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got blades before they told stores
Warren as Nasir Jones he hit the rap
scene in the early 90s and changed it
for the better imagine everybody flashes
fashion designer clothes lacing you
clicked up with diamond gold welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 nas songs
hey shoot
he was swayed to a page in my Ron book
for this list we’ve chosen our entries
based on a combination of the artists
fan favorites and their most
commercially successful songs number 10
life’s a bitch who’s the fastest epistle
stat okay
this song is one of the best examples of
nas’s realistic portrayals of street
life crossed with the theme of hope
Chapas illmatic keeps that’d like the
old fabric 10th floor vatican yellow
cabbage
he rhymes passionately about the
unfairness and uncertainty of tomorrow
using it as a reason to explain why we
get hot nice a pig
you never know when you’re gonna go easy
further elevates nas’s message about
wanting a release from street life moles
believe it deep women even with some
added also to the day we inspire Tiger
maple speed my campus a piece of where’s
captain panty babies the songs beat has
a smooth jazz influence sound not
typical for early gangsta rap and this
sets nas apart from his contemporaries
life’s a bitch and then you die haha
love so bitch to dig it down
that’s why we get no not you ready ready
when you all bring number 9 nas is like
freedom a jail lineage inserted a baby’s
being born same time a man is murdered
the beginning and end as far as rap go
is only natural I explained my plateau
and also with the class my name was a
beautiful orchestral beef paired with
the scratching of a record in the
background nas chronicles his rise from
street rapper to king of the scene in
this single from I am and of course in a
yes so the letters the spell
a top 40 single on the Billboard Hot rap
and R&B hip-hop charts the song has been
praised for his lyrics including the
similes nas uses to illustrate how
prolific he is as a rapper I’m like
twist money corporate accounts from a
rich company of like ecstasy for ladies
I’m like all braces combined of one man
like igniting the self-proclaimed thug
poet likens himself to sex to a nympho
among other things while DJ premiers
producers touch completes the picture
you know what I’m like you’re playing in
your system every night number eight
made you look
now let’s get it all in perspective for
all y’all enjoyment a song like a step
with y’all appointed me to bring rap
justice but I ain’t borrowed god no it’s
not show this single has one of the most
recognizable beats
in rap history soldier survivors stay
laced in the best well dress with
Vanessa in the white team looking for
whitening but nas is a skilled enough MC
that it doesn’t overwhelm him
you know I click clack where you win
your men Zak do the Smurfs through the
white baseball bed Tom Mison point mage
elects chorus in which he brings some of
the nastiest disses to a page in my
round book getting big money playboy
your time’s up
wait up gangstas with a gong
he was swayed to a page in my Ron book
you a slave to a page in my rhyme book
nas further allows his wordplay to shine
through when he stops the beat and
closes out the song with his lyrics
thanks to its old-school approach the
gods son track is also a band favorite
yeah and I like a little sassiness a lot
of class mommy reaching your back past
the fifth I’m Aleta
at last as a dawn you’ve written my been
on my dick love our style number seven
ether ah put your soul like ether who
teach you the king you know you got our
son across the belly low improve you
lost the very self for the main event
yeah continuing his beef with jay-z NAS
proves that he’s the rightful king of
New York here who’s the best pot nothing
big
ain’t no best east west north south
flossed out greedy I am grace Shaw with
napalm little on ether he leaves no
stone unturned calling out Jay for being
fake and stealing from him as well as
Big E big E’s you man then you got the
nerve to say that you better than big
sucking lips won’t you let the late Rick
better than lid noises language is
violent graphic and deeply personal with
the rapper even insulting Jays
appearance no jail balls
Jigga no pies no case just Hawaiian
shirts hanging with little chase you a
band a phony or fake a pussy you stand I
stare with your ass you 36 in the karate
class the Stillmatic track came at a
crucial time in his career after many
believed that his best works were behind
him trying to kick this shit you need to
learn though that either that’s it to
make your soul burn slow and helped nas
make his comeback after the weak
reception of his previous record
Nostradamus Rockefeller died at age that
was the end of his chapter and that’s
the guy you’re chosen in your company
after put it together I rock cause y’all
Rockefellers
number six it ain’t hard to tell
they’ll go Micah’s contacted I attract
clientele my mic check his life of death
breathing the snipers breath featuring
samples from Michael Jackson cooling the
gang and more swapper like a Dominica
Luciana Alan and my army jacket line and
hit the earth like a comet it ain’t hard
to tell
features a unique East Coast and
hardcore hip-hop sound courtesy of NAS
and his producer Large Professor
lyrically it’s one of his strongest
efforts proving he can say so much in so
little time given Mike’s ministry cycle
