The brilliance of Nas' verse on Life's A bytch

[MewTwo]

This reminds me of the verse Jay Z tried to come back at Eminem with. Nas's verse on 'life's a bytch' really did seem like he was trying to outclass AZ after he murder the track.

I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles
Pockets filled with a lot of lint, not a cent
Gotta vent, lot of innocent lives lost on the project bench
Whatchu hollering, gotta pay rent, bring dollars in
By the bodega,iron under my coat, feeling braver
Durag wrapping my waves up, pockets full of hope
Do not step to me, I'm awkward, I box lefty
An orphan my pops left me,and often, my momma wasn't home
Could not stress to me I wasn't grown,especially on nights
I brought something home to quiet the stomach rumblings
My demeanor, thirty years my senior
My childhood didn't mean much, only raising green up
Raising my fingers to critics
Raising my head to the sky B.I.G. I did it, multi before I die
No lie, just know I chose my own fate
I drove by the fork in the road and went straight

 

[blazn101]

Runs into a Nas appreciation bread ad the first thing you think of is Jay Z


at all the smileys tryna make the verse better than what it actually is.

 

[Smokin Rider]

Nas has been and always will be elite with his pen game. But Prodigy in the 90s was better.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

As opposed to JayZ being just dumb :JJ: How is the half man/half mammal :JJ:

Don't even ask me how.

 

[Goatpoacher]

Don't even ask me how.

He found those bricks

 

[JayBaldacci]

Nas has been and always will be elite with his pen game. But Prodigy in the 90s was better.

Not at all. Just better beats and voice.

 

[Smokin Rider]

Not at all. Just better beats and voice.

His words created a visual in my head more so than Nas did. Both are great but I'd take 90s prodigy over Nas

 

[AkaDemiK]

I will never understand how anybody considers Jay z in the same league as Nas

it literally makes no type of sens at all....pen games are light years apart

 

[JayBaldacci]

His words created a visual in my head more so than Nas did. Both are great but I'd take 90s prodigy over Nas

That's cool. Thats mostly do to havoc's production and his hard new york voice though.

 

[intilectual recipricol]

Any verse on RD shyts on naS whole catalog lyrically.

Nacho cheese, I'm Castro

 

[Redwood]

And I just finished listening to this. fukking beautiful

 

[IslandG]

Always liked these remixes

 

[Blackrogue]

I really loved elzhi remake of illmatic album


Dude mastered nas' flow

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I really loved elzhi remake of illmatic album


Dude mastered nas' flow

I still bump this album from time to time. He really did illmatic justice

 

[pointproven214]

Any verse on RD shyts on naS whole catalog lyrically.

Nacho cheese, I'm Castro

i miss u ir how u been