No he didnt and barely has still. This song speaks to me about we Americans would love to be law abiding citizens if these tyrants that we gave our power to didnt take away our constitutional rights and freedom. Most Americans rather be criminals because they are being ruled by criminals. Criminal leaders are followed by criminals. White, black, and everything in between. We all hate this. We all hate them. We have nothing to love politically, most us even romantically. Nothing to value, fight for and protect. Our population is 300 millions plus. Our military a scratch of that because who wants to serve tyranny ? Who wants to fight, kill and die for nothing good ?
"...Bitches left me cos they thought I was finished..." I felt that shit harrrd! Especially knowing this was the period when he lost his mum, his career wasn't doing so well and Jay attacked him on Takeover. You can feel the frustration in that 3rd verse!
They weren't even beefing like the media wanted. It was just speculation. They appreciated each other for the art and what they were doing for the culture. A Nas & Pac joint would have been the hottest thing you could imagine back in those days. Man I miss the good rappers... We got some good ones carrying the torch tho.
@@supermonkeycollider Nah, stop with bs. Boomers don't listen to hip hop. Hip hop didnt even officially drop until 1973(HENCE Boomers at the latest date ONLY heard hip hop 9 years after). I guess you zoolenials are trying to say old in muskrat. 💯 of the time you just sound like uneducated morons. The irony of it is, some of these 'boomers' are your own parents.🤔
This song is so deep. Nas is the best conscious rap brother. There's no cussing and no thots showing there ass fr. This song is so true. We need more songs like this
NAS is one of the only reasons I know I’m not crazy. I learned NAS in high school. I’m an insomniac. I remember my brother telling me to hurry up bcuz the bus was coming. I said whatever but this video literally gave me life... NAS I got one love on my arm...
This song puts me into a trance that I can't quite explain it but I feel invincible everytime I feel it in my brain. It's like his voice is speaking to a different part of my brain
@@DracoPadilla I'm a Tupac Stan all day, have been my entire life....but Pac and Nas sampled a couple of the same tracks....and they both do justice on them....Nas is special the same way Pac is he just has a different personality...he's not as outspoken....and Pac knew it that's why he really never wanted beef with Nas. They definitely had a mutual respect for one another.
“My n*ggas roll up shooting from wheelchairs” This is one of my favorites from Nas. It was raw and could’ve been acapella if he wanted. Simple beat and just a lyricist doing his thing.
Say no more.... Thank you for your music.. I can feel and visualize you're work and music.... Meaning is truth and you tell it so well... I will always be grateful for NAS...
They don’t make rap like this no more shoutout to nas now these the type of rappers us 80 babies listened to growing up sometimes you gotta go back to roots back to basics!!!! 💯😎✊🏾🙏🏾
Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots From twin Glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two Which means, one of my guns was holdin' 17 Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you. One of the best lyrics. Still listening in 2022.
The whole song is 100% FIRE, but at 3:10 its just out of control. Best I've ever heard. Nas is 100% on this track! Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? 🔥 Fooled you niggas What you call an 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'll get killed Body found in the dumpster For real a hustler, purchased my Range Niggas throwin' dirt on my name Jealous ‘cause fiends got they work and complain Bitches 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 niggas real Heard they were 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 🔥🔥🔥
One time, yeah, yeah Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage One nigga 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 nigga flip Writing names on my hollow tips, plotting shit Mad violence who I'm gon' body, this hood politics Acknowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbage's Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knocking 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 Ricocheting between the spots that I'm hiding in Blacking out as I shoot back, fuck getting hit! {*more sirens*} This is my hood I'ma rep, to the death of it 'til everybody come home, little niggas 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, leaving victims with doctors If you really think you ready to die, with nines out This is what nas is bout, nigga 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 niggas All I need is one mic, yeah All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen One prayer - tell god forgive for one sin Matter fact maybe more than one, look back At all the hatred against me, fuck all of them Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots From twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two Which means, one of my guns was holding 17 Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you Everybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeral Never gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocent Nothing