Makes me think that they live in the underground. Conscious of the world around them. Spending their time rappin, hustlin, drinkin and smokin. This photo looks like they recently came up from the underground and are looking at the world. Society and how people live. Looks like they plottin something. Up to no good. Surviving in the ghetto. Remaining in the shadows..
Do you guys ever hear a song that you haven't heard in a long time and once you hear it again you get rushed by a ton of memories, little glimpses of your past again?
Personal opinion, but I feel as if Nas, especially early Nas, is the greatest MC to ever touch the mic. I love BIG, Big L, Mobb Deep, Scarface, Masta Ace, all of em. Nas just gives me that raw emotion in almost every song. I find myself breaking down his lyrics as if studying poems. Like an onion going deeper layer by layer and becoming more fascinated with each new thought learned. Truly beautiful.
We take for granted how effortlessly Nas makes conversational rap. The complexity of the rhymes while still being coherent in the narrative he’s creating is what separates him from the rest.
@@anatorres-ym8ke I don’t know one Eminem song that I like. His voice, choice of beats and cadence is irritating. Em don have a song like this in his catalogue.
Nerman ua-cam.com/video/XoF0xXjULe0/v-deo.html only idiot could say that Chino is shit, he would bash most so called mc's in lyrical battle. Nas, Xzibit,OC wont have power to handle Chino, now with Big L shit might get hard.
Im a Nas fan dont get me wrong but Nas himself said . "Big L scared me to death When i heard that on tape I was scared to death I was like theres no way i can compete with this if this is what i gotta compete with" he said that on audio you aint know hip hop
+Anthony Paul Oh here we go, someone saying you don't know hip hop cos somebody said something. Big L isn't even top 10 ever. NIGGA DOESNT HAVE A CLASSIC. I don't give a damn what NaS says. He's better than Big L. Dude ain't even better than Ghostface, Raekwon, or Kool G Rap, lmao. L is more of a punchline battle rapper type of nigga. Stop trying to be different.
My friends Dont listen to Nas cause they cant comprehend his rhymes but at least i cud come on to UA-cam n chill with Fans Of Nas from different parts of the Globe.
Man I almost forgot what a real lyricist sounds like. As guilty as I feel saying it,to many people are giving Tupac the crown when the King is still out there. This is some real shit.
Stephen Granville 100% correct realist comment ever. Tupac was great don't get me wrong but we are still blessed with one of the greatest living lyricist ever PERIOD!!!
Even though Nas is very good, he's not even in the top 3, and in my opinion, he barely makes it to the top 10. Even though he's great, there is better than him.
I agree with you on that,I've heard rappers that were deeper,more charismatic and just all around more interesting,but the rappers that are "up there" like Nas,Tupac,Biggie,Snoop Dogg etc,the classic hall of fame rappers Nas is about the best. I mean if we get real technical we could start talking about all the rappers that cant even rap like lil dicky lol. That would just be a disgrace though,and illmatic is a staple in hip hop history.
1:40 *Nas is the perfect combination between rhyme and coherence.* Poets can paint vivid images without rhymes, and rappers can rhyme so much that they sacrifice meaning and narrative structure. And then there’s Nas.
When you listen to Nas you realize how ahead of his time he was, these flows are what people hear today and call it a good verse and this man’s been doing it for 30 years straight
"But miracles never leave the churches, instead it hits the pockets of the preacher just to purchase a house with a swimming pool, labels ME a sinning fool, I'm just a ni**a who inherited a winning jewel." Are you kidding me?? Those bars right there makes it SO hard to not rewind this song
@Mike Paras Because pacs wasn’t getting credit or relevancy when he had with the complex lyrics like he did in his earlier days.... Nas can’t touch pac
NaS and AZ were like Coffee and Tea. You had one of them that you liked a little more than the other. "Time is illmatic, keep Static like wool fabric" ✌️
@Jmatac999 Not yet broda, I've been deep into Japanese Rap lately, so i been Outta the loop for a good while. I missed AZ a lot man. It's definitely gonna be fire 🔥
Well I mean, I've written some insane shit since I was 12 and I just turned 20. But then again, this is Nas, and I'm not Nas haha. I did think about it though, and my fucking head hurts now
Cerwercker No, Deja Vu was confirmed to be made during the development of It was Written along with Everything is Real, Understanding and Life is a Dice Game but were later scrapped. The only songs that were Pre-Illmatic (1991-1992) were Nas Will Prevail, On The Real and Just Another Day In The Projects.
This isn’t a happy song or a sad song.. this song is REAL and that’s why I love it.. whenever I need something to relate to and feel less alone I play this song right here..
