yeah it s illmatic yeah yeah it s illmatic yeah yeah it s illmatic haha haha check it one time 4 your mind one time yeah whatever one time 4 your mind one time yo whatever one time 4 your mind one time a yo nas what up pah kick that fuckin rhyme check it out when i m chillin i grab the buddha get my crew to buy beers and watch a flick illin and rootin for the villain huh plus every morning i go out and love it sort of chilly then i send a shorty from my block to the store for phillies after bein blessed by the herb s essence i m back to my rest ten minutes some odd seconds that s where i got the honey at spends the night for sexin keep lubrication lifestyle protection pickin up my stereo s remote control quickly ron g s in the cassette deck rockin the shit g i try to stay mellow rock well a cappella rhymes ll make me richer than a slipper made cinderella fella go get your crew hops i m prepared to bomb troops y all niggas was born i shot my way out my mom dukes when i was ten i was a hip hoppin shorty wop known for rockin microphones and twistin off a 40 top one time 4 your mind one time yeah whatever one time 4 your mind one time it sound clever a yo nas fuck that man that shit was phat but kick that for them gangstas man fuck all that right right  what up niggas how y all it s nasty the villain i m still writin rhymes but besides that i m chillin i m tryin to get this money god you know the hard times kid shit cold be starvin make you wanna do crimes kid but i mma lamp cause a crime couldn t beat a rhyme niggas catchin 3 to 9 s muslims yellin free the mind and i m from queensbridge been to many places as a kid when i would say that outta town niggas chased us but now i know the time got a older mind plus control a 9 fine see now i represent mine i m new on the rap scene brothers never heard of me yet i m a menace yo police wanna murder me heini dark drinker represent the thinker my pen rides the paper it even has blinkers think i ll dim the lights then inhale it stimulates floatin like i m on the north 95 interstate never plan to stop when i write my hand is hot and expand the lot from the wiz to camelot the parlayer i ll make your heads bop pah i shine a light on perpetrators like a cop s car from day to night i play the mic and you ll thank god i wreck shit so much the microphone ll need a paint job my brain is incarcerated live at any jam i couldn t count all the parks i ve raided i hold a mac 11 and attack a reverend i contact eleven l s and max in heaven one time 4 your mind one time it sounds clever one time 4 your mind one time yeah whatever one time 4 your mind one time yo from 92 to 99 yeah that shit was crazy phat pah know what im sayin but check it you got another verse for me i want you to kick it you know what i m sayin kick that shit for the projects know what i m sayin 48