Album Intro

[Produced by Nas & Trackmasters] *Yee-hah's and whips cracking in background* -Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee Nas:Mmmhmm. Damn, man -I can't take it man Nas:Sho' can't -You think this is gonna eva' change? Nas:Man, damn this place, man! Damn these chains! These damn Chitlins every damn night -This cotton Nas:Shit! -I can't take it man Nas:Harriett done left the night befo'. It's time we go Ain't no place for black folk here. Man, promise land callin' Me man -It's callin' me too Nas:It's time we go -Yeah, I'm wichou! Nas:Hey man, hey damn these chains, man. Damn you master, you Ain't my master, man! *Sounds of punching and bumping* Nas:You ain't nothin', you ain't nothin -Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna Have ourselves a hangin' tonight! Nas:Nineteen-ninety-six! Back up in this nigga The right way, though, you know? -Double-tre son, you know ain't nothin' Coincedental or accidental, son Nas:No doubt! -You know how it's goin' down, man Nas:It was all written -No question, I'm sayin' man, I mean, how we playin' man You know what I'm sayin', they dealt us in, son They playin' with a fifty-four deck, you see with the Jokers in and everything, you know what I'm saying? Nas:Son, I'm playin' with the fifty-two -You wanna stress on how I used to play, that's how I play Nas:But, yo, they takin' us into this next millenium, right now -I'm sayin' law, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta lay the law Cause without law ain't no order, you know what I'm sayin' That's why these cats are slippin' Through, you know what I'm sayin? They got the rules missin' Though Nas:True -Yo, word up, though, you know what I mean? Nas:Son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son -Yeah, you see that they look Monopoly money, right? Nas:Word, with the big ass face on it -Yo, what I'm sayin', we see through all that, though You know what I'm sayin? Nas:No question -All eyes seein', son, you know we real Nas:Yo, no doubt. In the Qu'ran it says Nas, the men Nesa's the woman, you know? It was written