Time

[Verse 1: Nature]

At the ripe age of 24, I done seen it all, done it all

Some dreams stay fresh and some are spoiled

Dealin' with time — winter, spring, summer, fall

It's crazy changes, is this that made me famous?

I've come a long way from Timbs, minimum wages

Stockin' caps, summer jobs, pockets flat

It's funny how my childhood idols now be coppin' crack

I ain't knockin' that, unfortunately, life's too short to see

It's only right we move accordingly at every second

I used to carry heavy weapons

Previously cocked, tucked in my shirt for every session

But hold up, a 2-6 bid made me grow up

Came home to the same damn dreams with no luck

And half the clique's strong, the other half moved on

Some with new lives and new wives, niggas live long

The foulest thing about time — it still ticks when you gone

[Verse 2: Nas]

For those who live the way I live, we came a long way

From wipin' cold outta eyelids to rap's hottest

Smokin' lye, let track guide us

Remember back then before MAC-10's, expensive bottles?

Had a sick mind, niggas taught me how to get mine

We'd often sip quarts, they'd get tossed at the spit line

To all niggas that the Lord seemed to gip for their time

While we plan to live forev', he had a different design

Is it safe to say, we all perish on the sacred day?

With my luck, soon as I reach the gate that make me pay

Pray, minutes go by, Indigo high

The specialist, decked out dark specs, finessin' it

Used to play catch-a-kiss

Same girls back then now leave us messages, a whole lot

Traveled to my old spot where we sold rock, although it's trifle

Ain't nothin' changed, just like time, it's all a cycle

[Verse 3: AZ]

Yo, wake up to the world, stay in charge of your dreams

Keep your vision, focus, get wise, enlargen your C.R.E.A.M

Marketin' schemes, so many in the dark is unseen

Caught in between, perhaps rap was a fortunate thing

Forced to be king from hustlin', supportin' them fiends

Bustin' guns, I had no remorse as a teen

Rockin' birth stones, my first skid bid, nurse the dome

It hurts to zone now I've realized I'm on this Earth alone

Time ticks, devilish minds design tricks

Leave you blind quick and cause you to die behind shit

Mathematics, master 120, I'm Asiatic

Amazed with magic 'cause it's illusions that made me savage

Life change once you establish the right game

Love the night rain, found a new way to fight pain

Clocks never stop, it's all a race to the top

Tryin' to freeze time, that's why I iced the face of my watch