is fair, niggas roll up, shooting from wheelchairs My heart is racing, tasting revenge in the air I let the shit slide for too many years, too many times Now I'm strapped with a couple of macs, too many nines If y'all niggas really wit me get busy load up the semis Do more than just hold it explode the clip until you empty There's nothing in our way, they bust, we bust, they rust, we rust Led flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gut That we take these bitches to war, lie 'em down Cause we stronger now my nigga the time is now!! All I need is one mic, that's all I need, that's all I need All I need is one mic, there's nothing else in the world All I need is one mic, that's all a nigga need to do his thing why'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 Talking all that slick shit, the same way these bitches do Wonder what my secrets is, niggas'll move on you Only if they know, what your weakness is I have none Too late to grab guns I'm blasting cause I'm a cool nigga Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? fooled you niggas What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashing War gets deep, some beef is everlasting Complete with thick scars, brothers knifing 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, niggas throwing dirt on my name Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain Bitches left me cause they thought I was finished Should of knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentence Diamonds are blinding, I never make the same mistakes Moving with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight Swelling my melon cause none of these niggas real Heard he was, telling police, how can a kingpin squeal? This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found You need some soul searching, the time is now All I need is one mic, yeah, yeah yeah yeah All I need is one mic, that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash All I need is one mic, fuck the cars, the jewelry All I need is one mic, to spread my voice to the whole world
I was born 2003 and I’ve been tryna get into hip hop heavy. Lately I’ve been onto NaS. I started with Illumatic and Stillmatic (Ik not in order) but I can honestly say. Stillmatic is my favorite album of his and my favorite album as of right now. This song along with “Every Ghetto”, “The Flyest,” “Rewind” and “Your Da Man”. But “One Mic” man. It’s something different. To The Beat, the lyrics, the dramatic piano towards the end. One of the best and my favorite rap songs ever!
I’m now 36 I didn’t think very much about this song back back in jr high but now omg years later I put the pieces in place and all made since I felt this song made me almost tear up🥹
True but it’s only us as fans rating them off of our preference. They’re still making moves in hopes of putting others on We gotta learn from them and match their hustle to keep their messages going
@That1Fellow510 never dold out at all, kept all his rymes real. didnt want street or radio music! so yeh he dropped off bc he wouldnt give clean versions anymore. And he made over 125 million investing in crypto, so yeh he is doing fine!
I really don't believe that Nas got enough praise for this track right here..... absolutely powerful.
Some people don't know that
No he didnt and barely has still. This song speaks to me about we Americans would love to be law abiding citizens if these tyrants that we gave our power to didnt take away our constitutional rights and freedom. Most Americans rather be criminals because they are being ruled by criminals. Criminal leaders are followed by criminals. White, black, and everything in between. We all hate this. We all hate them. We have nothing to love politically, most us even romantically. Nothing to value, fight for and protect. Our population is 300 millions plus. Our military a scratch of that because who wants to serve tyranny ? Who wants to fight, kill and die for nothing good ?
Top shelf
Fuck cash
The track is deep...
One of the most powerful tracks ever made, what I stand for speaks for itself....I swear this song is alive! has a heartbeat in me for ever.😞
SAME BRO! FR!!
In alot of people forever
Always come back to this track. It's the pulse of the hood unfiltered 100
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The best Nas song. You can just tell it comes from the heart.
Yea the best nas song
Not the best... The Message holds that title, but I could see an argument for 2nd.
@@tomfoolery5680My favorite Nas song. The message💯💪🏾
"...Bitches left me cos they thought I was finished..."
I felt that shit harrrd! Especially knowing this was the period when he lost his mum, his career wasn't doing so well and Jay attacked him on Takeover. You can feel the frustration in that 3rd verse!
Straight cap puddy
YES! LOVE THIS LINE!
For real but then he came out with either and killed jay and everybody else . he shut everybody the f*ck up
"Shoulda knew she wasn't true when she came to me when her man caught a sentence".. frfr.. straight 🔥.
Sadly some of us go through the BS. Fake love 😢
People don't realize that you gotta love and protect this one while he's here.....not let him become another posthumous legacy.
It's ain't dirty it's real version
This is the dirty version
Facts dirty is always real because it's the first one wrote before that radio edit shit 💯
💯
Say it louder for the clowns in the back!
