Just Another Day In The Projects-Nas

[00:00.000][Hook: Piano hook] [00:08.000][Verse 1: Nas] [00:08.353] I had a dream I was a gangster, drinkin' Moets, holdin' Tecs [00:11.831] Makin' sure the cash is correct, then I step [00:14.865] Investments in stock, sewin' up the blocks to sell rocks [00:16.924] Winnin' gun fights with the cops [00:18.309] Custom-made suits, hands full of ice and gold [00:20.752] Makin' thousand dollar bets on the dice I rolled [00:23.349] Girls workin' night patrol, the whore market [00:25.628] When I walk, niggas is rollin' out the red carpet [00:27.218] Now, how good could a black man have it? [00:29.724] Livin' like a king is a habit, I keep a automatic [00:32.235] The whole crew's life is love above word [00:34.227] Rumors about the way we make niggas well heard [00:36.497] Nicknamed the "Killa Clan", soon to kill a man [00:38.682] If there's still a gram, I shake my left hand [00:40.860] And not do a minute on the rock [00:43.016] 'Cause if I do a minute on the rock, the jury's gettin' knocked [00:45.425] About girls I kept braggin' [00:47.633] 'Cause I owned all the runner-ups in every state's beauty pageant [00:50.406] Inside my Lamborghini, pour you a Martini [00:52.207] Little kids in the streets, they wanna be me [00:54.409] I'm livin' in a mansion, hold a nigga's wife for ransom [00:57.099] I'm like a rich Charles Manson [00:59.118] A view, backyard, about 40 acres [01:02.793] You read about me in the papers [01:03.768] I hit the jackpot every night from all my crack spots [01:06.590] We attack cops for props [01:08.181] I got sons with guns, they all done crimes [01:10.535] They so wild, they even scare my ass sometimes [01:12.920] Other niggas on the blocks is so corny [01:14.959] I got my dime, I'm lookin like someone smoke for me [01:17.294] Bad bitches kissin' my ass [01:18.839] I got a few mill in the stash with beds made of cash [01:21.713] But on my head was a price [01:23.986] I made the bad-guys in Miami-Vice look nice [01:28.356] All of a sudden, I got raided, my crib was invaded [01:30.458] But the Nas still made it... [01:31.138] ... To the getaway car [01:32.192] And now my drivin' skills gotta be up to par [01:36.514] The cops caught the car and sprayed till it was smoked up [01:38.403] That's when I woke up [01:43.956] [Jungle] [01:44.397] Yeah Nas, nigga [01:46.797] Word life, kid [01:58.920] [Verse 2: Nas] [01:59.543] The whole thing was a nightmare [02:00.490] I fell asleep watchin' Scarface, layin' in the chair [02:01.540] Standin' on the block, it was flooded with cops [02:04.344] Through the parks was the D's and the Narcs [02:06.860] Watchin' me walkin' out my building [02:08.480] Starin' and hawkin' shit, but I as fortunate [02:11.312] I usually be goin' out with the 9 [02:13.656] Instead, I had 10 bucks to buy a dime... [02:15.639] ... Bag of weed, never cracks, I ain't with that [02:17.798] I bought Buddha, some Phillies and a Kit-Kat [02:20.337] Now I'm walkin' back through the drug infested area [02:22.639] Which was filled with hysteria [02:25.059] When a cop yelled, "Come here, black" [02:26.993] I thought to myself, "What part of the game is that?" [02:29.725] I didn't do no crime for you to be wastin' your time [02:32.206] With your antagonistic mind [02:34.193] He said that I was bein' smart and I better run [02:36.247] He looked like a Klansman with a gun [02:38.343] So, I started floatin' [02:40.918] Police in Queensbridge, they don't be jokin' [02:42.811] I ran up my crib, in the nick of time [02:45.435] Rolled up a Phillie and stashed the 9 [02:47.476] Police later left, I was outta breath and what not [02:49.476] Somebody got shot, that why it's hot [02:51.989] I called my man and told him the adventure [02:54.076] And later, I meet him at the community center [02:56.092] I need a six pack of Beck's [02:58.884] It's Just Another Day in the Projects!