Wow...I can't believe this song has *5.7 million views.* That's crazy. I thought this song was hella obscure and unknown when I first found it several years ago. It's beautiful to see that there's still people who appreciate real hip hop as much as I do
[Verse 1] Through the lights, cameras and action, glamour, glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe When I'm deceased, by then the beast arise like yeast To conquer peace, leavin' savages to roam in the streets Live on the run, police payin' me to give in my gun Trick my wisdom with the system that imprisons my son Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat, nonchalantly I'm raunchy, but things I do is real, it never haunts me While, funny style niggas roll in the pile Rooster heads profile on a bus to Rikers Isle Holdin’ weed inside they pussy With they minds on the pretty things in life Gettin' props is a true thug's wife It's like a cycle, niggas come home, some'll go in Do a bullet, come back and do the same shit again From the womb to the tomb, I presume the unpredictable Gun salute life rapidly, that's the ritual [Hook] Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... [Verse 2] Blunts, thugs and alcohol; what a mixture Just picture, your life as a whole judged in court, they convict ya They tellin' you your state of mind like you worthless So he curses, his mom sayin' Bible verses, that's all she works with But miracles never leave the churches Instead, it hits the pockets of the preacher just to purchase A house with a swimming pool, labels me a sinnin' fool I'm just a nigga who inherited a winnin' jewel To be a trendsetter, whenever subject to Respect this and all respect due is the essential To street life, hustlin’, the struggle, broke ghettos Boilin' coke settles slow inside a glass kettle Darren Levy on my TV, lifestyles of livin' easy Got my crew tense, plottin’ up gyps to get whips with BB's Pushin' cakes, knew anorexics with ten plates Celebratin' elevation in the seeds that we make So How You Like That? [Hook] Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women (Déjà Vu) It's like a whole new beginning... [Verse 3] Escobar life, gems and raw Timbs Gators for pretty boy haters In Vegas with chicks trickin’ fortunes I'm glistenin', housing cops whistlin' Still I'm driftin' in a high, blunts is like insulin 95-I, I drive high, zonin' Stash box zone in my trunk, I flash knots, teeth golden Look at me now, Ma, blowin’, but how far? Cars, cash and bitches got me out more And things you never dreamed I could vouch for Snake niggas slither on they A-alikes I ain't a Christian, but I find that we pray alike Never the one to ask for the time to a saint A mask and nine, I think, will make my problems sink Down a canal, similar to how we drink Distinct diamond-flooded Sphinx shines on my links Drug money, snortin’ bitches, in the end of times Got my nine, 'til I flatline, nigga, gimme mine [Repeated outro] Déjà vu....
@@4ourbid in that case it sure would have been a hit, in this case it stays a kind of mysterious and nostalgic. Like a hidden gem for us Hiphop fans, just my humble opinion.
Haters in hip hop media have been hating Nas for outshining/outrapping their favorites when it comes to rap, so they have routinely tried to downplay and outright ignore his greatness for years. It’s a shame, because they could just promote the versatility of the artform by presenting songs like this to the masses…but here we are. Real ones know
Bro....as big of a Nas fan I am. I've never heard this joint. I feel like I unlocked a secret world or something. This shit is 🔥🔥🔥 honestly a top 100 song ever just from the first listen I get those vibes. Sheesh.
Bro...I’m with you...embarrassed to say it’s 2020 and I just got open...pre Illmatic heat. This beat is so dirty...reminds me of a rusty swing set swaying in the park
I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT THIS TRACK IN A INTERVIEW OR SOMETHING. I WANNA KNOW HIS MINDSET, THE HISTORY, WHAT HE WAS DOING IN THE STUDIO... EVERYTHING LOL...
@joey That was in an interview Nas was doing in response to not caring about Jim Jones trying to diss him. Nas was just mentioning a few names that would make him nervous like Pac,Big and even Canibus, and how he would have to go all out if they were going to battle. But, that's something anyone would say about the great MS's that they respect.
Although this song is old, I remember listening to this on UA-cam in the college dorm room back in the fall of 2010 on a damp rainy, day. This beat suits those days. Nas' relaxed flow over a melancholy give me a nostalgia overload.
Lyrically Nas is one of the best rapper, if not the best in the hip-hop's history. He made hip-hop sound like poetry and story telling, the real hip-hop, I mean back when songs had meanings and relevant lyrics.
MuseR only the mainstream! in the underground there is more dope music being made than ever, it just doesnt get recognition bc the trash ass mumble rappers get pushed on us
This reminds me of riding the N train through Astoria staring out on the graffiti covered rooftops with the city in the background on a crispy Fall day in late October in 1995. Take me back to my youth in Queens.
This is that shit you listen to just to ease away from all the bullshit going on in life. Incredible song, Nas dropped gems of work and for people who are unaware need to catch up if y'all haven't.