Exactly, just looked for it after the Disney version.
Man PAC would've been so proud of Nas for making this joint
They weren't even beefing like the media wanted. It was just speculation. They appreciated each other for the art and what they were doing for the culture. A Nas & Pac joint would have been the hottest thing you could imagine back in those days. Man I miss the good rappers... We got some good ones carrying the torch tho.
2023 whose still vibing. It’s a pity the millennials won’t experience rap the same way we did🙌
a-fukkin-men brotha
I think you mean Gen Z....us millennials got to experience the real music....we are the last generation that did but we most definitely got to.
@@DKdoomboom im 37 years old, millennial. I grew up on this. ppl just cant grasp these generational time periods for real. sanchez is tripping.
2024
The delivery on that 3rd verse, gets me every time 🐐
A Classic that's still in my rotation am 47 and still jam this song.
46 still jamming
Damn, I'm a teen lol
56 and still jammin
@@jacquelinewilliams545 ya heard
Same
Still listening 2024 to this classic timeless song. The GOAT 🐐
Classic 🔥 One of my favorite rap songs of all time. Nas is the 🐐
Same here and makes more sense to me as a woman
Yes nas the 🐐
This might be the best rap song ever I’m trying of a song that might be better I still haven’t come up with any
Greatest hip hop artist alive. Huge Nas fan.
One of the most cerebral songs I have ever heard. You just can't get shit like this anymore
Boomer talk. just gotta know where to look.
@@supermonkeycollider Nah, stop with bs. Boomers don't listen to hip hop. Hip hop didnt even officially drop until 1973(HENCE Boomers at the latest date ONLY heard hip hop 9 years after). I guess you zoolenials are trying to say old in muskrat. 💯 of the time you just sound like uneducated morons. The irony of it is, some of these 'boomers' are your own parents.🤔
"Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us"
FACTS 💯💪🏾
They don’t make music like this anymore. One of the most powerful hits full of purpose, emotion and overall goodness.
100 pct bro
Its messed up we gotta go back in time to hear real music
This song is so deep. Nas is the best conscious rap brother. There's no cussing and no thots showing there ass fr. This song is so true. We need more songs like this
Absolutely
💯
he not better then drake. FULL STOP
Yeaseassss
Adam Goldstein he been better than Drake. Listen to real rap and get out that mainstream music bullshit
50 years of hip hop and i had to have nas on my playlist ❤🎉🎉🎉
Yo nas is a lyrical genius. Wow
The story telling in this song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It is 2022 and I still can't get enough of this song...
2023
Nas so talented
Anyone listening in 2021+
its in my Alltime Playlist.
2022. may 4th.. Love from Africa
If you listen to this song in 2021 you're a legend!!!!
2023
2024
He's a prophet
NAS is one of the only reasons I know I’m not crazy. I learned NAS in high school. I’m an insomniac. I remember my brother telling me to hurry up bcuz the bus was coming. I said whatever but this video literally gave me life... NAS I got one love on my arm...
I basically have the same back story as you. He saved me as a high schooler.
Thanks for the uncut version. Regular video mutes everything.
I can imagine the energy in the studio when he got in the booth to spit these flames, over this beat!🔥
I am white and native, and I remember having this song reach all the way to Maine, and still be easily one of my favorite songs ever.
So much chills OMG this was amazing.
This song puts me into a trance that I can't quite explain it but I feel invincible everytime I feel it in my brain. It's like his voice is speaking to a different part of my brain
I totally understand you!!! That's why this is a TUUUUNNNNEEEEE
This is my fav Nas song and goes in my top 10 of all time rap songs
Miss them times so much
The way he starts of quiet at begining of ech verse then almost yelling until the last verse starts of lound then goes quiet powerful
Of all the various interpretations of "In the Air Tonight" Nas actually got the original's structure and made a classic track in his own right.
Jeez Louise on a horse, as much as I love both those songs I never put that together. Mind officially blown.
He was always trying to copy Pac. I like Nas, but he wanted to be like Pac so bad.
Lmaooo he was out before PAC. Get your Hip Hop history right before posting nonsense.
