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Nas opens 'Legit' with a sample that asks whether there is a heart in the house, then spends the next four minutes answering the question through the lens of a man who has legitimised his past. The track is built on the tension between his old life and his current standing: he raps about the days when he was moving weight, when the DEA was watching, when survival meant making quick choices. Now he is here to "remove the wall that I'm back against", to claim ownership of the narrative that once defined him. The song moves between reflection and assertion. Nas considers the mathematics of survival for a starving artist, the loneliness of greatness, the cost of a CD against the weight of a scale. He speaks to Black homeowners and those who have turned their hustles legitimate, who have thrown out the lease and taken over. There is pride in the reckoning, but also a kind of weariness. "All them O's I tried to flip, who'd have thought I'd go legit?" he asks, and the question carries both disbelief and acceptance. The production, handled by Hit-Boy, sits spare and purposeful behind his voice, letting the words land without distraction.
"Legit" is a track by Nas, from the album King’s Disease III, released 27th April 2023. The track is 3:23 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nas.
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