Nas - One Mic Lyrics
[speaking softly, gradually getting louder]One time.. yeah.. yeah..Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stageOne nigga front, my face on the front pageOnly if I had one gun, one girl and one cribOne God to show me how to do things his son didPure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed with151, one sipll make a nigga flipWritin names on my hollow tips, plottin shitMad violence who Im gon body, this hood politicsAckowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbagesSeeds watch us, grow up and try to follow usPolice watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin usOne knee I ducked, could it be my time is upBut my luck, I got up, the cop shot againBus stop glass bursts, a fiend drops his heinekenRichochetin between the spots that Im hidin inBlackin out as I shoot back, ***** gettin hit! [more sirens]This is my hood ima rep, to the death of ittil everybody come home, little niggaz is grownHoodrats, dont abortion your womb, we need more warriors soonSip from the star sun and the moonIn this life of police chases street sweepers and coppersStick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctorsIf you really think you ready to die, with nines outThis is what nas is bout, nigga the time is now![whispering again]Yo, all I need is one mic..All I need is one mic.. thats all I needAll I need is one mic.. all I need niggazAll I need is one mic.. yeah[gradually getting louder]All I need is one blunt, one page, and one penOne prayer - tell God forgive for one sinMatter fact maybe more than one, look backAt all the hatred against me, ***** alla themJesus died at age 33, theres thirty-three shotsFrom twin glocks theres sixteen apiece, thats thirty-twoWhich means, one of my guns was holdin 17Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into youEverybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeralNever gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocentNothin is fair, niggaz roll up, shootin from wheelchairsMy heart is racin, tastin revenge in the airI let the shit slide for too many years, too many timesNow Im strapped with a couple of macs, too many ninesIf yall niggaz really wit me get busy load up the semisDo more than just hold it explode the clip until you emptyTheres nothin in our way - they bust, we bust, they rust, we rustLed flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gutThat we take these *****es to war, lie em downCause we stronger now my nigga the time is now!![whispering again]All I need is one mic.. thats all I need, thats all I needAll I need is one mic.. theres nuttin else in the worldAll I need is one mic.. thats all a nigga need to do his thing yknowAll I need is one mic..[starting loud this time, getting quieter]All I need is one life, one try, one breath Im one manWhat I stand for speaks for itself, they dont understandOr wanna see me on top, too egotisticalTalkin all that slick shit, the same way these *****es doWonder what my secrets is, niggazll move on youOnly if they know, what your weakness is I have noneToo late to grab guns Im blastin cause Im a cool niggaThought I wouldnt have that ass done? fooled you niggazWhat you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashinWar gets deep, some beef is everlastinComplete with thick scars, brothers knifin each otherUp in prison yards, drama, where does it start?You know the block was ill as a youngsterEvery night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpsterFor real a hustler, purchased my range, niggaz throwin dirt on my nameJealous cause fiends got they work and complain*****es left me cause they thought I was finishedShoulda knew she wasnt true she came to me when her man caught a sentenceDiamonds are blindin, I never make the same mistakesMovin with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straightSwellin my melon cause none of these niggaz realHeard he was, tellin police, how can a kingpin squeal?This is crazy, Im on the right track Im finally foundYou need some soul searchin, the time is nowAll I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeahAll I need is one mic.. thats all I ever needed in this world, ***** cashAll I need is one mic.. ***** the cars, the jewelryAll I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world
