“Put the CD on your tongue: yeah, that’s pure man.”
— Kanye West
Nas’ verse on ‘Verbal Intercourse’ is one of the greatest in hip hop history:
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Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold
I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe
When I’m deceased, by then the beast arise like yeast
To conquer peace, leaving savages to roam in the streetsLive on the run, police paying me to give in my gun
Trick my wisdom with the system that imprisoned my son
Smoke a gold leaf I hold heat, nonchalantly
I’m grungy, but things I do is real it never haunts meIt’s like a cycle, niggas come home, some’ll go in
Do a bullet, come back, do the same shit again
From the womb to the tomb, presume the unpredictable
Guns salute life, rapidly, that’s the ritual.
He first recorded this on a demo track called ‘Deja Vu’, a clear version of which was recently unearthed. It continues:
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They telling you your state of mind, like you worthless
So he curses, his moms saying bible verses, that’s all she works with
But miracles never leave the churches,
Instead it hits the pockets of the preacher just to purchase
A house with a swimming pool, labels me a sinning fool,
I’m just a nigga who inherited a winning jewel…
Zip of ‘Deja Vu’ (9 mb). [source]
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