Nas Is Like chords by Nas

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's being born
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Same time a man is murdered—the beginning and end
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As far as rap go, it's only natural I explain
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My plateau, and also, what defines my name
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First it was Nasty, but times have changed
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Ask me now, I'm the artist, but hardcore, my sign is for pain
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I spent time in the game, kept my mind on fame
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Saw fiends shoot up and do lines of cocaine
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Saw my close friends shot, flatline, am I sane?
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That depends, carry MAC-10's to practice my aim
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On rooftops, tape CD covers to trees
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Line the barrel up with your weak picture then squeeze
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Street scriptures for lost souls, in the crossroads
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To the corner thugs hustling for cars that cost dough
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To the big dogs living large, taking in light
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Pushing big toys, getting nice, enjoying your life
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It's what you make it, suicide, few try to take it
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Belt tied around their neck in jail cells naked
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Heaven and Hell, rap 🏷Legend, presence is felt
N.C.
And of course N-A-S are the letters that spell - NAS, NAS

Scratched Hook:
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"Nas is like" "life or death"
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"I'm a rebel"
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"My poetry's deep, I never fell"
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"Nas is like" "Nas is like"
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"Half man half amazing"
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"No doubt"

Verse 2:
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"Nas is like…" Earth, Wind & Fire, rims and tires
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Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver
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Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars
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Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas
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"Nas is like…" Iron Mike, messiah type
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Before the Christ, after the death
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The last one left, let my cash invest in stock
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Came a long way from blastin' TEC's on blocks
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Went from Seiko to Rolex, owning acres
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From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough
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Dimes giving fellatio, siete zeros
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Bet my 9 spit for the pesos, but what's it all worth?
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Can't take it with you under this earth
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Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked
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They just rob your grave, I'd rather be alive and paid
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Before my number's called, history's made
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Some'll fall, but I rise, thug or die
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Making choices that determine my future under the sky
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To rob, steal or kill, I'm wondering why
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It's a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame?
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Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite
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Sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is

Scratched Hook:
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"Nas is like" "life or death"
F# minorF#m
"I'm a rebel"
G# minorG#m             E MajorE
"My poetry's deep, I never fell"
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"Nas is like" "Nas is like"
F# minorF#m
"Half man half amazing"
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
"No doubt"

Verse 3:
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"Nas is like…" Sex to a nympho, but nothing sweet
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I'm like beef, bustin' heat through your windows
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I'm like a street sweeper, green leaf breather
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Like Greeks in Egypt
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Learning something deep from they teachers
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I'm like crime, like your 9, your man you would die for
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Always got you, I’m like Pac dude you would cry for
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I'm like a whole lot of loot, I'm like crisp money
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Corporate accounts from a rich company
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I'm like ecstasy for ladies, I'm like all races
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Combined in one man; like the '99 Summer Jam
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Bulletproof Hummer man
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I'm like being locked down around new faces
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And none of 'em fam
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I'm the feeling of a millionaire spending a hundred grand
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I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet
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Live it and I write down and I watch it blow up
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Y'all know what I'm like
N.C.
Y'all play it your system every night, now…

Scratched Hook:
A augmentedA
"Nas is like" "life or death"
F# minorF#m
"I'm a rebel"
G# minorG#m             E MajorE
"My poetry's deep, I never fell"
A augmentedA
"Nas is like" "Nas is like"
F# minorF#m
"Half man half amazing"
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m