Wow 4 years ago this song was only at 1,000 views now see it reach a million views is a wonderful feeling. Everything Nas says is still relevant in today's society. Truly a poet.
Yes.....and for me it's deeper...cos I bumped into this song when I am at a point in my life where I am actually experiencing a new beginning.. I believe the universe sent this song to me..
I commented on this two years ago and found my way back again! Every time I hear this track it gives me that mid 90s vibe and just makes me visualize an average Friday or Saturday night back in 94/95 when I was in High School listening to music on the late night flipping through the stations just watching TV. I miss simpler times like that!
There’s something about this photo .
poignant as hell, throw back to simpler times for Nas. Guy at the far right was Drawz, he passed away recently
It reminds me of hustlers in the projects, livin a dangerous life to survive. Each one is looking in a different direction to watch each other’s back
@@statiic88 it feels like the project is a type of concentration camp and they're plotting to escape. Everyone else felt comfortable in their misery.
Makes me think that they live in the underground. Conscious of the world around them. Spending their time rappin, hustlin, drinkin and smokin. This photo looks like they recently came up from the underground and are looking at the world. Society and how people live. Looks like they plottin something. Up to no good. Surviving in the ghetto. Remaining in the shadows..
Very powerful photo
if you know this song you've been blessed
real shit haha
real talk, i just found this and glad i did.
Minnesota agreed. His best Imo.
man your right..much respect to you ..God bless!
Salute
This hits different during Winters ❄️
yup...
Upper se delhi ki winters hoto baat hi alag h
For sure
faxs
This is the East Coast type Hip-hop, it’s cold like the weather
Nas really made one of the greatest hip hop songs without even releasing it
Very astute observation, smh.
his one verse is on verbal intercourse from only built 4 cuban lynx
Shut up dude u said nba youngboy was the greatest
@@AngelGuerratherealme bro what☠️☠️
@@MalukuCadyyyyy U SAID NBA YOUNGBOY WAS BETTER THAN NAS
Do you guys ever hear a song that you haven't heard in a long time and once you hear it again you get rushed by a ton of memories, little glimpses of your past again?
Angel yeah, its weird.. sometimes i get deja vu by songs that are similiar to the songs in my playlist
yeah and it's even weirder when the song is called deja vu
Yes and this song is the trigger🔥💯💯💯
New artist
It's called nostalgia
This song sounds like a memory..
Memories that keep appearing in your mind everytime u listen
Realest comment on here
Deja vu
This video exists since 2010 in youtube bro ... you are late to comment 😕
Its not a memory its deja vu 😂
Personal opinion, but I feel as if Nas, especially early Nas, is the greatest MC to ever touch the mic. I love BIG, Big L, Mobb Deep, Scarface, Masta Ace, all of em. Nas just gives me that raw emotion in almost every song. I find myself breaking down his lyrics as if studying poems. Like an onion going deeper layer by layer and becoming more fascinated with each new thought learned. Truly beautiful.
Yup, for real man!
he's been in the studio lately and it's been a blessing
Kendrick bro,Nas second though
@@jayyy1677 you got it all wrong.
@@jayyy1677 why would you even say that? You know you're not going to change his mind with that. What's the point of saying it?
We take for granted how effortlessly Nas makes conversational rap. The complexity of the rhymes while still being coherent in the narrative he’s creating is what separates him from the rest.
thats why Em will nvr be better Nas...idc if he rhyme more words a bar then Nas...he cant touch my hurt when he raps he just makes me laugh
@@anatorres-ym8ke em got some heart touching songs though . I like Nas ability to paint a picture better than Em though
@@anatorres-ym8ke I don’t know one Eminem song that I like. His voice, choice of beats and cadence is irritating. Em don have a song like this in his catalogue.
@@anatorres-ym8ke Exactly
Major in philosophy bro
ashamed to admit that this is the first time I'm listening to this...
me too my friend
Rakim Sajero Me too
get your self together
WHat! get off that trap music!
Finding a new Nas track is the best, still waiting on the album drop
2 Soldiers guarding the young General
Epic statement
Well said
2 Soldiers guarding 'The G.O.A.T'
@TmacDaFuckingGreat 2pac is a fake gangster lol dude was dancing around in a tutu before all of that lifestyle
If Nas isn’t in your top 5 lyrically, you need to keep listening
I am curious what other rapper can come close to him
Maybe?
Kendrick lamar and J cole
@@kashifreza1993 Jay electronica
@@kashifreza1993 MF DOOM , andre , assop rock , black thought
@@kashifreza1993 j cole isnt an amazing lyricist
Kdot is tho but doesn’t beat nas
@@kashifreza1993 kool g rap and AZ. also GZA
Labeling Nas as a "rapper" is an insult. This man is a poet.
