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Nas builds '10 Points' around a refrain that doubles as philosophy: advice to younger men to learn restraint, to say no, to keep their money close. The track moves between street wisdom and something harder to articulate, a kind of moral accounting. He names Michael Jordan and LeBron James as examples of wealth deployed quietly, without fanfare, then pivots to his own venture work, creating jobs in Queens. The song doesn't sentimentalise the streets; it names them as a lie, a dead end dressed up as code. What emerges is a portrait of someone who has moved beyond that world and now watches others still caught in it. Nas speaks to the gap between what the streets promise and what they deliver, between the loyalty demanded and the betrayal that follows. He's not preaching from a distance. The lyrics circle back to his own past, the people he no longer trusts, the weight of having to unlearn survival instincts that once kept him alive. '10 Points' is a record about the cost of getting out and the harder cost of staying in.
"10 Points" is a track by Nas, from the album King’s Disease, released 20th August 2020. The track is 3:05 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nas.
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