Hero Lyrics

[Intro: Polow da Don]
QB
Where the fuck y'all at?
Ha, ha
Yeah, let's go
Gets Money

[Chorus: Nas & Keri Hilson]
Chain gleamin', switchin' lanes, two-seater
Hate him or love him for the same reason (Fresh)
Can't leave it, the game needs him
Plus the people need someone to believe in (Yes)
So in God's Son we trust

'Cause they know I'ma give 'em what they want
They lookin' for a hero
I guess that makes me a hero


[Verse 1: Nas]
Another chapter of the cleanest rapper, distinguished gentlemen
Crooks & Castle on his back, Maybacher
Exotic lady eye-catcher, holla at ya, call me the chiropractor
Workin' like Muay Thai class, get perspire out ya
And of course I've been the boss since back when
Rockin' D Boy, Fila velour in a one-ninety black Benz

Now they shut down the stores when I'm shoppin'
Used to be train robbin', face covered in stockin'—I'm him
[Chorus: Nas & Keri Hilson]
Chain gleamin', switchin' lanes, two-seater
Hate him or love him for the same reason (Fresh)
Can't leave it, the game needs him
Plus the people need someone to believe in (Yes)
So in God's Son we trust

'Cause they know I'ma give 'em what they want
They lookin' for a hero
I guess that makes me a hero


[Verse 2: Nas]
Rubber-grip-holder, reloader
Come at me, I'ma rip your soldiers in half
Silverback ape, nickel-plated mag
Young, rich and flashy; young bitch, I'm nasty
All black clothes 'til ice lay on me so classy
And every time I close my lids
I can still see the borough, I can still see the Bridge
I can still see the dreams that my niggas ain't never lived to see
Tell them angels open the door for me
From nine Berettas and movin' raw
To chillin' in wine cellars, sticks and humidors
That's what I call mature
That's what I call a G, that's what I call a pimp
That's what I call a gangsta, to the fullest, shit
I try to make more cream
By every September 14th, that's my dream
So I can be more clean, as I grow yearly
I can see things more clearly, that's why they fear me (let's go!)
[Outro: Polow da Don]
Yeah, Nas, Polow da Don

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Genius Annotation

This song is the first single of Nas' ninth studio album which is untitled.

The album was supposed to be Nigger but Fort Greene, Brooklyn assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries requested New York’s Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to withdraw $84 million from the state pension fund that has been invested into Universal and its parent company, Vivendi, if the album’s title was not changed.

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