Echo

[Intro: Swizz Beatz] I mean Nas is one of the greatest, can we get a cheers? Woo, cheers! I mean the echo of life is the echo of love And the echo of love is the echo from above And some people don't even really know what they doin', Goddamn I mean, can you feel this, can you feel the vibe Can you feel the zone? The zone that we on, the zone that we own I mean the zone that we own is the zone of our own Goddamn, you can smell the cologne Fly nigga shit, fly, fresh, yeah Came back, goddamn, double breast, yeah The suit, that is, the suit, that is I'm tryin' to make a building for the kids that is I mean it's echo (Echo, echo) Do the love, yeah Came back like the Michael Jackson glove Yeah, we just shinin', we just shinin' Rewind the track, just to remind it, yeah From Newark to BX to Queens Came back, man, we say "Who next?" Yeah, yeah, yeah Toast to the kings, yeah Toast to the queens up in here, yeah The album name, damn it's a POISON So many people may get poisoned Man, the life can be poison You can talk crazy, bring your boys in [Verse 1: Nas] Throwin' piss out the window at police Chasin' niggas with warrants There was never no peace Judy's ass was enormous I was fresh indeed, think about her sexually Knew a bunch of Radio Raheems, rest in peace Four finger rings, big as brass knuckles Haters walk by, try to stab you if they hug you Lady on the fourth floor hollering every evening 'Til she planned up, wasn't having it that evening He was beating her, she ain't have it that evening One shot to the neck and the jugular, now he bleeding She beat the case, but damn the kid suffer I'm dating her daughter, but I'm having visions of her mother Project nights, no project lights Hopin' a friend don't try to rob my mom at night She work hard to bring it to the table Channel U before we had cable Campbell's soup before I had sushi Viker shoe before I had the Gucci 40 deuce for the karate movie Out of sync mouth movin' movie Sent to the store for a loosie Came a long way, now the same ones salute me Haters say it must be nice, I say it must be hate I don't like that line, that shit straight fake Yeah, I'm talkin' the '80s, not the '90s stuff Time was real in Jamaica Queens, Ronnie Bumps Queensbridge kings and all that Rowdy white boys with baseball bats Italians and greeks on Ditmars Steinway Street, all the slick cars [Chorus: Nas] I know some fake niggas livin' a lie I got some real niggas ready to die, uh I know some fake niggas livin' a lie I got some real niggas ready to die [Verse 2: Nas] We was Times Square pioneers, 40 deuce, 40-below boots 40 ounce brew, the true Bishop from Juice Runnin' wild, loose, me and my 40 troops were stupid Style, it was snorkel coats, Polo gooses, ruthless Goons and wolves, bail-jumpers Everybody from everywhere They was tryin' to jump us for pumpin' True story, my youngins, I'm a deadly thuggish Fredly Douglas Military persona, yeah, I'm livin' with honor To my niggas who servin' 40 while I'm in my 40s I'm a walkin' observatory, a murder story since a shorty On this journey 'til I'm A Weekend at Bernie's dead Burnin' herb, Porsche frames hang on my head 30 years ago, memories they never left Special memories, my nigga, that we'll never forget For some reason we isolate that feelin' I wouldn't change a damn thing for a billion [Chorus: Nas] I know some fake niggas livin' a lie I got some real niggas ready to die, uh I know some fake niggas livin' a lie I got some real niggas ready to die [Verse 3: Nas] Research me, you'll see I was never playin' I'm who babies are talkin' to and you don't know what they sayin' I'm who they communicate with The code of a nigga who don't tell or say shit A dollar stay in the hood 18 hours In white hoods it stays for days, why it never stay up in ours? I'm talkin' that black power, talkin' that white power I'm talkin' that Latin power, we gotta go for ours United, yeah, I'm talking United States of America now at war with the ISIS Isis a Goddess out in Egypt, look how they got us Damn, damn, God, look how they got us Isis ain't even the original name of the black Goddess They all twisted it up, now it's a name of some group Deadly motherfuckers [Outro: Nas] I'ma put this drink down and get the fuck outta here 'Cause I'm livin' my dream Shout out to all my niggas out there livin' your dream Word up, go live