Mastermind - Nas
Uh uh, uh uh, uh uh A Mastermind Sees it coming before it comes A Mastermind Before he go to war he counts his one A Mastermind Everything planned out perfect In case y'all niggaz got to get murdered A Mastermind Sleeps at night, real easy A Mastermind 'Cause everything he does is by the book A Mastermind Never do a thing irrational Lives forever, these tales are classical Velvet bow ties, bulletproofs in the tux, when I roll by In the car similar to a saunas, in my diamonds And my principal is to study drama Look what happened in Manhattan A couple of years ago, when guns started clappin' Two of my dogs fell, two of my niggaz ran They was armatures in beef with a grown man It taught me the lessons of how the strong stand And how the weak, end up in a coffin Play cool, that's the old school rule, man Keep your ears to the street, y'all never lose man Make your enemies believe there's love there 'Cause in war, belief is all fair Rock them to sleep, shots in your jeep And you ain't never know the plot was from me It's from my Masterminds A Mastermind Sees it coming before it comes A Mastermind Before he go to war he counts his one A Mastermind Everything planned out perfect In case y'all niggaz got to get murdered A Mastermind Sleeps at night, real easy A Mastermind 'Cause everything he does is by the book A Mastermind Never do a thing irrational Lives forever, these tales are classical It ain't a game it's the life Think it's a game, you layin' And I'm nice on that black stone merlo Toast to my hero Nat Turner Whether below zero, gave the keys to Kelis Whispered in her earlobe, drive on 'Cause she the wife and they the freaks The underneath my girl caliber They smiled at her and said, "Goodbye" With niggaz who thug or die, they wild as us My bodyguards are my Denali trucks Knownin' that I'm surrounded by OG's That I don't really get down with They got a separate table for their freaks bought them drinks So we could talk man-to-man so real niggaz could link I knew, they kill hos too like Rae Carruth They used to spray troops, now they managing groups The main nigga Sunny had big money since '82 Had two of my dogs whacked, nothing I could do That was back when I had no crew, I switch that Now I'm strong with niggaz who felt Sunny was wrong My money's long his money is weak, he's losing sleep Trying to feel me out, to see what it's gonna be But I'm a Mastermind A Mastermind Sees it coming before it comes A Mastermind Before he go to war he counts his one A Mastermind Everything planned out perfect In case y'all niggaz got to get murdered A Mastermind Sleeps at night, real easy A Mastermind 'Cause everything he does is by the book A Mastermind Never do a thing irrational Lives forever, these tales are classical I live a clean life, I don't even steal cable I speak for myself, my niggaz will slay you Lucky us, this rap done worked out fine FED's, check me out, it's no dirt y'all find This King of New York shit only last 15 minutes Every nigga get burned, but it's what you did with it Niggas who brilliant, came in and killed it Made millions ever three months, new jury I'm low, smoking blueberry, with a ho Who know a few scary individuals Eerie as she gets into it Squares they into voodoo She says a Hail Mary and She says she knew who Would come and try to kill you too A Mastermind Sees it coming before it comes A Mastermind Before he go to war he counts his one A Mastermind Everything planned out perfect In case y'all niggaz got to get murdered A Mastermind Sleeps at night, real easy A Mastermind 'Cause everything he does is by the book A Mastermind Never do a thing irrational Lives forever, these tales are classical
Artist: Nas
Title: Mastermind