[Intro: Nas]
The wild Gremlins
Y'all know the ep., right?
[Verse 1]
It's when the winner lose, and the losers win
Nobody scores, a few good men, but everybody sins
A lot of young die, fall in the trap
Strung high, try to go legal but the hood callin' you back
It's good to be back 'cause I miss it — for example
Watchin' baseheads wildin' on my first sample
I elevated up since snakes in my circumference
Now I hit my niggas with cakes and say, "Pump this"
Thank God for cracks, corners and marijuana
Hood rats and good gats to carry on ya
I got dead friends, misled friends, crackhead friends
Wild Gremlins who 'bust led' friends
Silent weapons for quiet wars, or loud gats
You tussle too long, somethin' shiny moves the crowd back
It's powerful, niggas would die over respect
And money's secondary to that whole aspect
Hear me?
[Hook: Nas]
I love it when I'm... hiiigh
I'm at my best when I'm... hiiigh
Yo, I like my sex when I'm... hiiigh
Cash checks, blast TEC's
When I ride through ya projects and clap at sets
A nigga... hiiigh
North, South, East, West riders get... hiiigh
I take y'all niggas on a lyrical... hiiigh
I twist it up, listen up to the real shit
Feel this realness!
[Verse 2]
Niggas rushin' to the top, not knowin' what it takes to be
King of the industry, the wise move patiently
Ya niggas hatin' me, won't be happy 'til I'm back witcha
Sellin' crack witcha, half & half on a pack witcha
My pen and pad paint a black picture
Of young goons passin' liquor, after-hour stores mass of niggas
Street corner comvos, staggerin' winos
Tahoe's comin' through, blastin' songs I know
Niggas scheme, most girls pregnant by sixteen
Cliques out to get rich, empty clips for C.R.E.A.M.
Same funeral home for different stiff bodies
Once a month, a new family goes there, it don't surprise me
Cried 'til the tears dried up inside me
Revenge to the end's laws in NYC
Got up, by the way I used to be apartment five deep
Where dope fiends in the hall try your knob when you sleep
Surveillance cameras in my house now watch when you creep
Spot you from deep, guns for all possible beef
Niggas try to rock you to sleep
Kidnap your whole fam for a week
Askin' for ransom, niggas starvin', dyin' to eat
[Hook: Nas]
I love it when I'm... hiiigh
I'm at my best when I'm... hiiigh
Yo, I like my sex when I'm... hiiigh
Cash checks, blast TEC's
When I ride through ya projects and clap at sets
A nigga... hiiigh
North, South, East, West riders get... hiiigh
I take y'all niggas on a lyrical... hiiigh
I twist it up, listen up to the real shit
Feel this realness!