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40 Side by Nas

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Nas

40 Side

Release date: 5th August 2021

From King’s Disease IITrack 3
2:40
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About This Track

Nas delivers street wisdom over Hit-Boy production, anchoring the track in the neighbourhoods where he came of age. '40 Side' is rooted in lived experience: the project halls, the survival instincts, the moral clarity that separates those who merely talk from those who act. He moves between memoir and mentorship, offering hard counsel to younger figures on the importance of integrity and self-reliance. The song pivots between reflection and instruction. Nas acknowledges the violence and incarceration that have marked his world, but insists on looking for the positive within it. He speaks of elevation, of moving from the blocks to travel and wealth, but frames it all through a lens of earned knowledge rather than luck. The message is consistent: stop waiting for permission, stop dwelling in self-pity, and understand that access and opportunity belong to those willing to act.

"40 Side" is a track by Nas, from the album King’s Disease II, released 5th August 2021. The track is 2:40 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nas.

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Nas

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Lyrics

40 Side

Mmm (Hit-Boy)

OG talk, project halls
40 Side where a nigga seen it all (for real, for real)
I can send niggas a slide, I'd rather show them the ropes
Integrity matters the most, I gave the hood hope

Damn, I gave the hood classics
Something to open your mind, instead of going out crashing
How was you real when you hate the real?
My nigga, I'm simply asking
Can't just talk about the plan, you gotta put it in action

Ain't no pity party for yourself
You gotta get up, rise for your wealth
Can't spend all that time in your feelings
Tryna sympathize with yourself (for real, for real)
Don't nobody owe you, ain't nobody holding you back (woo)
You stuck in illusions, attached to something that ain't even that

South Beach, Nassau, Amalfi, Maldives, same beach
Unless you are after something most men just can't see
Shorty off the block, shorty off the runway, same freak (for real, for real)
We all got the access to open doors like we share the same key
OG talk

A lot of things go down like incarceration
You know, crime, drugs, violence
Outta all of this you gotta look for the positive
OG talk

OG Talk (OG talk) project halls (project halls)
40 Side where a nigga seen it all (seen it all, for real, for real)
I can send niggas a slide (slide) I'd rather show them the ropes (ropes)
Integrity matters the most (most) I gave the hood hope (hope)

Damn, niggas really got it jumping
They finally gave Nas a Grammy, just front me the gold
That wasn't the goal
First clip was a warning shot, nigga, we spinning back up the road
Through the boroughs, pull up our Rolls
Empty this bitch and reload (for real, for real)

When you been in it this long, it's gon' look like it's magic
Only island that my niggas knew was Rikers or Staten (LI)
You get your first V12, tap the pedal then stab it
Get your first ten milli', watch that shit like a habit (for real, for real)

OG Talk, shout out 41st side
Jackson Heights, Flushing, Elmhurst (right)
Keep your blicky, you know how the streets work (for real, for real)
Seen too many of us die over the turf

OG talk (OG talk) project halls (project halls)
40 Side where a nigga seen it all (seen it all, for real, for real)
I can send niggas a slide (slide) I'd rather show them the ropes (ropes)
Integrity matters the most (most) I gave the hood hope (hope)

'Til then
We gon' be thugging behind the project building (for real, for real)
Plotting on our way that we can make a million, a billion
Until then, we gon' be thugging

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Track details

From King’s Disease II

2:402021
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King’s Disease II
King’s Disease II
Nas
Track number
3
Release year
2021
  1. 1The Pressure
    3:07
  2. 2Death Row East
    3:20
  3. 340 Side
    2:40
  4. 4EPMD 2 (feat. Eminem & EPMD)
    3:34

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Hit-Boy, Lil Baby, Nas
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    Haze, Hit-Boy, TouchOfTrent
    Additional Vocals
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