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 [bad word]  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 [bad word]  From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell

 The buddha monk's in your [bad word]  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 [bad word] 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