It Ain't Hard to Tell lyrics

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 Shining, 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 drink Moët 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 Sheik

Jam like a TEC 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 heroin in your nose

Nas will 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, niggas 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-strual cycles

Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle

And groove even 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 will squeeze Glocks

MCs eavesdrop, though they need not to sneak

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas' raps should be locked in a cell; it ain't hard to tell

• Artist:Nas
• Album:Illmatic