There was a time all big rappers were poets now if you can say words to a nice beat you are a artist
That's an arbitrary distinction you came up with based on respectability politics... everyone who upvoted you is misguided
@@vimbeezles nigga what are you talking about look at island boys lil pump yeat six nine coi leiray misguided my ass
@@vimbeezlesok
bro was sleeping all this time, this video is from 2010
nasir always with the grime
dante still a rapper doe
Dope comment
He's top 3 of all time
@@bawona Nope, He is not a rapper, he is an "MC"...there is a difference.
Nope he's half man half Amazing
Can we all admit he's literally the greatest rapper alive 😤
Kyran Lance Yee one of the best but I think big l was the best to do it even nas said he couldn't compete with him to bad he was so underrated
Jeru the Damaja and Chino XL are breathing,so I refuse to call Nas the greatest.
@@bereal2479 lol chino xl is shit, Jeru is a G, but people like Big L, OC, Xzibit and Nas are far more lyrical
Nerman ua-cam.com/video/XoF0xXjULe0/v-deo.html only idiot could say that Chino is shit, he would bash most so called mc's in lyrical battle. Nas, Xzibit,OC wont have power to handle Chino, now with Big L shit might get hard.
I take Chino over him. Personal performance.
The best MC of our time. Point blank.
My fav is big L, but I gotta say nas has to be the best
big L was killed before he dropped enough material to be considered a GOAT
i couldnt pick between them though they both have amazing styles
I have him second to Doom, then the mighty Mos Def
I have much more to study as a 19 year old.. but so far I haven't heard anything rap wise as abstract as Doom
Being high in the winter listening to this shi on my way to greatness is something I look forward to doin; y’all stay up mayne
YESIRRR BLESS UP‼‼
Fa sho
The 90s new york gangstar vibes are toooo big in this one ....
not really its much more relaxed than alot of G rap
BOOM BAP
gangster rap was west coast, don't like that stuff, east coast much better
@@aeryd4xx Check out west coasts underground it's much better the that gangster shit
this is East Coast underground street rap/hip hop , not exactly gangster, well somewhat
Lyrical genius. From 91-97, I never heard an emcee rap better than NaS, at his peak. That's just my factual opinion.
Maybe even '99, cuz he still was spitting crazy ass bars.
+jmaal2345 Nas aint got shit on Big L
+Anthony Paul Man please. He's way better than him. Nigga never dropped a classic.
Im a Nas fan dont get me wrong but Nas himself said . "Big L scared me to death When i heard that on tape I was scared to death I was like theres no way i can compete with this if this is what i gotta compete with" he said that on audio you aint know hip hop
+Anthony Paul Oh here we go, someone saying you don't know hip hop cos somebody said something. Big L isn't even top 10 ever. NIGGA DOESNT HAVE A CLASSIC. I don't give a damn what NaS says. He's better than Big L. Dude ain't even better than Ghostface, Raekwon, or Kool G Rap, lmao. L is more of a punchline battle rapper type of nigga. Stop trying to be different.
My friends Dont listen to Nas cause they cant comprehend his rhymes but at least i cud come on to UA-cam n chill with Fans Of Nas from different parts of the Globe.
you are a fucken idiot.
savagery lol
+GTD9002 your friends are a bunch of fucking mouth-breathing shitdicks
+GTD9002 Hell yeah I do the same.
same. None of my friends know Nas
calm and classic beat: ☑
Excellent lyrics: ☑
Poetry and storytelling: ☑
Fucking incredible. The first verse is from ‘Verbal Intercourse’ another classic; but I might actually prefer this.
@@fettywapsmissingeyehe used it on here first if you didnt know that
@@appieLolua-cam.com/video/GIRIPMEX9nM/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
The photo matches the song greatly
Always On lookout
I swear
Real
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Man I almost forgot what a real lyricist sounds like. As guilty as I feel saying it,to many people are giving Tupac the crown when the King is still out there. This is some real shit.
Stephen Granville 100%percent accurate
Stephen Granville 100% correct realist comment ever. Tupac was great don't get me wrong but we are still blessed with one of the greatest living lyricist ever PERIOD!!!
Even though Nas is very good, he's not even in the top 3, and in my opinion, he barely makes it to the top 10. Even though he's great, there is better than him.
I agree with you on that,I've heard rappers that were deeper,more charismatic and just all around more interesting,but the rappers that are "up there" like Nas,Tupac,Biggie,Snoop Dogg etc,the classic hall of fame rappers Nas is about the best. I mean if we get real technical we could start talking about all the rappers that cant even rap like lil dicky lol. That would just be a disgrace though,and illmatic is a staple in hip hop history.
