Mo’ Money, Mo’ Murder (Homicide)

[Part 1] [Intro] We'd be bigger than the Jews, bigger than the Irish You can run the whole fucking country You could be the next John D. Rockerfeller Nobody noticed us, nobody gave a shit But the bigger we get The more we're taking from other people [Verse 1: Nas] Yo, in a mahogany, black scenery That was lightning and rain drops I'm tied up in a basement cocaine spot like Bangkok I'm blindfold, Vietnam type mind control, this torture His accent sounds like the rarest culture Asking me, my atrophy stabbing me gradually Says his attribute was Satanic, masonic, ironic I felt reminded of my fast life ventures and winters Blind until the flashlight enters [Verse 2: AZ] Yo, dunn, before the sunset Call connect, get all the TECs I'm vexed, this nigga sold for sex Lost respect, let's off his neck My caliber got me thinking on a higher algebra See, me, I'm just as foul as ya, but you ain't got no style in ya I'm into bigger cheddar, G's and better Armarettos, Armani sweaters Plus, these crabs could never dead us [Chorus: AZ] Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide [Verse 3: AZ] Now, government official got you sippin' Cristal in crystal You fish, you foul, so you fell and took your fam with you I'm out to get you, guaranteed every shell will hit you Plus, I'm on some shit too, laying down whosoever with you Mafiosa, the New York City '90s era Sosa, AZ You know my culture, now my wolves is out to ghost ya [Verse 4: Nas] Scent of a rose on a graveyard for real now The stakes is up a half a mill now I tried to grab him with his shield down Four walked in, they crazy paid up, sharp but straight up Gators from Barbados, never seen nobody play those Lay-Low's what they called him, his head baldin' Sippin' cappuccino, spilled on his silk suits, was scaldin' Laugh was vulgar, canvas paintings of the Ayatollah And on his arm, he wore a priceless vulture Tobacco pipe smoker, "Escobar, your life is over" Justify the righteous nova, bullets flew out his right shoulder Corpse leaving a foul odor The Firm Vol. 1 adjourned, bring it to a closure [Chorus: AZ] Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide [Verse 5: Nas] So now ya rollin' with us like co-defendants, no phony business So know the difference from supreme soloists Its styles ancient as Moses' scriptures It's Latin Kings, Black Kufis, and White Justice amongst us Crime invades the minds of youngsters Where it's pitch black, they can't see you Godfather III — four left for dead in a cathedral [Verse 6: AZ] Now you're forced to listen I got the mind of a grad from Princeton Play your position, or soon you'll be lost and missin' It's far from fiction, my presence is like that of a Christian With ammunition, puttin' states under submission Street addiction got me tied in thorough with boroughs Still in the ghetto, but in the cut where it's mellow Incognito, on the lee-low, like Carlito ‘Cause we know niggas don't really want us to see dough You never know, it might just be your time you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide [Chorus: AZ] Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide [Outro: Nas] Homicide, mo' homicide Mo' suicide, mo' homicide [Part 2] [Intro] Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone [Verse: AZ] All alone in this wilderness Who could figure life as ill as this? My vision's blurred from guerillas mist Gun sprays, strays left a portion of my crew in graves Niggas that would screw in ways unknown to these dudes today Intelligence kept us all away from state evidence ‘Cause it's evident — this world is controlled on dead presidents Never hesitant, I'm soulless, filled with coldness Born to uphold this 'til I'm left dead from oldness [Outro] Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone Born alone, die alone