@@VontiNYC I think he was referring to Pac using this sample back in 96
@@DracoPadilla I'm a Tupac Stan all day, have been my entire life....but Pac and Nas sampled a couple of the same tracks....and they both do justice on them....Nas is special the same way Pac is he just has a different personality...he's not as outspoken....and Pac knew it that's why he really never wanted beef with Nas. They definitely had a mutual respect for one another.
Please Give This Man His Flowers While He Is Still Alive 🙏💯
Definitely one of the GREATEST.
One of my Nas favorite uncountable masterpieces, an anthem
So happy i finally got to see this live forever grateful for that memory
thanks for this, much needed the original.
One of my absolute favorites - its just so deep, intense and real
“My n*ggas roll up shooting from wheelchairs” This is one of my favorites from Nas. It was raw and could’ve been acapella if he wanted. Simple beat and just a lyricist doing his thing.
that bar always makes me smile
His best song ever
Years later. I’m sitting here Letting my Son hear this Amazing Man That He’s Named after❤️💪🏾 Nasir💪🏾🙌🏾
This should be our 2020 anthem!
Nas has a place in my heart. 2023❤
Got to see King perform this live front row seats 👑
Say no more.... Thank you for your music.. I can feel and visualize you're work and music.... Meaning is truth and you tell it so well... I will always be grateful for NAS...
Exactly
They don’t make rap like this no more shoutout to nas now these the type of rappers us 80 babies listened to growing up sometimes you gotta go back to roots back to basics!!!! 💯😎✊🏾🙏🏾
Best hip hop song of all time
A Living legend still stands.
It hit diff when u close to eyes and jus listen to it👌
Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots
From twin Glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
Which means, one of my guns was holdin' 17
Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you.
One of the best lyrics.
Still listening in 2022.
Hands down Nas is one of the greatest artist outthere. Bless up yuhself Nas
The whole song is 100% FIRE, but at 3:10 its just out of control. Best I've ever heard. Nas is 100% on this track! Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? 🔥
Fooled you niggas
What you call an 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'll get killed
Body found in the dumpster
For real a hustler, purchased my Range
Niggas throwin' dirt on my name
Jealous ‘cause fiends got they work and complain
Bitches 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 niggas real
Heard they were 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 🔥🔥🔥
This Nas track is so underrated ! I love this shit !
Where is this lyricism today?
It’s not being pushed because NAS is still rapping
In the 90’s man I miss that era
The best song Nas ever made in my opinion!!
Chills every time
This track brings tears to my eyes
Nas is a 🐐, and you are a 🐐 for posting this!!
NAS BEST SONG!
Way ahead of it’s time , was young as hell when this was on BET & was my favorite song then & still is now , righteous art work not rap right here
One time, yeah, yeah
Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage
One nigga 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 nigga flip
Writing names on my hollow tips, plotting shit
Mad violence who I'm gon' body, this hood politics
Acknowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbage's
Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us
Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knocking 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
Ricocheting between the spots that I'm hiding in
Blacking out as I shoot back, fuck getting hit! {*more sirens*}
This is my hood I'ma rep, to the death of it
'til everybody come home, little niggas 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, leaving victims with doctors
If you really think you ready to die, with nines out
This is what nas is bout, nigga 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 niggas
All I need is one mic, yeah
All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen
One prayer - tell god forgive for one sin
Matter fact maybe more than one, look back
At all the hatred against me, fuck all of them
Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots
From twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
Which means, one of my guns was holding 17
Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you
Everybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeral
Never gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocent
Nothing is fair, niggas roll up, shooting from wheelchairs
My heart is racing, tasting revenge in the air
I let the shit slide for too many years, too many times
Now I'm strapped with a couple of macs, too many nines
If y'all niggas really wit me get busy load up the semis
Do more than just hold it explode the clip until you empty
There's nothing in our way, they bust, we bust, they rust, we rust
Led flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gut
That we take these bitches to war, lie 'em down
Cause we stronger now my nigga the time is now!!
