When I first heard Nasty Nas / I didn't have "Illmatic" / wasn't feeling "Halftime" / now that might cause a little static / but listen close before you throw the stones / a lot of west coast jams had me in a zone / I was addicted to the funk / 2 years since the release / still bumping "Chronic" / Dre had a masterpiece / and I was still on it / until one night / my homie brought a couple of stolen cassettes / one was Paris / but I popped "Illmatic" in the deck / first "The Genesis" / I've never seen "Wild Style" but the beat was from it / "NY State of Mind " / was like a punch straight to the stomach / then I heard AZ on "Life's A B***h" / just that verse alone / I had to rewrite my s**t / and I was amped up when I heard "The World Is Yours" / with Pete Rock on the beat / here in the south / I'm fantasizing about the streets of Queens / skipped "Halftime" and for many years / I wouldn't play it / as I take you down "Memory Lane" / I used to hate it / but not that one / along with "One Love" / that was the joint / I could see the vivid stories / Nas was telling on point / the lyrics were mad real / "One Time 4 Your Mind" packed mass appeal / how could I sleep on this? / this joint was too real / glad I didn't / cause I would have missed "Represent" / back then everything Premo did sounded heaven-sent / and by track 10 / I was out of my shell / "Illmatic" inspired me / ask Large Pro / "It Ain't Hard To Tell" / it changed me in many ways / from ghetto fantasies to introspection / now I'm focused on reality / changing my direction / 20 years later / the CD's still in rotation / it has become a great source of inspiration / I'm still keeping my ear close for information / the greatest record of 94 never touched my stations / but if wasn't that tape that I was bumping / I would have never changed my views / you would have heard a different dude.
Daneja Mentale
