Okay, maybe not ‘Five Best’, but here are some impressive Nas flows:
It Ain’t Hard to Tell (1994)
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My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper’s breath
I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
Deep like The Shining, sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket lining…
A Message to the Feds, Sincerely, We the People (2004)
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Bullets and triggers our enemies pulling on innocent women and children
It wasn’t no ghetto killers who mixed up the coke and put guns in our buildings
But I’m not gonna cry, and I’m not gonna just stand and watch you die…
What God has built you never can break, what God has loved you never can hate
Hero ft. Keri Hilson (2008)
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Try telling Bob Dylan, Bruce, or Billy Joel they can’t sing what’s in their soul!
So ‘Untitled’ it is, I never change nothing, but people remember this:
If Nas can’t say it, think about these talented kids,
With new ideas being told what they can and can’t spit…
Take It in Blood (1996)
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Skies are misty, my life’s predicted by a gypsy
I’ll one day walk into shots drunk off champange from Sicily
This be the drama, I’ma pause like a comma
In a sentence, paragraph’s indented
Bloodshot red eyes, high, yellow envelopes of lye, opening cigars, let tobacco fly…
Serious ft. AZ (2004)
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I’m scoping, my eyes are on you / Don’t reach cause I tried to warn you,
Eccentric, I’m live but calm too / Cordial, but crazy cautious
Stroll through with some crazy gorgeous / Hoes, bodies like lady horses
Like, a whole stampede serious…
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