streets disciple a rock beats does make
a trifle in fact his words have become a
hip-hop staple they’ve been sampled by
countless other rappers including Kanye
West and mob B toklas the squeeze clocks
and cheesie’s right though they need not
to sneak my poetry’s deep I never fell
now the strap should be locked in the
cell it ain’t hard the child number five
the message fake dog no love you get the
slug cb4 Gus stole your luck no I didn’t
know – I was drunk though freak it’s
played out give the eight out cross to
turn bitch about the cage shell while
nas gets his inspiration from many
different sources in the message he
samples himself taking lines from his
1994 track New York state of mind
throughout the rest of the song nas
chronicles the thugs life confronted I
was in the Jeep sunk in the c10 and we
he beats bumping across the street you
was wailing talking about how you ran to
Allen and 89 laying up planning all the
crazy shine drive-bys drug dealing and
being mistreated by the police nobody
take this fish before the cops come
then they came at to me my name I’ve got
stitched up and see it was written
single also serves as a diss track to
both Tupac and Biggie both of whom he
had a long-standing feud with though it
was only released as a single in France
it became and remains an underground hit
six pin here’s your world number four
one mic yo all I need is one might won’t
be one stage one person front my face on
the front page on this four and a half
minute tune nas brings it back to basics
and proves a great emcee only needs a
mic and something important to say for a
good song this is my hood I’m a rapper
to the depth of it to everybody
come on little
groan the rats don’t applause your goon
we need more water your song he raps
over a simplistic bass heavy beat the
transforms into the sound of sirens as
the beef bills sleeve it thickens with
doctors if you really think you ready to
fly with my power this is what now
meanwhile the lyrics contain strong
religious allusions with the rapper
comparing his life to Jesus Christ
and looking at the hard choices he’s
made to get off the streets I feel it in
my gut that we take these Jews to war
lying down because we stronger down my
people to tell me hitting the top 50 of
the Hot 100
it’s introspective reflective rap at its
best
all I need is one number three if I
ruled the world imagine that imagine
smokers in the street without cops
arrested imagine going to court with no
trial
life stabbed crews in blue Bahama waters
when you pair two of the most thoughtful
artists in hip-hop you get a standout
single like this one nas imagines a
world without racism hatred and poverty
so many here’s the depression make me
vision for better living type a place to
raise kids in a world where all are free
to pursue their dreams why is the whole
I’ll let the gold child seeing things
like I was controlling click rolling
tricking six digits on chips
his idealism paid off as it became his
first mainstream hit landing him a spot
within the top 60 of the Billboard Hot
100 as well as a Grammy nod for Best Rap
solo performance
number two the world is yours the world
is yours the world is yours there’s only
one word that can be used to describe
this song smooth I sit in the dumpy
watching Gandhi till I’m charged and
right in there my book arrives all the
words pass the margin with a relaxed
jazzy beat and the repetition of whose
world is this
I know four dead presidents cuz that
wasn’t me
the song creates an optimistic
atmosphere and message for his listeners
the world of jewel Matic track is easily
considered one of the best hip-hop songs
ever and has been sampled by many
artists including jay-z and Lil Wayne
and I’m amped up they like the champ off
even my poison man cuffs credit for it
inspired by the crime drama Scarface the
world is yours was a top 40 Billboard
Hot raps track to suppose that well
stash through the flock was burning
dollars to light my soul walk the blocks
with a buck checking Danes plus the
games people play plus the problems of
the world today before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions
I gave you Bauer I made you Brock Wow
how you like me now I’m gonna blow is
that shit that moves crowds making every
ghetto flower listen to Steve it sounded
like heavy metal fans spinnin records
back bunch of ac/dc I can dad jump out
the van back first back upstairs
take off the black shirt rockin rollin
fourth down represent to the pullers
take yourself to herb ice and bullet I
left my hat one hundred and you call
this Airy
he was my rhyming with push came to
shove my brothers were taught in some
quarters not saying that I sons a lesson
number one New York state of mind monkey
flippin when the fuck you in the fucking
chicken position in many competitions
this song pairs a heavy jazz-inspired
beat with gritty yet realistic content –
bullet holes that fit my peoples booted
up a street blow on nas’s – incredible
verses he boasts about his rapping
prowess and opens listeners up to the
true nature of life in New York’s
ghettos pillar the tragus
plant supporters pools without what
supporters though nas later cited
streets of New York by Kool G Rap as his
primary influence the final product is
something wholly original to NAS and one
of the rappers finest pieces do you
agree with our list
kachanov song is your favorite ROC dig
under pink lat quick for more can’t miss
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
