pointed lesson and it’s a shame that songs such as this barely make an impact yet generic and crass songs blow up and are remembered worldwide
@@adamcarney1465 Exactly. Good you mentioned this.
This song is ahead of its time💯🎯 I listen to for motivation
Welcome every body this is true rap 💯
That third verse is LEGENDARY.
My favourite
man... you're right
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Yessir! The only flaw I'd say is it was Napoleon that was believed to have shot off the nose of the Sphinx, not ATG. But of course history's muddy on that part.
Amen
This is a great verse, the only thing wrong with it is that Alexander the Great did not shoot the noses off the Sphinx
This song just popped up in my head. This generation need real lyrics that still apply like this🔥🔥❤️.
Same! Popped into my head so randomly and hits so differently listening to the lyrics now, as a 30 year old woman. So cool.
This is just happened to me this evening ! ❤🔥
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Nowadays rappers do not push themselves to create lifetime content...they just want the bag
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