And as a treat this evening I asked America's foremost young poet To read his latest for us
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him Ladies and gentlemen, We, we, we came a way
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody him and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus
Yo, yo, yo Power and crime, the thugs powder and dimes of D, is yo' niggaz wilder than mine? My niggaz nines, puff lye and stick up cowards For they shine, you resist, then you up flowers
I'm like Lou Cabrasi, Vito's hit-man That's Godfather shit, back seat, next lit Revolvers spit, I'm too tough to with And you don't the God to pull up the cars that's sick
Arms and wrists is lit up, Queensbridge Plaques awards applause when I do my Streets is black as midnight, the gray With of blood and germ and piss all day
Come on the ave, get up, plus appraised Duck and pray that my guns don't your way Niggaz with names, off reputation gotta remind you ain't nothin' changin'
Ladies and gentlemen, Everybody, him
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If your gun's off the hook we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in love and war and I'm prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I scared all fair in love and we can take it there
You like me clown? Now, you wanna take me down? If I bring my face around, you do what? You butt Your knew I blew up, I been shinin', baseball diamonds Dick rings for your chick
know what my nine pearl handle's about Fuck you, say girlie mouth? Get it krunk like the South And I know you see me out, multi mill i Hear your bitch talk me, you give her the cold eye?
Girls dig you, imagine what she for me? You hot songs, but she know you steal from me Who ill as me? I wild on haters in album Next level, I take y'all to 3-D
Can't a nigga shook from Queens I'll be the most grimy killers (What nigga?) And they all look Who put underneath cars, if you want beef then start next stop is to the graveyard
If you ill, get me, 'cause I ain't runnin' If your gun's off the hook we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in love and war and I'm prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If your gun's off the hook then we'll be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in love and we can take it
You too feminine to again, jail got you soft You talk but you scared to go up North Keep your face twisted, but you don't really want Talk a bunch of shit motherfucker and stop
You don't wanna flip again, and drugs again Be on the run again, catch you at the Inn up your door, bust in on you and your whore Put y'all in bags, the blood off of the floor
So play tough, I y'all to get out of line I got nines, every color and design I sent killers every to put one in your spine Two in your ear, get crew, who do I fear? Nobody never get involved and of em dyin'
I like you do, roll with about two irons Catch me flyin', high in the aircraft And dinin', you die, then we laugh, you ass You bitch ass to up, your stab wounds
While I'm head, in a Lear jet, bathroom With all my goons, all my ice, and of paper, not money it's bank statements The Illmatic that how we rock Yachts and co-ops, we buy the hood and you a block
If you ill, get me, 'cause I ain't runnin' If your gun's off the then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in and war and I'm well prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If your gun's off the hook then both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I scared It's all fair in love and we can it there
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him Ladies and gentlemen, We, we, we came a way and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody him and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Ladies and gentlemen, and gentlemen