got blades before they told stores
Warren as Nasir Jones he hit the rap
scene in the early 90s and changed it
for the better imagine everybody flashes
fashion designer clothes lacing you
clicked up with diamond gold welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 nas songs
hey shoot
he was swayed to a page in my Ron book
for this list we’ve chosen our entries
based on a combination of the artists
fan favorites and their most
commercially successful songs number 10
life’s a bitch who’s the fastest epistle
stat okay
this song is one of the best examples of
nas’s realistic portrayals of street
life crossed with the theme of hope
Chapas illmatic keeps that’d like the
old fabric 10th floor vatican yellow
cabbage
he rhymes passionately about the
unfairness and uncertainty of tomorrow
using it as a reason to explain why we
get hot nice a pig
you never know when you’re gonna go easy
further elevates nas’s message about
wanting a release from street life moles
believe it deep women even with some
added also to the day we inspire Tiger
maple speed my campus a piece of where’s
captain panty babies the songs beat has
a smooth jazz influence sound not
typical for early gangsta rap and this
sets nas apart from his contemporaries
life’s a bitch and then you die haha
love so bitch to dig it down
that’s why we get no not you ready ready
when you all bring number 9 nas is like
freedom a jail lineage inserted a baby’s
being born same time a man is murdered
the beginning and end as far as rap go
is only natural I explained my plateau
and also with the class my name was a
beautiful orchestral beef paired with
the scratching of a record in the
background nas chronicles his rise from
street rapper to king of the scene in
this single from I am and of course in a
yes so the letters the spell
a top 40 single on the Billboard Hot rap
and R&B hip-hop charts the song has been
praised for his lyrics including the
similes nas uses to illustrate how
prolific he is as a rapper I’m like
twist money corporate accounts from a
rich company of like ecstasy for ladies
I’m like all braces combined of one man
like igniting the self-proclaimed thug
poet likens himself to sex to a nympho
among other things while DJ premiers
producers touch completes the picture
you know what I’m like you’re playing in
your system every night number eight
made you look
now let’s get it all in perspective for
all y’all enjoyment a song like a step
with y’all appointed me to bring rap
justice but I ain’t borrowed god no it’s
not show this single has one of the most
recognizable beats
in rap history soldier survivors stay
laced in the best well dress with
Vanessa in the white team looking for
whitening but nas is a skilled enough MC
that it doesn’t overwhelm him
you know I click clack where you win
your men Zak do the Smurfs through the
white baseball bed Tom Mison point mage
elects chorus in which he brings some of
the nastiest disses to a page in my
round book getting big money playboy
your time’s up
wait up gangstas with a gong
he was swayed to a page in my Ron book
you a slave to a page in my rhyme book
nas further allows his wordplay to shine
through when he stops the beat and
closes out the song with his lyrics
thanks to its old-school approach the
gods son track is also a band favorite
yeah and I like a little sassiness a lot
of class mommy reaching your back past
the fifth I’m Aleta
at last as a dawn you’ve written my been
on my dick love our style number seven
ether ah put your soul like ether who
teach you the king you know you got our
son across the belly low improve you
lost the very self for the main event
yeah continuing his beef with jay-z NAS
proves that he’s the rightful king of
New York here who’s the best pot nothing
big
ain’t no best east west north south
flossed out greedy I am grace Shaw with
napalm little on ether he leaves no
stone unturned calling out Jay for being
fake and stealing from him as well as
Big E big E’s you man then you got the
nerve to say that you better than big
sucking lips won’t you let the late Rick
better than lid noises language is
violent graphic and deeply personal with
the rapper even insulting Jays
appearance no jail balls
Jigga no pies no case just Hawaiian
shirts hanging with little chase you a
band a phony or fake a pussy you stand I
stare with your ass you 36 in the karate
class the Stillmatic track came at a
crucial time in his career after many
believed that his best works were behind
him trying to kick this shit you need to
learn though that either that’s it to
make your soul burn slow and helped nas
make his comeback after the weak
reception of his previous record
Nostradamus Rockefeller died at age that
was the end of his chapter and that’s
the guy you’re chosen in your company
after put it together I rock cause y’all
Rockefellers
number six it ain’t hard to tell
they’ll go Micah’s contacted I attract
clientele my mic check his life of death
breathing the snipers breath featuring
samples from Michael Jackson cooling the
gang and more swapper like a Dominica
Luciana Alan and my army jacket line and
hit the earth like a comet it ain’t hard
to tell
features a unique East Coast and
hardcore hip-hop sound courtesy of NAS
and his producer Large Professor
lyrically it’s one of his strongest
efforts proving he can say so much in so
little time given Mike’s ministry cycle
streets disciple a rock beats does make
a trifle in fact his words have become a