Ben Spahiu ...whos your number 1?
1:40
*Nas is the perfect combination between rhyme and coherence.*
Poets can paint vivid images without rhymes, and rappers can rhyme so much that they sacrifice meaning and narrative structure.
And then there’s Nas.
perfectly said
No doubt
Exactly this
100% but poetry also needs meter, the way he floats on that beat is majestic.
THANK YOU now I felt the "miracles never leave the churches" line 🤯
When you listen to Nas you realize how ahead of his time he was, these flows are what people hear today and call it a good verse and this man’s been doing it for 30 years straight
i imagine myself in new york city walking on the sidewalk on a snowy day listening to this
Perfect image for this song. Definitely some NYC winter time shit
With a glock packed and a fat blunt too...
I'm listening to this walking in a sidewalk in Algiers, it's dark and cloudy with a light rain, not a g funk day
Shadow of Despair me too bro 😧😧
A lot of his music does this shit to me
"But miracles never leave the churches, instead it hits the pockets of the preacher just to purchase a house with a swimming pool, labels ME a sinning fool, I'm just a ni**a who inherited a winning jewel." Are you kidding me?? Those bars right there makes it SO hard to not rewind this song
what album is this from?
ZigChron9000 It's pre-Illmatic, Nas re-released the songs actually, you can find them under "Nasty Nas Demo Tape"
My favorite part of the song besides that immaculate first verse! 🐐
* a rented jewel
Simply the greatest rapper of all time.
That’s a valid opinion to hold tbfh
I don’t have a set top 5 but I know for me, Nas is the best. That nigga was a rap samurai at one point. Literally perfect
There is no doubt in my mind bro. Nas is a walking legend. Best among the best.
@Mike Paras true man, all these west coast lady boys dont know shit about east coast, east coast is where rap was born
@Mike Paras Because pacs wasn’t getting credit or relevancy when he had with the complex lyrics like he did in his earlier days.... Nas can’t touch pac
a hidden gem from Nas
Nice to see you here
amazing music taste
Yes
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this is literally the best song i've heard
This beat bro just hits different
Hey listen to nas shootouts izzamuzzic remix you will not regret it bro
@@adrielalemangrenz7414 just heard it bro its fire
Fuck a Grammy, Nas has been the greatest.
What album?
@@ogu. eyyy I'm glad bro!
One of Nas's best tracks that most people dont even know.
it still doesn't make sense to me how some of the most underrated stuff is better than anything that plays on the radio
+WOODY 187 I know right
Because he never released it on his album
@@RyanRCano Realesed on album or not, This song is will always be a classic
Like his 94 classic One on One from the Street Fighter soundtrack. Incredibly ill.
This song is DEEP! The second verse is possibly some of the greatest lyrics I have ever heard.
ua-cam.com/video/oPeRqeORF80/v-deo.html
Faccs
ua-cam.com/video/GIRIPMEX9nM/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
This is possibly the best thing UA-cam has ever recommended to me.
dope shit🔥🔥
In my opinion, the greatest rap song ever
NaS and AZ were like Coffee and Tea. You had one of them that you liked a little more than the other.
"Time is illmatic, keep Static like wool fabric" ✌️
Pack a 4 matic that cracks yo whole cabbage
@Jmatac999 Not yet broda, I've been deep into Japanese Rap lately, so i been Outta the loop for a good while.
I missed AZ a lot man. It's definitely gonna be fire 🔥
Nas wrote this before he was 20 years old.
Think about that for a minute.
Well I mean, I've written some insane shit since I was 12 and I just turned 20. But then again, this is Nas, and I'm not Nas haha.
I did think about it though, and my fucking head hurts now
I thought about and the reason is because his a legend
No, he written this during the production of It was Written. So it had to be in 1995, when he was 21 turning 22.
Musashi Miyamoto no the beat was made in 1995, he wrote it in ‘91 I’m sure of.
Cerwercker
No, Deja Vu was confirmed to be made during the development of It was Written along with Everything is Real, Understanding and Life is a Dice Game but were later scrapped.
The only songs that were Pre-Illmatic (1991-1992) were Nas Will Prevail, On The Real and Just Another Day In The Projects.
this photo literally defines the 90’s , so ill
Facts
Big facts 🔥💀🤟😈💪😳
ua-cam.com/video/oPeRqeORF80/v-deo.html
Real
The beat is timeless
Jason Blade the beat is the absolute ONE and Nas murders IT !!!
Jason Blade how this was only good enough for "pre-illmatic" pretty much sums up nas's talent
It's trademark 90s. timeless means you can't categorize it which you can with this beat.
