Be having dreams that I'm a gangsta

from Nas – N.Y. State of Mind Lyrics 1 on Rap Genius

The first four lines of this verse are taken from the opening to “Just Another Day in the Projects”, an unreleased song from his demo tape.

Here Nas narrates a fantasy sequence on being a “gangster” (used here to mean “baller with a lot of money”).

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