hip-hop staple they’ve been sampled by
countless other rappers including Kanye
West and mob B toklas the squeeze clocks
and cheesie’s right though they need not
to sneak my poetry’s deep I never fell
now the strap should be locked in the
cell it ain’t hard the child number five
the message fake dog no love you get the
slug cb4 Gus stole your luck no I didn’t
know – I was drunk though freak it’s
played out give the eight out cross to
turn bitch about the cage shell while
nas gets his inspiration from many
different sources in the message he
samples himself taking lines from his
1994 track New York state of mind
throughout the rest of the song nas
chronicles the thugs life confronted I
was in the Jeep sunk in the c10 and we
he beats bumping across the street you
was wailing talking about how you ran to
Allen and 89 laying up planning all the
crazy shine drive-bys drug dealing and
being mistreated by the police nobody
take this fish before the cops come
then they came at to me my name I’ve got
stitched up and see it was written
single also serves as a diss track to
both Tupac and Biggie both of whom he
had a long-standing feud with though it
was only released as a single in France
it became and remains an underground hit
six pin here’s your world number four
one mic yo all I need is one might won’t
be one stage one person front my face on
the front page on this four and a half
minute tune nas brings it back to basics
and proves a great emcee only needs a
mic and something important to say for a
good song this is my hood I’m a rapper
to the depth of it to everybody
come on little
groan the rats don’t applause your goon
we need more water your song he raps
over a simplistic bass heavy beat the
transforms into the sound of sirens as
the beef bills sleeve it thickens with
doctors if you really think you ready to
fly with my power this is what now
meanwhile the lyrics contain strong
religious allusions with the rapper
comparing his life to Jesus Christ
and looking at the hard choices he’s
made to get off the streets I feel it in
my gut that we take these Jews to war
lying down because we stronger down my
people to tell me hitting the top 50 of
the Hot 100
it’s introspective reflective rap at its
best
all I need is one number three if I
ruled the world imagine that imagine
smokers in the street without cops
arrested imagine going to court with no
trial
life stabbed crews in blue Bahama waters
when you pair two of the most thoughtful
artists in hip-hop you get a standout
single like this one nas imagines a
world without racism hatred and poverty
so many here’s the depression make me
vision for better living type a place to
raise kids in a world where all are free
to pursue their dreams why is the whole
I’ll let the gold child seeing things
like I was controlling click rolling
tricking six digits on chips
his idealism paid off as it became his
first mainstream hit landing him a spot
within the top 60 of the Billboard Hot
100 as well as a Grammy nod for Best Rap
solo performance
number two the world is yours the world
is yours the world is yours there’s only
one word that can be used to describe
this song smooth I sit in the dumpy
watching Gandhi till I’m charged and
right in there my book arrives all the
words pass the margin with a relaxed
jazzy beat and the repetition of whose
world is this
I know four dead presidents cuz that
wasn’t me
the song creates an optimistic
atmosphere and message for his listeners
the world of jewel Matic track is easily
considered one of the best hip-hop songs
ever and has been sampled by many
artists including jay-z and Lil Wayne
and I’m amped up they like the champ off
even my poison man cuffs credit for it
inspired by the crime drama Scarface the
world is yours was a top 40 Billboard
Hot raps track to suppose that well
stash through the flock was burning
dollars to light my soul walk the blocks
with a buck checking Danes plus the
games people play plus the problems of
the world today before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions
I gave you Bauer I made you Brock Wow
how you like me now I’m gonna blow is
that shit that moves crowds making every
ghetto flower listen to Steve it sounded
like heavy metal fans spinnin records
back bunch of ac/dc I can dad jump out
the van back first back upstairs
take off the black shirt rockin rollin
fourth down represent to the pullers
take yourself to herb ice and bullet I
left my hat one hundred and you call
this Airy
he was my rhyming with push came to
shove my brothers were taught in some
quarters not saying that I sons a lesson
number one New York state of mind monkey
flippin when the fuck you in the fucking
chicken position in many competitions
this song pairs a heavy jazz-inspired
beat with gritty yet realistic content –
bullet holes that fit my peoples booted
up a street blow on nas’s – incredible
verses he boasts about his rapping
prowess and opens listeners up to the
true nature of life in New York’s
ghettos pillar the tragus
plant supporters pools without what
supporters though nas later cited
streets of New York by Kool G Rap as his
primary influence the final product is
something wholly original to NAS and one
of the rappers finest pieces do you
agree with our list
kachanov song is your favorite ROC dig
under pink lat quick for more can’t miss
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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