And as a special treat evening I have asked America's foremost poet To his latest poem for us
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him Ladies and gentlemen, We, we, we came a way
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody him Ladies and gentlemen,
Yo, yo, yo Power and crime, the thugs slingin' powder and of D, is yo' niggaz wilder than mine? My niggaz nines, puff lye and stick up cowards For shine, you resist, then you push up flowers
I'm like Lou Cabrasi, best hit-man That's shit, back seat, next lit plans spit, I'm too tough to bargain with And you don't want the God to pull up the that's sick
and wrists is lit up, Queensbridge Kings Plaques awards applause when I do my Streets is black as midnight, the concrete With of blood and germ and piss all day
on the ave, get sized up, plus appraised Duck and pray that my don't bust your way with names, livin' off reputation Sometimes gotta remind you ain't changin'
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him
If you ill, get me, 'cause I ain't runnin' If gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared It's all fair in love and war and I'm prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If your gun's off the hook then both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in and we can take it there
You don't like me clown? Now, you take me down? If I bring my face around, you gon' do what? You Your crew knew I blew up, I been shinin', baseball rings for your chick lings
Niggaz know what my nine pearl about you, say girlie mouth? Get it krunk like the Dirty South And I you see me flossed out, multi mill i Hear your bitch about me, you give her the cold eye?
Girls dig you, imagine what she for me? You make hot songs, but she know you from me Who ill as me? I wild on haters in three Next level, I take niggaz to 3-D
Can't find a nigga shook Queens I'll be with the most grimy (What nigga?) And they all look Who put bombs cars, if you want beef then start next stop is to the graveyard
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If your gun's off the hook then we'll both be Come get me if you real, 'cause I scared all fair in love and war and I'm well prepared
If you ill, come get me, I ain't runnin' If your gun's off the then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in and we can take it there
You too feminine to kill again, got you soft You talk but you scared to go back up Keep your face twisted, but you don't really nuttin' Talk a bunch of shit and stop frontin'
You don't flip again, and sell drugs again Be on the run again, you at the Comfort Inn up your door, bust in on you and your whore Put y'all in bags, clean the blood off of the
So play tough, I y'all to get out of line I got nines, every color and design I sent killers race to put one in your spine Two in your ear, get your crew, who do I Nobody never get and none of em dyin'
I think like you do, roll with two irons Catch me flyin', high in the aircraft And dinin', you die, then we laugh, you ass You bitch ass to gauze up, stab wounds
While I'm gettin' head, in a jet, bathroom all my goons, all my ice, and suitcases Full of paper, not money it's statements The Illmatic that explains how we Yachts and co-ops, we buy the and sell you a block
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I scared It's all fair in and war and I'm well prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't If gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I scared It's all fair in love and we can take it
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus We, we, we a long way and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody him Ladies and gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen, and gentlemen