Jason Blade it’s actually not the real beat this songs from a Raekwon song “verbal intercourse”
Alluviale Daempfer timeless means to withstand the test of time, therefore, it is timeless.
This isn’t a happy song or a sad song.. this song is REAL and that’s why I love it.. whenever I need something to relate to and feel less alone I play this song right here..
ua-cam.com/video/oPeRqeORF80/v-deo.html
YES. I DEEPLY FEEL THE SAME.
Wow...I can't believe this song has *5.7 million views.* That's crazy. I thought this song was hella obscure and unknown when I first found it several years ago. It's beautiful to see that there's still people who appreciate real hip hop as much as I do
6-7 years before : 700k
I played this joint like 300,000 times since I found the best quality version
It randomly popped up in ppl recommendations
word up
I can vouch for a lot of those personally 💯
Mannn I lived in Boston for a year and I would play this song everyday in the winter going home on the T
Such a bumpin old school vibe
Ciera B it is, i love it
+Ciera B wtf lol you here?
+Ciera B ur hot
moewishaw She is banging hot, isn't she?
+Ciera B He doesn't wanna reply back :'(
[Verse 1]
Through the lights, cameras and action, glamour, glitters and gold
I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe
When I'm deceased, by then the beast arise like yeast
To conquer peace, leavin' savages to roam in the streets
Live on the run, police payin' me to give in my gun
Trick my wisdom with the system that imprisons my son
Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat, nonchalantly
I'm raunchy, but things I do is real, it never haunts me
While, funny style niggas roll in the pile
Rooster heads profile on a bus to Rikers Isle
Holdin’ weed inside they pussy
With they minds on the pretty things in life
Gettin' props is a true thug's wife
It's like a cycle, niggas come home, some'll go in
Do a bullet, come back and do the same shit again
From the womb to the tomb, I presume the unpredictable
Gun salute life rapidly, that's the ritual
[Hook]
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
[Verse 2]
Blunts, thugs and alcohol; what a mixture
Just picture, your life as a whole judged in court, they convict ya
They tellin' you your state of mind like you worthless
So he curses, his mom sayin' Bible verses, that's all she works with
But miracles never leave the churches
Instead, it hits the pockets of the preacher just to purchase
A house with a swimming pool, labels me a sinnin' fool
I'm just a nigga who inherited a winnin' jewel
To be a trendsetter, whenever subject to
Respect this and all respect due is the essential
To street life, hustlin’, the struggle, broke ghettos
Boilin' coke settles slow inside a glass kettle
Darren Levy on my TV, lifestyles of livin' easy
Got my crew tense, plottin’ up gyps to get whips with BB's
Pushin' cakes, knew anorexics with ten plates
Celebratin' elevation in the seeds that we make
So How You Like That?
[Hook]
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
Here's a toast to my foes, trees & women
(Déjà Vu)
It's like a whole new beginning...
[Verse 3]
Escobar life, gems and raw Timbs
Gators for pretty boy haters
In Vegas with chicks trickin’ fortunes
I'm glistenin', housing cops whistlin'
Still I'm driftin' in a high, blunts is like insulin
95-I, I drive high, zonin'
Stash box zone in my trunk, I flash knots, teeth golden
Look at me now, Ma, blowin’, but how far?
Cars, cash and bitches got me out more
And things you never dreamed I could vouch for
Snake niggas slither on they A-alikes
I ain't a Christian, but I find that we pray alike
Never the one to ask for the time to a saint
A mask and nine, I think, will make my problems sink
Down a canal, similar to how we drink
Distinct diamond-flooded Sphinx shines on my links
Drug money, snortin’ bitches, in the end of times
Got my nine, 'til I flatline, nigga, gimme mine
[Repeated outro]
Déjà vu....
Imagine if he released this masterpiece.
Thanks
The chill element of this, depth, flow, and story woven into this beat is incredible
@@4ourbid in that case it sure would have been a hit, in this case it stays a kind of mysterious and nostalgic. Like a hidden gem for us Hiphop fans, just my humble opinion.
@@GreatCornholio69 your opinion is right in all ways.
Thanks universe. I’d forgotten about this. Nas captured magic on this one. Deja Vu is a perfect title.
“A house with a swimming pool, labels me a sinnin' fool” VERSE SO FIRE 🔥🔥 why is no one talking about this
One of the greatest verses
Haters in hip hop media have been hating Nas for outshining/outrapping their favorites when it comes to rap, so they have routinely tried to downplay and outright ignore his greatness for years. It’s a shame, because they could just promote the versatility of the artform by presenting songs like this to the masses…but here we are.
Real ones know
This is the greatest super lyrical and very underrated hiphop track of all time... Big respect.
