Nas — One Mic American Epic Session

[Verse] Yo, all I need is one mic‚ one beat‚ one stage One  person front‚ 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 probably'll make me flip Write  my name on my hollow tips, plottin' shit Mad violence, who I'm gon' body? This hood politics Acknowledge  it‚ leave bodies chopped up in garbages Seeds watch us, grow up, try to follow us Police watch us, roll up, try knockin' 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 burst, a fiend drops his Heineken Ricochetin' between the spots that I'm hidin' in Blackin' out as I shoot back—fuck gettin' hit! 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 Sent from the stars, sun and the moon In this life of police chases, street sweepers, coppers Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin' victims with doctors If you really think you ready to die This is what Nas is 'bout [Chorus] Yo, all I need is one mic All I need is one mic [Verse 2] All I need is one blunt, one page, one pen One prayer, tell God forgive me for one sin Matter of fact, more than one Look back at all the hatred against me—fuck all of them! Jesus died at age 33, 33 shots From twin Glocks, there's 16 apiece, that's 32 Which means one of my guns was holdin' 17 27 hit your crew, six went into you Everybody gotta die sometime Hope your funeral never gets shot up ?? through the innocent Nothin' is fair, my heart is racin' Tastin' revenge in the air I let this shit slide for too many years Strapped up, too many MACs, too many 9s If y'all niggas really with me, get busy, load up the semis Do more than just hold it, explode the clip until it's empty There's nothin' in our way: they bust, we bust, they rush, we rush Lead flyin', feel it? I feel it in my gut That we take these bitches to war, lie 'em down 'Cause we stronger now, the time is now! [Chorus] I need one mic All I need is one mic [Verse 3] All I need is one life, one try, one breath, and one man What I stand for speaks for itself, they don't understand Don't wanna see me on top, too egotistical Talkin' 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 blastin' ‘cause I'm a cool nigga Thought I wouldn't have your ass done? Fooled you niggas [Chorus] I need one mic All I need is one mic All I need is one mic All I need is one mic