Second Childhood (9th Wonder Remix)

[Verse 1: Nas]

Yo...

Explode, my thoughts were drunken from quarts of beers

Was years back, before Nasir would explore a career in rap

As a music dude, I mastered this Rubik's Cube

Godzilla fought Gargantua, eyes glued to the tube

Was a long time ago, John Boy, Ice

Geronimo po-lice jumpin' out Chryslers, EZ Wire that paper

Pops puffin' his cess, punchin' his chest like a gorilla

Outside was psychos, killers

Saw Divine, Goon, and Chungo, Lil' Turkey

R.I.P. Tyrone, 'member no cursin' front of Ms. Vercey

Big Percy, Crazy Paul, the Sledge Sisters

My building was 40-16, once in the blue, hallways was clean

I knew–all that I'd seen had meant somethin'

Learned early to fear none, little Nas was huntin'

Living carefree, laughin', got jokes on the daily

Y'all actin' like some old folks, y'all don't hear me

Yo, I'm in my second childhood

[Chorus: scratches by DJ Premier]

"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... get yours..."

"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... get yours..."

[Verse 2: Nas]

Yo, dude is 31, livin' in his mom's crib

Ex-convict, was paroled there after his long bid

Cornrows in his hair, still slingin', got a crew

They break his mom's furniture, watchin' ComicView

Got babies by different ladies, high, smokin' L's

In the same spot he stood since '85, well –

When his stash slow, he be crazy

Saved by his moms, hit her on her payday

Junior high school dropout, teachers never cared

They was paid just to show up and leave, no one succeeds

So he moves with his peers – different blocks, different years

Sittin' on different benches like it's Musical Chairs

All his peoples moved on in life, he's on the corners at night

With young dudes, it's them he wanna be like

It's sad, but it's fun to him, right? He never grew up

31 and can't give his youth up, he's in his second childhood

[Chorus: scratches by DJ Premier]

"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... get yours..."

"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... get yours..."

[Verse 3: Nas]

Baby girl, she's always talkin', name droppin', hangin' late

Drinkin', smokin', hates her baby daddy, craves shoppin'

E poppin', ecstasy takin', won't finish her education

Best friends she keeps changin', stuck with limitation

Lustin' men, many hotels, Fendi, Chanel

With nothing in her bank account, frontin' she do well

Her kid suffers, he don't get that love he deserve

He the Sun, she the Earth, single mom, even worse

No job, never stay working, mad purty

Shorty, they call her the brain surgeon

Time flying, she the same person

Never matures, all her friends married, doing well

She's in the streets, yakkety-yakkin' like she was twelve

Honey is 27, argues, fights

Selfish in her own right, for life

Guess she's in her second childhood

[Chorus: scratches by DJ Premier]

"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... get yours..."

"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... get yours..."

[Outro: Khrysis]

Yo, wutup y'all, it's Young Khrysis

I wanna give a shout to my mans The Thyrday and Sean Boog

And you are listening to the man who owns two microwaves

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Peace...