All I need is one mic, that's all I need, that's all I need
All I need is one mic, there's nothing else in the world
All I need is one mic, that's all a nigga need to do his thing why'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
Talking all that slick shit, the same way these bitches do
Wonder what my secrets is, niggas'll move on you
Only if they know, what your weakness is I have none
Too late to grab guns I'm blasting cause I'm a cool nigga
Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? fooled you niggas
What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashing
War gets deep, some beef is everlasting
Complete with thick scars, brothers knifing 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, niggas throwing dirt on my name
Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain
Bitches left me cause they thought I was finished
Should of knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentence
Diamonds are blinding, I never make the same mistakes
Moving with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight
Swelling my melon cause none of these niggas real
Heard he was, telling police, how can a kingpin squeal?
This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found
You need some soul searching, the time is now
All I need is one mic, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
All I need is one mic, that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash
All I need is one mic, fuck the cars, the jewelry
All I need is one mic, to spread my voice to the whole world
All of his songs are good asf. This one is my favorite👌
Still listening in 2022 this track still better than most💯
Had 2Pac been alive during this time would have loved this with a 2Pac verse in it.
Nas and 2Pac - the greatest collaberation that never happened.
My favorite song from nas brings me.back to my teenage years
All I need is one mic, one try, one breath, i’m one man. What I stand for speaks for itself.
🐐lyrics right there.
Shout-out to Nas ... Did this song at the Grammys. Legendary moment
All we need to do is Unite.
This song gets me so hype, when that beat comes in I’m rockin in the whip
this track is one of his best. The message, the amazing production, all top notch.
In Junior School loving this song.. I miss music that told a story
Bus stop glass shatters. A fiend dropz his Heineken.
Made a whole movie in less than 5 minutes. One of his classics
The prophet at his best
The ILLEST Facts
Real Revolutionary type shi 💯
Rip Prodigy of Mobb Deep
One of the greatest rap songs ever written!
If rap doesnt die, does the ghetto?
Please show this in school. Since 1st grade. Also teach the new cats what rap is all about.
This might possibly be the greatest song ever created
Still hard now and so real what he is saying 😢
True that the old rap hits you in your ❤
I was born 2003 and I’ve been tryna get into hip hop heavy. Lately I’ve been onto NaS. I started with Illumatic and Stillmatic (Ik not in order) but I can honestly say. Stillmatic is my favorite album of his and my favorite album as of right now. This song along with “Every Ghetto”, “The Flyest,” “Rewind” and “Your Da Man”. But “One Mic” man. It’s something different. To The Beat, the lyrics, the dramatic piano towards the end. One of the best and my favorite rap songs ever!
Forever a classic
I’m now 36 I didn’t think very much about this song back back in jr high but now omg years later I put the pieces in place and all made since I felt this song made me almost tear up🥹
Salute to you legend..
Who tf zoomed in? Smh
CLASSIC SONG. Had a dream about this video last nite lol had to check it out.
One of the best lyrical songs, the beat how it builds up yo the breakdown then circles back to the slow intro, they don't make beats like this no more
Nas we need you in 2024
It's a line between slick and smart,,that line is critical
2022 and don't EVER forget about this right here 🔥
NAS HAS A COOL SOUNDING VOICE MAN EVEN WHEN HE IS JUST TALKING NORMALLY
This Hip Hop period!
2022 we never left you Nas
NAS STILL DOPE IN 2024
This gives me chills 😎
if he sold out like J did hed be on top
You absolutely right bro
He is on top. People are lost mentally if they think otherwise.
@@animefan9329 he would be on top undisputed
True but it’s only us as fans rating them off of our preference. They’re still making moves in hopes of putting others on
We gotta learn from them and match their hustle to keep their messages going
@That1Fellow510 never dold out at all, kept all his rymes real. didnt want street or radio music! so yeh he dropped off bc he wouldnt give clean versions anymore. And he made over 125 million investing in crypto, so yeh he is doing fine!
EVERY LYRIC IS SO THOUGHT ABOUT HES SUCH A DEEP ASS DUDE ON SUCH AN INTELLIGENT LEVEL.
Masterpiece
I can't believe this only got 140 comments. Remarkable to say less.
Forever 💎💙🎶💜🤘🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾♾️♾️♾️♾️Nas forever 💗