- Let There Be Light
- Nas
- Hip Hop Is Dead
- Let There Be Light - Nas
- Yeah, check check, testing
- It's clear out there? Yeah
- It's like
- I'm hang gliding over the hood, ha
- Never worry (ohhh, no, no, no)
- Check, let there be light
- No gang banging in New York tonight
- Just murals of Biggie Smalls,
- bigger then life
- Turn up the kid mic cuz
- ya'll ain't listening right
- What's all this talk that Nas got bought?
- I'd rather outline my body in white chalk
- Ain't nobody been where I been,
- they at a stand still
- This is all overseen by my man Will
- As I walk through the shadow of death
- I know that
- I ain't got much time left
- And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- (And I)
- I know my business, so my sins great
- (And I)
- I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- (And I) Forgive 'em all,
- they did they best to hate
- Oh, let there be light
- This ain't the glorified,
- just painting the street picture
- There's no God in sir Bibles,
- just blunt and switches
- Gillettes cut pain in kitchen
- Now every rapper wanna claim he
- hang with Kenneth "Supreme" Griffith
- It's like the same difference cept
- when niggaz get arraigned
- They don't want the same sentence,
- niggaz get to snitchin
- If I could reverse the monsters
- and turn forward the razas
- And bring back the niggaz who was livest
- Old hustlers,
- reminscing on better days
- They home, doing nothing,
- might as well be in a cage
- Hating on young brothers,
- one foot in the grave
- They used to love us till
- we found our own way thru the maze
- New York, set trippin and flaggin
- Got the West Coast laughing, now Esco's asking
- What happened? My homegirl from upper Manhattan
- She remembers the quarters that's Latin,
- alotta rat-a-tat-tatting
- This is all overseen by my man Will
- As I walk through the shadow of death
- I know that
- I ain't got much time left
- And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- (And I)
- I know my business, so my sins great
- (And I)
- I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- (And I) Forgive 'em all,
- they did they best to hate
- Oh, let there be light
- The son of the audio cassette era,
- tech wearer
- Bullets and begets, Binzbo's speaker terror
- Till man I get mine till I'm dead,
- so I can drive sumpthin red
- Like that horse standing on it's hind legs
- Since Arnold and Willis in they bunk beds
- I wanted bread like Wonder,
- not manned-a-wanno like the parent of Lionel
- Nas is the Ghetto American Idol
- No matter what you do
- you're never getting my title
- I can't sound smart cuz ya'll'll run away
- They say I ain't hungry no more
- and I don't talk about 'ye
- Like there's no other way for a ex-hustler
- Cake ya, the x-ray splitter to touch ya,
- I beg to differ
- When you're four years into the game,
- we can have a conversation
- Eight years in the game,
- I invite ya on vacation
- Ten years in the game,
- after I've enjoyed my fame
- Only then I let ya pick my brain, niggaz
- (And I) Right about now (And I)
- (They don't really know)
- (And I) (They don't really see)
- (No, no, no) We getting real right, ya know?
- (And I)
- That is Tre Williams ladies and gentlemen
- (They should fear no)
- (And I)
- Focus on good things man,
- good times, Heh-heh, alright
- This is all overseen by my man Will
- As I walk through the shadow of death
- I know that
- I ain't got much time left
- And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- I know my business, so my sins great
- I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- Forgive 'em all,
- they did they best to hate
- Oh, let there be light
- This is all overseen by my man Will
- As I walk through the shadow of death
- I know that
- I ain't got much time left
- And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- (And I)
- I know my business, so my sins great
- (And I)
- I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- (And I) Forgive 'em all,
- they did they best to hate
- Oh, let there be light
- Oh let it be, let it be, yeah
- Let it be, let it be
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- [00:00.61]Let There Be Light - Nas
- [00:02.50]Yeah, check check, testing
- [00:04.96]
- [00:06.22]It's clear out there? Yeah
- [00:08.77]
- [00:16.35]It's like
- [00:16.68]I'm hang gliding over the hood, ha
- [00:17.93]
- [00:25.82]Never worry (ohhh, no, no, no)
- [00:28.77]
- [00:30.94]Check, let there be light
- [00:33.20]
- [00:34.04]No gang banging in New York tonight
- [00:36.13]Just murals of Biggie Smalls,
- [00:37.68]bigger then life
- [00:38.83]Turn up the kid mic cuz
- [00:40.22]ya'll ain't listening right
- [00:41.14]
- [00:41.81]What's all this talk that Nas got bought?
