Nas's Verse On Triple Beam Dreams Appreciation Thread

Started by Flacko, Apr 7, 2017, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 7, 2017
    Lawddddd



    A project minded individual, criminal tactics
    Us black kids born with birth defects, we hyperactive
    Mentally sex-crazed, dysfunctional, they describe us
    They liars, at the end of the day, we're f---in' survivors
    I remember watchin' Scarface the first time
    Look at that big house, that Porsche paid for by crime
    How could I sell this poison to my peoples, in my mind?
    They dumb and destroy themselves is how I rationalize
    In the bastardized nation, Magnum .45 carryin'
    Where I'm from ain't far from Washington Heights to cop Aryan
    A rookie boy, the cookie didn't make no profit
    A stranger to the block, I d--- near had to make them cop it
    It only took a fiend to taste it once to say it's garbage
    I brought it back to papi, ain't tryna take no losses
    He focuses on my emotionless young dealer face, then pauses
    He gives me powder, he has faith in Nas' ambitions to distribute coke
    Had addictions to gold chains, Mercedes Benz hopes, but I'm again broke
    This s--- ain't cut for me, other dealers, they up their orders
    Barely at 62s, they already up to quarters
    They out there every day, some true hustlers for you
    I'm at it half way, none of my customers are loyal
    Picturin' pipin' out the seats of a Pathfinder
    Powerful pursuit for p----, cash, to flash diamonds
    My junior high school class, wish I stayed there
    Illegal entrepreneur, I got my grades there
    Blamin' society, mad, it wasn't made fair
    I would be Ivy League if America played fair
    Poor excuse, and so I was
    Throwin' rocks at the pen, just for the love
    Before the evil, the secret life of G's
    You seein' me blurry, triple beam dreams
     
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  2. Kais
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    Kais hoe i gotta go

    Apr 7, 2017
    :rejoice:
     
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  3. KMurda
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    Apr 9, 2017
    Great throwback. I hate Rick Ross but I used to f--- with this song heavy. Nas got voted 2nd best guest verse of 2012 by Complex for it.

    Reminded me to go check out his guest verse on Tha Carter 4 Outro.
     
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