Nas - Stillmatic lyrics

Uh, you know I still run with that, that blood of a slave<br>Boiling in my veins<br>It's just hot until a nigga can't take it no more<br>Blood of a slave, heart of a king<br>Turn my voice up<br><br>Ayo, the brother is stillmatic<br>I crawled up out of that grave, wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt<br>They thought I'll make another illmatic<br>But it's always forward I'm moving<br>Never backwards stupid here's another classic<br>C-notes is falling from the sky<br>By now the credits roll starring nas executive poet, produced, directed by<br>The kid slash escobar<br>Narration describes the lives and laws tribes in the ghetto trying to survive<br>The feature opens with this young black child<br>Finger scratch, cigarette burns on the sofa, turning the tv down<br>Mary jane girls, 45's playing, soft in the background<br>Poof from c-town's mornings was hash browns<br>Stepped over dope fiends, walking out the door, all of us paw<br>I learned the difference between the snitches, the real ones, and who's soft<br>And the murderous, hungriest crews<br>People jumping from roofs, shotguns pumping made it through my youth<br>Walking very thin lines, ages seven and nine<br>That's the age I was on my album cover, this is the rebirth<br>I know the streets thirst water like moses<br>Walking through the hot desert searching to be free<br>This is my end and my new beginning nostalgia<br>Out for the in a mega places, it's like a glitch in the matrix<br>I seen it at all, did it all, most of y'all been pop for a minute<br>Spitters, sinners and the game get rid of y'all<br>Y'all got there but y'all didn't get it all, I want my style back<br>Hate to cease y'all plan it's the rap reaper man<br>To them double up hustlers, bidders, niggaz who real<br>Professionals, stick up childs dreaming for meals<br>Let my words guide you, get inside you<br>From crypts to pirals this is survival<br><br>Blood of a slave, heart of a king<br>Blood of a slave, heart of a king<br>Uh, uh blood of a slave, heart of a king<br>Uh, yea<br>Huh, braveheart