3rd Childhood

When I flow for the street, who else could it be?
N-A-S, Nas
Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge
Make everything right, get yours

Is it time to take off the scully, the Timbs, and the fitted caps?
Time to let go of the weed, can't let the jeans sag?
Ozzy Osbourne still got his fingernails black
Rock and rollers still rebels, any age that they at
But with rap, it's a time limit? Never

I'm livin' proof, I'm the truth 'til if I live a-hundred-and-two
When I was young, I knew nothing, but then here comes a new lesson
From a older gentlemen dressed in Dior, he flexin'
He said, "It's not how old you are, it's how you feel"
Look here, I'm in my Air Max '87 still

Rastas still smokin', secluded out in the bush
Pimps still wearin' their derbies, people still dippin' snuff
That's how it stay true, ways we learn in the days of our youth
Seen a man, like 82, he rocked his hat ace deuce
I'm goin' out hood, different from bein' a third childhood
Switched it up a little, but still, I'm goin' out hood

When I flow for the street, who else could it be?
N-A-S, Nas
Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge
Make everything right, get yours, nigga
When I flow for the street, who else could it be?
N-A-S, Nas
Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge
Make everything right, get yours

Hear me out now, back in the days, it sure was a time
Hear me out if I've been your age and you haven't been mine
As we get older and time great turns into mediocre
Good turns into so-so, bad just means that it could be better
I wrote a letter to the judge from Prince
A sharp minded man who thought his way about the pens

Corporations are not the genius that created gangster rap
Never give 'em credit for that, we made it that
I assisted Hip-Hop 50 to that worldy stage
And brought Kool Herc on stage
I made sure that Hip-Hop museum got paid
Matter fact, anything my name is involved with
Positivity revolves in it

Serendipitous, always move with confidence
You may not see me sweat, but trust, yo, I work hard for this
Grew up around heroin addicts before that crack shit
Crack was light compared to what the smack did

Y'all play with marbles, we play with dope fiend needles we found
Injected worms when the rain brought 'em up from the ground
It's nothin' changin', some of my men
We go back like daylight savings
My third childhood, that third course, that's the main dish

Hope we get dessert, that's the cherry on top
Peaceful Sundays, but we still carry the Glocks, registered
If you made it this far, then it's all good
It makes me proud, I love that we goin' out hood

When I flow for the street, who else could it be?
N-A-S, Nas
Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge
Make everything right, get yours, nigga
When I flow for the street, who else could it be?
N-A-S, Nas
Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge
Make everything right, get yours