It ain't hard to tell, I excel then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper's breath I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps Deep like the Shining, sparkle like a diamond Sneak a Uzi on the island in my army jacket lining Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazing 'Cause in my physical, I can express through song Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong I drink Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up Nas, I analyze, drop a jewel, inhale from the L School a fool well, you feel it like Braille, it ain't hard to tell I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill Vocabulary spills I'm Ill plus Matic I freak beats, slam it like Iron Sheik Jam like a Tec with correct techniques So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magnetize me Scannin' while you're plannin' ways to sabotage me I leave 'em froze like her-on in your nose Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell This rhythmatic explosion is what your frame of mind has chosen I'll leave your brain stimulated, niggas is frozen Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin End like Leviathan, it's deep, well let me try again Wisdom be leaking out my grapefruit, troop I dominate break loops, giving mics men-e-strual cycles Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle And groove even smoother than moves by Villanova You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra Packing like a Rasta in the weed spot, vocals'll squeeze Glocks MC's eavesdrop though they need not to sneak My poetry's deep, I never fail Nas's raps should be locked in a cell, it ain't hard to tell