-yee-hah´s and whips cracking in background-
-hey nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to jimmy and lee.
nas:mmmhmm. damn, man.
-i can´t take it man.
nas:sho´ can´t.
-you think this is gonna eva´ change?
nas:man, damn this place, man! damn these chains! these damn
chitlins every damn night.
-this cotton.
nas:shit!
-i can´t take it man.
nas:harriett done left the night befo´. it´s time we go.
aint no place for black folk here. man, promise land callin´
me man.
-it´s callin´ me too.
nas:it´s time we go.
-yeah, i´m wichou!
nas:hey man, hey damn these chains, man. damn you master, you
ain´t my master, man!
-sounds of punching and bumping-
nas:you aint nothin´, you aint nothin.

-hey bandit, bandit, get the dogs! get the hounds, we gonna
have ourselves a hangin´ tonight!

nas:nineteen-ninety-six!
back up in this nigga.
the right way, though, you know?
-double-tre son, you know aint nothin´
coincedental or accidental, son.
nas:no doubt!
-you know how it´s goin´ down, man.
nas:it was all written.
-no question, i´m sayin´ man, i mean, how we playin´ man,
you know what i´m sayin´, they dealt us in, son.
they playin´ with a fifty-four deck, you see with the
jokers in and everything, you know what i´m saying?
nas:son, i´m playin´ with the fifty-two.
-you wanna stress on how i used to play, that´s how i play.
nas:but, yo, they takin´ us into this next millenium, right now.
-i´m sayin´ law, you know what i´m sayin´ we gotta lay the law,
cause without law aint no order, you know what i´m sayin´,
that´s why these cats are slippin´
through, you know what i´m sayin? they got the rules missin´,
though.
nas:true.
-yo, word up, though, you know what i mean?
nas:son, these niggas look faker than the new hundred dollars, son.
-yeah, you see that they look monopoly money, right?
nas:word, with the big ass face on it.
-yo, what i´m sayin´, we see through all that, though
you know what i´m sayin?
nas:no question.
-all eyes seein´, son, you know we real.
nas:yo, no doubt. in the qu´ran it says nas, the men.
nesa´s the woman, know? it was written.