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[ar:Nas]
[ti:Star Wars]
[al:Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Edition]
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[00:01.35]Yeah, yeah, yo, yeah, yeah
[00:10.83]For niggaz up in they mom's crib listenin
[00:13.35]To this unadulterated Nas shit, wishin it was then instead of
[00:16.76]Me on this track on this beach with palm trees
[00:19.08]Drinks with umbrella straws telling it raw
[00:21.25]Jungle of concrete, killers and snakes, I was amongst that
[00:24.38]Bundles of crack through this funnel that's black
[00:26.53]I want you to vision through my telescope, see the hell I wrote
[00:29.43]It's Reynolds when I Wrap it like a envelope package
[00:32.00]And they was into dope back then
[00:33.78]Numbers, pimpin and robbin, well they still robbin and pimpin
[00:37.41]But it's small change compare to hip hoppin
[00:39.38]And did I mention millions because of lip poppin
[00:41.73]Trips, expensive gift shoppin, whip drivin
[00:44.53]Benzes, Jeeps, see, them and they bitch got one, it's shockin
[00:47.83]You thinkin naw it's just rhymin
[00:49.61]But all this time it's like organized crimin
[00:52.06]For instance, there was a time when there was a line between streets and business
[00:55.62]But now peep how it's mixed in
[00:57.20]The beef is now sickenin, everybody got paper
[00:59.96]Words of power, because of it the cops hate ya
[01:02.60]The government watchin all of those who thuggin it
[01:05.32]They wanna lock us up cause they kids are lovin it
[01:07.45]Not knowin that most rappers are straight ass
[01:09.99]The shots ring out, whenever we clash it's Star Wars
[01:16.80]We call it Star Wars
[01:20.17]What happens when the shots ring out, it's called Star Wars
[01:26.78]We call it Star Wars
[01:33.15]Caviar never, I rather the Cajun blacken
[01:36.07]Catfish no snails simple nigga to please
[01:38.65]Met a bad bitch dimples in her cheeks
[01:40.41]She remembers Busy B battles when it was peace
[01:43.05]Caught myself driftin in thought, cause now it's different I thought
[01:46.22]Niggaz was raised off the shit I record
[01:48.19]Like I was brought up off that Planet Rock
[01:49.91]Kurtis Blow, James Todd Smith, Shannon Scott, LaRock in the jams
[01:53.49]Why would they fuck with a don, Jehovah witness
[01:56.02]Him and his co-defendants, I eat 'em like Lucky Charms
[01:58.46]With two percent low fat milk, five percent pro black built
[02:01.99]It's nothin mother had a motherfuck him
[02:03.94]I don't think about it niggaz talkin there's a lot of gossip
[02:06.47]That I'm a prophet or I can't go back to my projects
[02:09.10]Can I? Does a plant grow from a pot, yes
[02:11.47]Do trees grow from a forest, MC's y'all are clitoris
[02:14.20]Y'all niggaz roll with any click that's winnin any crew
[02:16.72]Doin whatever's trendy, even envy me too
[02:19.27]Ain't enough room in this town
[02:20.81]What is beef between ghetto word spitters with crowns, Star Wars
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[02:38.28]Cause this is Star Wars
[02:32.15]Shots ring out everywhere, Star Wars
[02:38.53]Cause this is Star Wars
[02:41.51]Shots ring out
[02:44.11]This ain't no Oscars or MTV or Joan Rivers fashion police
[02:47.71]Not what you read in tabloid seats
[02:49.52]These are MC's that live by the code, it's hard for me to spit it
[02:52.45]Because the game was supposed to be sold we live it
[02:54.95]Came from the streets we the voice of the youth
[02:57.17]America's nightmare was given a mic booth
[02:59.68]Nike boots, leathers and jean, jewelry, cribs and cars
[03:02.65]Rappers not dependin on your nine to five jobs
[03:04.82]Entertainment, this is our world this is our language
[03:07.67]Different regions speakin east and west gang shit
[03:10.14]You got your positive shit like, Common Sense
[03:12.48]But even he had drama with the Don Mega Cube
[03:15.16]Acknowledge the words get twisted at times it's rules
[03:17.61]What you think is different from the block whenever we feud
[03:20.13]Fuck your pictures and your plaques your tours and autographs
[03:22.73]Don't trust bitches and niggaz who tell you your all of that
[03:25.19]Cause, they'll be in your enemies face, sayin it's safe
[03:28.12]To run in your release party sprayin the place
[03:30.20]Or catch you when you least on point, putting your keys in the door
[03:33.51]Behind you with your seeds in Kay Bee Toys store
[03:35.40]Maybe the words get disrespectful now your niggaz check you
[03:38.01]You 'gon let that nigga play you, you know we 'gon rep you
[03:40.73]Next mornin every news channel and front page
[03:43.25]Headlines another rapper was slayed, this is Star Wars
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