Intro Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Hey[A] Nas, hey, hey, boy
You see what they done did
to Jimmy and Lee?
[D]Mmm-

[Verse 2]
hmm, damn, man
I [F#m]can't take it, man

[Verse 3]
Sho' [A]can't
You think this is gon' ever change?

[Verse 4]
Man, [D]damn, this place, [A]man
Damn these chains,
these [D]damn chitlins every damn [C#m]night
This cotton
[F#m]Shit I can't take it, man

[Verse 5]
[F#m]
Harriett [A]done left the night befo'
It's time we go
Ain't no place for black folk here
Man, promise land callin' me, man
It's callin' me too

[Verse 6]
It's time [A]we go
Yeah, I'm with you
Ayy, man, ayy, damn these [F#m]chains, man
Damn [A]you, master,
you ain't my master, man
You ain't nothin', you ain't nothin'

[Verse 7]
Ayy, Randy, Randy, get [A]the dogs
Get the hounds,
we [D]gonna have ourselves a hangin' tonight
[A][F#m]

[Verse 8]
1996 (yeah, dunn,
[A]wha[E]t t[A]he [G]deal, nigga?)
Back up in this nig[Gm]ga
[G](haha, 199- )
[D]The [E]rig[F#m]ht way, though,[G]
you know?

[Verse 9]
(Double- tre son, you know [G]ain't nothin' coincidental or accident[D]al,
[Gm]dunn[D])
No doubt

[Verse 10]
(Y[E]ou know how it's goin' [F#m]down,
[G]man)
It was all written

[Verse 11]
(No ques[Gm]tion, I'm sayin', man,
I mean, how we play[D]in', man?
You know what I'm say[A]in'?
[F]They dealt us in, [Gm]son
[G]They playin' with a 54 deck,
you see with the
Jokers in and everything,
[D]you kno[G]w what I'm saying?)
[D]Son, I'm playin'

[Verse 12]
[E]with
[F]the [G]52

[Verse 13]
(You wanna stress on how I used to play,
that's how I play)
But, [Gm]yo, they tak

[Verse 14]
[D]in' us [Gm]into this next millenni[E]um,
right now
[F#m](I'm s[Gm]ayin' law,

[Verse 15]
you know what I'm sayin'? We [G]gotta lay the law
'Cause [Gm]without law ain't no order,
you [D]know what [G]I'm sayin'?
That's [Gm]why these cats are
[A]slippin' [F]through
You know what I'm sayin'? [Gm]They got
the [G]rules missin', though)

[Verse 16]
[G]True
(Word up, [Gm]though,
you know what I [G]mean?)
Son, these niggas [D]look faker

[Verse 17]
than [F]the new
hun[Gm]dred dol[G]lars, son

[Verse 18]
(Yeah, you see that they [G]look Monopoly [Gm]money,
[G]right?)
Word, [Gm]with the big

[Verse 19]
[G]as
[Gm]s face on it

[Verse 20]
[C](Yo, what I'm [F]sayin',
we [G]see through [Gm]all that, though
You know what I'm sayin'?)
[G]No question

[Verse 21]
[G](All eyes seein', son,
you know it [Gm]was [G]written, no question)
[D]Yo, no

[Verse 22]
[E]doubt[F]
[F#m]In the[G] Qu'ran it says Nas, the men
[D]Nesa's the woman[G],
you [D]know? [E]It was written