Nikhil Yeram
😪😪😪
😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😪😏😏😏😏
Getting props is a true thugs wife
Rewind
Bro....as big of a Nas fan I am. I've never heard this joint. I feel like I unlocked a secret world or something. This shit is 🔥🔥🔥 honestly a top 100 song ever just from the first listen I get those vibes. Sheesh.
Yea I had so many Nas in my ipod back in high school but then I was like deja vu? I don't remember this lol
Bro I feel the same
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Productions
This is the greatest song in hip hop history
I’ve had it on repeat for 13years no cap
Bro...I’m with you...embarrassed to say it’s 2020 and I just got open...pre Illmatic heat. This beat is so dirty...reminds me of a rusty swing set swaying in the park
90s New York hip hop was just perfection
2Pacs and Nas Unrealsed songs are so good
one of the best nas songs and hard to find!
Is it on a album?
+Jasper yes his unreleased songs album
Where can you find this album?
it's not a album its a demo there isn't copies made for the people lucky its even on youtube
its 2 million views please dont act like you are crate diggin
You know Nas is the best of all time when his unreleased songs are better than all the billboard charters of the last 10 years.
Ok bro the video is 13 years old, where have you been all this time?
This song is Illmatic level but not just because of how good it is, but also because of how it reminds me of New York just like the rest of the album.
It sounds like it could have been on Illmatic
Yes I put this up there with NY State of Mind
@@TerranceSmithskies321 it's kinda on Cuban Linx
This photo screams NY 90’s
I miss it
Shad ap 🤦🏾♂️
This is one of the best tracks of all time. Hiphop in its purest form.
The first ten seconds of the first verse have so much meaning behind em it’s the craziest intro I’ve ever heard I love everything about it
That first verse is just magical. Every time I hear it I’m in awe. He just floats and paints a picture in these verses.
He used it on verbal intercourse with Raekwon
I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT THIS TRACK IN A INTERVIEW OR SOMETHING. I WANNA KNOW HIS MINDSET, THE HISTORY, WHAT HE WAS DOING IN THE STUDIO... EVERYTHING LOL...
I think that'll be hard for Nas since this song is a compilation of 3 different verses from 3 different songs
@@jordancooke5980what songs
You're not wrong. I'm a true Pac fan but love Nas too. Pac = Nas is 1A = 1B
too heavy for this century
The beat is so beautiful
"From the womb to the tomb, I presume the unpredictable. Gun salute, life, rap elite, thats the ritual."
DAMN DANIEL Cormier *guns salute life rapidly, that's the ritual
Rap elite ? Lol what
Lmao " rap elite " Idk why but that shit had me dying
i'm really happy that there are people listen to this masterpiece in 2023
word
2024...
Nas has such a big influence on my life ! Props from Germany !
Bruder den scheiss muss man einfach fühlen man der ist zu krass der Typ
+SEEKER gut dass es noch vernünftige leute gibt
+SEEKER danke dass ich nicht alleine bin man
The Avid Gamer Yeah. Philosophy is a big deal for me and Hitchens, even though he is no philosopher, is a big influence, yes.
+The Avid Gamer nas isnt dead
i'm a korean nas is always best top 5 rappers in korea
deja vu verse2 is fucking dope church line especially is best his lyrics,rhyme not to mention
Nas is a poetic god
Never been to the States, but this song's got a very New York - Christmas time feel to it.
listened to we major, found nas,now i listen to him on repeat
WWW
Him and Kanye the goat
@@jayson1013 kendrick is way better
@@ideac. Overatted asf😂. Media sh*t everywhere that that why kendrick was piss of Sh*t
NAS,BIG L,BIG PUN,BIGGIE! Fantastic four!
***** And Rakim, Kool G Rap, KRS-One :)
Big Daddy Kane?
Mike G and Big Daddy Kane I forgot it my bad
+Lamont Coleman Finally, someone who's head isn't up their ass
+Lamont Coleman Biggie would be 'Thing'
One of the best songs most have never heard
this is one of Nas's most viewed tracks on YT...so his die-hard fans know it at least.
One of his most underrated songs
I don’t think people really understand how deep that first verse was 2021 and this is still the mentality
That’s word!
truee
I don’t think they have a clue wtf kinda pure art this is
Classic track for those rainy days that makes you reminisce the good ol’ days. Nothing like the 90s 😩
This song is something..else.
The vibe is unreal.
He’ll never be irrelevant.. He is the essence, the blueprint
The Best
"From the womb to the tomb I presume the unpredictable".. I can't stop rapping back that bar lol
I could listen to this timeless classic all day.
