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Johnnie Cochran got plenty of black people acquitted when facing time behind bars.Most famous for the O.J Simpson trial. If O.J got off killing his wife so could get Nas off with the murder for smashing a girl to hard she broke. Of course this is tongue-in-cheek.
Other Famous celebrities he has represented: Tupac, Michael Jackson, and Diddy.
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The crack epidemic that flooded the streets of the major cities in America with crack cocaine was the downfall of another business. All of a sudden it was more money to be made selling drugs and people was fiending more for Crack then sex.
You ever dance with the devil under the pale moonlight?
Desperados, travellin
What the fuck's up son?
We could do this word up, we could do this
[Hook: The Firm]
Spend too many nights on the Henny gettin right
Breakin big face Bennies, bettin against the friendly dice
I can't call it, it's goin too good to spoil it
Tell it like it is, the raw shit never rewarded
Spend too many nights on the Henny gettin right
Breakin big face Bennies, bettin against the friendly dice
I can't call it, it's goin too good to spoil it
Tell it like it is, the raw shit never rewarded The Firm (Ft. Canibus) – Desperados 2
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Now I'm 40 and a little change
Ride around, sport a new Benz, a little Range Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Season
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After answering the public’s controversies and questions, Nas returns to the purpose of the song: describing his current position in life. He’s reached 41 years of age, which is veteran status in the youthful rap game!
Nas ‘sporting’ these cars could refer to Range Rover and Mercedes' sports car models. Nas also has ‘a little range’, as in diversity in his cars.
But not stressin', knot stressin'
I'm survivin', I'm survivin' Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Season
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Attempts to chisel my face, from the mountain you guessed it Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Season
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It´s the crabs in a barrel idiom. As people fear the gifted or are even jealous of their success, they try to tear them down. Instances of this include accusing Nas of having ghostwriters or that Shakespeare didn´t even exist. Nas uses the imagery of someone literally trying to wipe his face from the Mount Rushmore of Hip-Hop, like he never existed.
Can the king lounge for a second, kick his hooves up? Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Season
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Fans and critics have been eager for Nas to release new music, since his last release, which was 2 years ago. Even though Nas has been holding everybody down for 20 years. It seems, as soon as you drop something new people ask, what´s next? Instead, the King rested and lived a bit before getting back in the lab again.
Note the use of Hooves (Goats feet), which allude to Nas being one of the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of all time).
Da-da-da-da-da)
The season
(Da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da)
This is the season
(Da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da)
The season
(Da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da) Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Season
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Reference to accusations that happened during Nas' Untitled album. Questions were raised whether or not Nas had ghostwriters for the project. Jay Electronica and stic.man both came out to say that they did not write for Nas.
Jay Electronica himself has tackled the Gobstopper beat on his song Abracadabra.
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Either she had a ghostwriter, which Foxy was rumored to have or…the Ill Na Na is the wrong nickname for her…
She puts that on her man = dick. It was a funny way of saying it, but of course it went over your head.