I rap for listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies and prisoners
Henessey-holders and old-school niggas

from Nas – Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park) Lyrics on Rap Genius

Nas opens this number about his past by appealing to his audience — this list makes up pretty much the entirety of his imagined audience at this early point in his career. The “prisoners” part is especially notable, as Riker’s Island and the people therein are a big theme on Illmatic

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