Lyrics:
Nas Pre Illmatic

little love and understanding Nas- 850 Tempo but rugged like a Pinto Chop shop hip-hop, burning block intro High priests release voodoo, deja vu and this taboo Illmatic

Intro: Nas and Large Professor Yeah, it's Illmatic (yeah) It's Illmatic (yeah!) It's Illmatic, huh (yeah kick that shit) [LP] One time 4 your mind,

: [Nas] Low profile, rap style, slick as Nu Nile Give the crew pounds everytime we cover new grounds Still surviving but there's a few down, back in

and coppers Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctors IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU READY TO DIE, WITH NINES OUT THIS IS WHAT NAS IS BOUT

and use my brain Generate pain, penetrate your vein Move like a maniac, Nas is nice son Talk to your concience and hit like Tyson No competition, cause I cause wonders Nas

I've seen niggaz tied up Handcuffed and ????, cold crisis is live when drugs supply driver The Millenium drives up, rimes and my blinds ya eyes temporarily Nas

you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die [-- chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end] [Verse Two: Nas] I woke

Intro: Nas and Large Professor Yeah, it's Illmatic (yeah) It's Illmatic (yeah!) It's Illmatic, huh (yeah kick that shit) [LP] One time 4 your mind

[Nas] Low profile, rap style, slick as Nu Nile Give the crew pounds everytime we cover new grounds Still surviving but there's a few down, back in the