Nas - It Ain`t Hard To Tell

It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death,
breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke
of buddha through righteous steps

Deep like The Shinin',
sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island
in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian,
half-man, half-amazin

Cause in my physical,
I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin,
then extend strong
I drank 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 jew-el, 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 Shiek
Jam like a tech with correct techniques

So analyze me, surprise me,
but can't magmatize 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, niggaz is frozen
Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again

Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
I dominate break loops,
givin mics men-e-straul cycles
Street's disciple,
I rock beats that's mega trifle
And groovy but smoother
than moves by Villanova

You're still a soldier,
I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
Packin 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 fell
Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
It ain't hard to tell -
It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death,
breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke
of buddha through righteous steps

Deep like The Shinin',
sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island
in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian,
half-man, half-amazin

Cause in my physical,
I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin,
then extend strong
I drank 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 jew-el, 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 Shiek
Jam like a tech with correct techniques

So analyze me, surprise me,
but can't magmatize 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, niggaz is frozen
Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again

Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
I dominate break loops,
givin mics men-e-straul cycles
Street's disciple,
I rock beats that's mega trifle
And groovy but smoother
than moves by Villanova

You're still a soldier,
I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
Packin 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 fell
Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
It ain't hard to tell -
Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell

Classic track off 'Illmatic'. My favourite track off the album.

Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell

Nas' official music video for 'It Ain't Hard To Tell'. Click to listen to Nas on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/NasSpotify?IQid=NasIAH2 As featured on Greatest Hits.

10. Nas - It ain't hard to tell (lyrics)

Nas - The story behind It Ain't Hard to Tell

Music video by Nas performing The story behind It Ain't Hard to Tell. (C) 2014 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment http://vevo.ly/1vXXRl.

Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell (Live at #VEVOSXSW 2012)

Music video by Nas performing It Ain't Hard to Tell (Live at #VEVOSXSW 2012).

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