One time
Yeah
Yeah
Yo all I need is one mic
one beat, one stage
one n***a front
my face on the front page
only if I had one gun
One girl and one crib
One God to show me how
to do things his son did
pure
Like a cup of virgin blood
mixed with 151
one sip'll make
a n***a flip
Writin' names on my
hollow tips, plottin' s**t
mad violence who I'm
gon' body, this hood
politics ackowledge it
Leave bodies chopped up
in garbages
seeds watch us
grow up and try
to follow us
police watch us
Roll up and try knockin' us
one knee I ducked
could it be my time is up
but my luck, I got up
the cop shot again
Bus stop glass bursts
a fiend drops his Heineken
richochetin' between
the spots that I'm hidin' in
Blackin' out
as I shoot back
f**k gettin' hit!
This is my hood Imma rep
to the death of it
till everybody come home
little n***az is grown
Hoodrats
don't abortion your womb
We need more
warriors soon
sip from the star
sun and the moon
In this life
of police chases, street
sweepers and coppers
stick-up kids with
no conscience, leavin'
victims with doctors
If you really think you
ready to die with nines out
this is what Nas is about
n***a the time is now!
Yo all I need is one mic
All I need is one mic
That's all I need
All I need is one mic
All I need n***az
All I need is one mic
Yeah
All I need is one blunt
one page and one pen
one prayer
Tell God forgive me
for one sin
matter of fact
maybe more than one
Look back
at all the hatred
against me
f**k all of 'em
Jesus died at age 33
There's 33 shots
from twin glocks
there's 16 apiece
that's 32 which means
One of my guns
was holdin' 17
27 hit your crew
6 went into you
Everybody gotta die
sometime hope your
funeral never gets shot up
bullets tear through
the innocent nothin' is fair
n***az roll up
Shootin' from wheelchairs
my heart is racin'
tastin' revenge in the air
I let the s**t slide
for too many years
Too many times
now I'm strapped
with a couple of macs
too many nines if y'all
n***az really with me
get busy load up the semis
Do more than just hold it
explode the clip
until you empty
there's nothin' in our way
they bust, we bust
they rust, we rust
Lead flyin' feel it?
I feel it in my gut
that we take these
b***hes to war
Lie 'em down
'cause we stronger now
my n***a the time is now
yo all I need is one mic
That's all I need n***az
That's all I need
all I need is one mic
There's nuttin' else
in the world
all I need is one mic
That's all a n***a need
to do his thing you know
all I need is one mic
All I need is one life
one try, one breath
I'm one man
what I stand for
speaks for itself
They don't understand
or want to see me on top
too egotistical
talkin' all that slick s**t
the same way
these b***hes do
Wonder what my secret is
n***az'll move on you
only if they know
What your weakness is
I have none
too late to grab guns
I'm blastin'
'cause I'm a cool n***a
Thought I wouldn't
have that ass done
fooled you n***az
what you call
a infinite brawl
eternal souls clashin'
War gets deep
some beef is everlastin'
complete with thick scars
brothers knifin' each other
up in prison yards
Drama
where does it start?
You know the block
was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a
cop would get killed body
found in the dumpster
for real a hustler
Purchased my range
n***az throwin' dirt
on my name
jealous 'cause fiends got
they work and complain
B***hes left me
'cause they thought
I was finished
Shoulda knew she wasn't
true she came to me
when her man
caught a sentence
diamonds are blindin'
I never make
the same mistakes
movin' with a change
of pace, lighter load see
now the king is straight
Swellin' my melon 'cause
none of these n***az real
heard he was
tellin' police how can
a kingpin squeal?
This is crazy
I'm on the right track
I'm finally found you need
some soul searchin' the
time is now yo all I need
is one mic yeh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
all I need is one mic
That's all I ever needed
in this world, f**k cash
all I need is one mic
f**k the cars
the jewellery
All I need is one mic
to spread my voice
to the whole world
All I need is one mic