"SHOOTOUTS" by NAS is one of the BEST STORIES EVER TOLD ON WAX....best track on IWW

[KENNY DA COOKER]

great detail, even quite factual when he refrences 'Rambo" the infamous Narcotics officer from the NYPD:


Fiends get skinny as if Queens was a Craig Jenny
Instead of diet plans it's crack 200 grams
I pump a G-pack, peeping for where the D's at
It's slow, lookin' for Rambo, the cop who got grazed
Back in the days, chasin' nikkas through my project maze
That cop he got a death wish
He run behind nikkas until you breathless
Everyday he makin' ten arrests, sheeit
My n1gga check this, I know the b1tch he rest with

 

[infamous212]

damn we gonna have a thread for every song on that album now?

 

[AkaDemiK]

HipHop needs to make a shrine for this man. He has done way too much for this culture with his music.

 

[Neg Bundy]

love this song.

 

[KTD2]

Nas and Rae are probably the GOATs of storytelling.

 

[Family Man]

Good song. But no to both statements. Shootouts wasn't even the best storytelling track on IWW. That honor belongs to The Setup.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

This line always puts me thier!!!...so vivid........love the way he paints pictures:

I usually be holdin - 'specially this type of weekend
And everyone except for me had started reachin
They had gats in each others faces, with kids
and grandmothers around, Frank's only concern was his paper
My man Killa let off, half of them fake n1ggaz jet off
Police blitz quick, waitin for that to set off
Runnin from static, it got me mad cause they a bunch of fhaggots
Startin sh1t in my hood, I can't have it

 

[MrWillyWanker]

god his delivery on this song was amazing. he just went IN

 

[JulesWinfield]

great detail, even quite factual when he refrences 'Rambo" the infamous Narcotics officer from the NYPD:


Fiends get skinny as if Queens was a Craig Jenny
Instead of diet plans it's crack 200 grams
I pump a G-pack, peeping for where the D's at
It's slow, lookin' for Rambo, the cop who got grazed
Back in the days, chasin' nikkas through my project maze
That cop he got a death wish
He run behind nikkas until you breathless
Everyday he makin' ten arrests, sheeit
My n1gga check this, I know the b1tch he rest with

Nas - Shootouts - YouTube

are you ceejames breh?