- [00:43.53]
- [00:44.09]I'd rather outline my body in white chalk
- [00:45.66]
- [00:46.93]Ain't nobody been where I been,
- [00:48.42]they at a stand still
- [00:49.88]This is all overseen by my man Will
- [00:51.31]As I walk through the shadow of death
- [00:54.18]I know that
- [00:54.84]I ain't got much time left
- [00:56.98]And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- [00:59.13]Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- [01:01.98](And I)
- [01:02.51]I know my business, so my sins great
- [01:04.12](And I)
- [01:04.90]I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- [01:07.27](And I) Forgive 'em all,
- [01:08.27]they did they best to hate
- [01:10.27]Oh, let there be light
- [01:12.73]This ain't the glorified,
- [01:13.50]just painting the street picture
- [01:14.77]There's no God in sir Bibles,
- [01:16.03]just blunt and switches
- [01:17.24]Gillettes cut pain in kitchen
- [01:19.20]Now every rapper wanna claim he
- [01:21.00]hang with Kenneth "Supreme" Griffith
- [01:22.31]It's like the same difference cept
- [01:23.89]when niggaz get arraigned
- [01:25.19]They don't want the same sentence,
- [01:26.58]niggaz get to snitchin
- [01:27.82]If I could reverse the monsters
- [01:29.46]and turn forward the razas
- [01:30.86]And bring back the niggaz who was livest
- [01:32.69]Old hustlers,
- [01:33.73]reminscing on better days
- [01:35.58]They home, doing nothing,
- [01:36.59]might as well be in a cage
- [01:38.21]Hating on young brothers,
- [01:39.42]one foot in the grave
- [01:40.55]They used to love us till
- [01:41.73]we found our own way thru the maze
- [01:43.14]New York, set trippin and flaggin
- [01:45.12]Got the West Coast laughing, now Esco's asking
- [01:47.73]What happened? My homegirl from upper Manhattan
- [01:50.24]She remembers the quarters that's Latin,
- [01:52.05]alotta rat-a-tat-tatting
- [01:53.35]This is all overseen by my man Will
- [01:55.03]As I walk through the shadow of death
- [01:56.48]I know that
- [01:57.32]I ain't got much time left
- [01:58.88]And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- [02:01.07]Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- [02:03.90](And I)
- [02:04.36]I know my business, so my sins great
- [02:06.07](And I)
- [02:06.97]I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- [02:09.10](And I) Forgive 'em all,
- [02:10.19]they did they best to hate
- [02:12.08]Oh, let there be light
- [02:14.28]The son of the audio cassette era,
- [02:15.78]tech wearer
- [02:16.62]Bullets and begets, Binzbo's speaker terror
- [02:19.34]Till man I get mine till I'm dead,
- [02:21.12]so I can drive sumpthin red
- [02:22.49]Like that horse standing on it's hind legs
- [02:24.19]Since Arnold and Willis in they bunk beds
- [02:26.19]I wanted bread like Wonder,
- [02:27.49]not manned-a-wanno like the parent of Lionel
- [02:29.89]Nas is the Ghetto American Idol
- [02:31.91]No matter what you do
- [02:33.32]you're never getting my title
- [02:34.78]I can't sound smart cuz ya'll'll run away
- [02:36.85]They say I ain't hungry no more
- [02:38.61]and I don't talk about 'ye
- [02:39.85]Like there's no other way for a ex-hustler
- [02:41.95]Cake ya, the x-ray splitter to touch ya,
- [02:44.14]I beg to differ
- [02:45.19]When you're four years into the game,
- [02:46.51]we can have a conversation
- [02:47.74]Eight years in the game,
- [02:48.85]I invite ya on vacation
- [02:49.93]Ten years in the game,
- [02:51.29]after I've enjoyed my fame
- [02:53.26]Only then I let ya pick my brain, niggaz
- [02:55.60](And I) Right about now (And I)
- [02:59.00](They don't really know)
- [03:00.46](And I) (They don't really see)
- [03:02.64]
- [03:03.30](No, no, no) We getting real right, ya know?
- [03:06.22](And I)
- [03:06.97]That is Tre Williams ladies and gentlemen
- [03:09.16](They should fear no)
- [03:10.59]
- [03:11.15](And I)
- [03:11.73]
- [03:12.70]Focus on good things man,
- [03:14.08]good times, Heh-heh, alright
- [03:15.83]This is all overseen by my man Will
- [03:17.42]As I walk through the shadow of death
- [03:18.90]I know that
- [03:19.48]I ain't got much time left
- [03:21.42]And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- [03:23.72]Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- [03:26.66]I know my business, so my sins great
- [03:28.90]I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- [03:31.85]Forgive 'em all,
- [03:32.85]they did they best to hate
- [03:35.10]Oh, let there be light
- [03:36.96]This is all overseen by my man Will
- [03:38.18]As I walk through the shadow of death
- [03:39.44]I know that
- [03:40.03]I ain't got much time left
- [03:42.18]And they don't really wanna see the good in me
- [03:44.26]Ain't satisfied until they see the fool in me
- [03:47.05](And I)
- [03:47.73]I know my business, so my sins great
- [03:49.67](And I)
- [03:50.60]I thank the hood for all the love they gave
- [03:52.62](And I) Forgive 'em all,
- [03:53.57]they did they best to hate
- [03:55.16]
- [03:55.69]Oh, let there be light
- [03:59.68]
- [04:01.84]Oh let it be, let it be, yeah
- [04:05.71]
- [04:07.55]Let it be, let it be