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 in haleit 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
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 menestraul 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 in haleit 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
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 menestraul 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.

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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