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Dope
I’ve just listened like ten or more straight
When People say their are better lyricists than Nas I showed them this song we need to stop comparing krino to Nas
+Joey Macaroni but not greater than Nas people always wanna root for the underdog cause Nas is a much bigger legend and be blessed to have listened
+Joey Macaroni Not close there probably Better freestylers but as a poet or a storyteller or have complex rhyme schemes
***** stop it he put big pun or az and he held his own fuck cannibus
@joey That was in an interview Nas was doing in response to not caring about Jim Jones trying to diss him. Nas was just mentioning a few names that would make him nervous like Pac,Big and even Canibus, and how he would have to go all out if they were going to battle. But, that's something anyone would say about the great MS's that they respect.
Only people that are up there with Nas are Doom, GZA, Common, Rakim and maybe Mos, I consider Nas the goat
Tupac and Nas are the goats because they have the best unrealsed songs
I agree
They are 1A = 1B
This photo should be saved in NY history. It really gives an eerie feel to the grimey NY streets during that time, just like this song.
This beat gives me a feeling of nostalgia everytime i listen to it. What a timeless track 🔥🎤
47piiirates Real shit
Word
i feel like im walking in the new york streets during the winter
track is so good
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we will never here another rapper spit like Nas or any other 90s rapper
Joey Badass
FullyMatic NOEX
Shyne PO, if his voice gets better
FullyMatic LOL
FullyMatic LOL no...
Although this song is old, I remember listening to this on UA-cam in the college dorm room back in the fall of 2010 on a damp rainy, day. This beat suits those days. Nas' relaxed flow over a melancholy give me a nostalgia overload.
Lyrically Nas is one of the best rapper, if not the best in the hip-hop's history.
He made hip-hop sound like poetry and story telling, the real hip-hop, I mean back when songs had meanings and relevant lyrics.
The Last of a Dying Breed, the BEST
Nas is number 1 . Don't sleep on j cole he's nice as well
This perfectly encapsulates NY circa 92- 95.. I can actually feel that suspension in time.. That NY state of mind and aesthetic.
Yes. I felt that nostalgic off the beat and that 3rd verse just sealed it for me. Year 95....I can vivid remember the time in NYC omg
I ain't a Christian but I find we pray alike.. Facts
his flow was so sick
Nas sentences so potent, if your really dissecting and listening- can change your life.
facts
My favourite rapper all time. He helped me grew up as a man.
One of the most insane lyrical displays ever. This was my favorite version of Nas
all this new rap is trash compared to this. Nas is the goat. raw and lyrical as fuck.
MuseR agree Bro.
MuseR only the mainstream! in the underground there is more dope music being made than ever, it just doesnt get recognition bc the trash ass mumble rappers get pushed on us
Exactly
+NateShakur you better be either mumbling, fucking the same sex or gamgbangin if you wanna get put on nowadays
MuseR damn true asf. especially that ugly ass nicki song "black barbies" ??? wtf
This reminds me of riding the N train through Astoria staring out on the graffiti covered rooftops with the city in the background on a crispy Fall day in late October in 1995. Take me back to my youth in Queens.
dope u remember
This is that shit you listen to just to ease away from all the bullshit going on in life. Incredible song, Nas dropped gems of work and for people who are unaware need to catch up if y'all haven't.
Respect from TURKEY. This song is real old times feel
this song has such early morning vibes for me
Late night vibes for me
Why are you everywhere
*insert leonardo dicaprio pointing meme*
@@kashifreza1993 I can see that too
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This beat, Nas' flow, it's timeless. It's a classic. This is obvious.
Real😇
Simply the best!
Im a 20 year old latvian enjoying NAS, cheers to all NAS fans around the world!
Been coming back to this vid since 2012. Over, and over, and over again. Nas, my favourite rapper. The greatest of all time. Salute.
Wow 4 years ago this song was only at 1,000 views now see it reach a million views is a wonderful feeling. Everything Nas says is still relevant in today's society. Truly a poet.
U know a rapper is amazing when they made a song called deja vu and the first listen feels like you've been listening to it for years
Yes.....and for me it's deeper...cos I bumped into this song when I am at a point in my life where I am actually experiencing a new beginning..
I believe the universe sent this song to me..
I commented on this two years ago and found my way back again! Every time I hear this track it gives me that mid 90s vibe and just makes me visualize an average Friday or Saturday night back in 94/95 when I was in High School listening to music on the late night flipping through the stations just watching TV. I miss simpler times like that!
word me too
@luciousthomas6141 that’s what’s up g. ✌️
The beat and the melody is just...immaculate, masterful, original, CLASSIC!
If u know u know
To think this was his demo tape sheesh. Only 18/19 writing these words. The golden child for sure
This is project poetry. Reminds me of a cold rainy Saturday afternoon in the 90's getting blunted kicking knowledge with the homies 💯💯💪💪
Nas is the most lyrically creative rapper of all time