Black Girl Lost Lyrics

[Intro]
[Girl 1] Hello?
[Girl 2] Whassup, girl?
[G1] Ain't nothing, this nigga in here stressing
Talking that old off the wall, back to Africa shit again
[G2] What, that God Body shit?
[G1] Yeah, that dumb shit
I'm trying to get up OUTTA here
[G2] I hear that.. but yo, you know the spot is pumping tonight
[G1] Word, f'real, where?!
[G2] You know, where the real niggas is popping the Cristal
Not that White Star!
[G1] Ha hah! Word, where the real niggas at?

[JoJo Hailey]
Listen.. to reason
Pretty baby, baby, listen

[Verse 1: Nas & (JoJo Hailey)]
A young, wild, beautiful love child
You like 'em thug style, link rocking, then mink copping
Hit you on the sink, a hundred dollar drink popping
The head'll make you take 'em shopping, a foul doctrine
Reminiscent of my first time up in a chick
You was innocent, but now you rent-a-dick, wear the tightest shit
Chanel, looking real, airbrushed nails
Hit the gym, hit the scales, heaven-sent but negligent (So fine..)
To see ya prophecy, your ebony tone is locking me
The way you moan make me daydream of you on top of me
Wishing I could be the one man
But you juggle way too many willies all in one hand
You wanna run up in clubs, getting rubbed on
Niggas pull your hair, shake your fat rear, get your fuck on
Following week, you back there, but what you stuck on?
Weed, clowns and cars
Puffing with some lil nigga, husband not knowing she's out
Could you believe Eve, Mother Earth of the seas
Niggas thirst you, you just let 'em hurt you and leave
What up, ma? Fronting like you naive
Push your man's whip, calling police when you flip
Can't understand it, yo, it should be a throne for us
But for now, that's a whole different zone from us, word!
[Chorus: Nas & (JoJo Hailey)]
Diamonds all shining, looking all fine
Pretty little face, get a little high
Young girl struggling, trying to survive (Trying to survive)
Mother of the Earth, she made you and I
Just tired of playing the same ol' games
Messing with my mind, emotional thangs (Messing with my mind)
(And there goes.. a black girl.. lost)

[Verse 2: Nas & (JoJo Hailey)]
Like Isis, he got your heart broke and felt lifeless
Grow up, girl, instead, you want revenge so now you act the nicest
To who'sever getting down and trife-est
To get his mind, all you do is give him something priceless
'Cause in time, he'll realize the thighs is all he needs
More than weed, then you hit him off with lies and greed
(Deceit, yeeeahhh)
There you go again, starting wars, making me more yours
Seem to get a kick out of keeping me on all fours
Face glistening, I'm addicted to you
Original Wisdom Body got me picturing you
Igloos of ice, tricking on you
You never listen to this nigga spending Franklins on tennis anklets
Must've had a bad deal in the past, though
Can't even keep it real with a nigga with cash flow
Say men are all the same, what we need to do is break this chain
You got a job part-time, and school's your night thing
With dreams to settle down, it ain't far from now
You getting interviewed, but your boss is into getting screwed
Typical day that the black girl sees
Coming home, wanting more from a college degree, uh
[Chorus: Nas & (JoJo Hailey)]
Diamonds all shining, looking all fine
Pretty little face, get a little high
Young girl struggling, trying to survive (Trying to survive)
Mother of the Earth, she made you and I
Just tired of playing the same ol' games
Messing with my mind, emotional thangs (Messing with my mind)
(And there goes.. a black girl.. lost)

[Verse 3: Nas & (JoJo Hailey)]
Where are you focused? On legit niggas and where the coke is
Nice and Thug Life niggas, yo, you seem hopeless

Your value — too much to be measured, I wonder how you
Could ever be played, your pussy worth gold amounting to
More than the world, but not knowing nothing about you
You leaving the crib, taking all your kids out to
Drop 'em off, letting some nigga knock you off
So hot and soft, that's the same thing that got you lost
(You should be ashamed)

Growing up seeing it, it should remind you, you being lied to
Everything that move be inside you
Sacred as you are, left with these wannabes to guide you
I watched you, hard to knock you, I tried not to
They spot you out dancing topless in your drawers
Damn, look! There goes a black girl lost

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Genius Annotation

Nas tells the story of a girl who lost her way. He believes this girl used to be pure and has gone bad: she does drugs, drinks alcohol, sleeps around and more.

Nas told Complex saying:

It’s just who I am, it’s just how I felt. At the time, I read a lot of Donald Goines books and Donald Goines has a book called Black Girl Lost. The writer just blew my mind and I just had to do a song like that.

The songs samples “Starlight” by Stephanie Mills.

I was still working on ‘Black Girl Lost Part II’ when it leaked. I make sequels to records but we don’t plan to put them out unless they are the records. […] If I could top the original then I would put it on an album. ‘Black Girl Lost Part II’ would have originally been on the album but I never got back to fixing it and I’m too busy with other records. I don’t see where it could fit.”

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What did Nas say about "Black Girl Lost"?
Genius Answer

Nas had this to say to Complex:

Nas: At the time, I read a lot of Donald Goines books & he has a book called Black Girl Lost. Goines just blew my mind & I had to do a song like that.

Nas: It was an honor to have Jodeci. I love Jo-Jo’s voice. I love K-Ci’s voice, too, but I thought to have both of them would be overkill.

Nas: “I was working on “Black Girl Lost Pt. II” when the song leaked. I make sequels to records but we don’t plan to put them out unless they are the records. I was working on a sequel to “Shootouts” and a couple other records from that album, too.”

“My other sequels never made an album. I never released them because they usually couldn’t top the 1st one. If I could top the original then I’d put it on an album. “Black Girl Lost Pt. II’” would have originally been on the album but I never got back to fixing it”.

“PEOPLE SAY THAT I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL RECORD, BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL RECORD.” —NAS

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