And as a special treat evening I have asked America's foremost poet To read his poem for us
Ladies and gentlemen, Everybody, him Ladies and gentlemen, We, we, we a long way
Ladies and gentlemen, watch him Ladies and gentlemen,
Yo, yo, yo Power and crime, the thugs slingin' and dimes Twenties of D, is yo' wilder than mine? My niggaz bust nines, puff lye and up cowards For they shine, you resist, then you up flowers
I'm Lou Cabrasi, Vito's best hit-man That's Godfather shit, back seat, next lit Revolvers spit, I'm too to bargain with And you don't want the God to pull up the cars that's
and wrists is lit up, Queensbridge Kings Plaques awards applause I do my thing Streets is as midnight, the concrete gray With of blood and germ and piss all day
Come on the ave, get sized up, appraised Duck and pray my guns don't bust your way Niggaz with names, livin' off Sometimes gotta remind you ain't nothin'
and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody, him
If you ill, come get me, I ain't runnin' If your gun's off the hook then we'll both be Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in love and war and I'm prepared
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If your off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't It's all fair in love and we can take it
You don't like me clown? Now, you wanna me down? If I bring my face around, you gon' do You butt Your crew knew I blew up, I been shinin', diamonds Dick rings for your lings
Niggaz what my nine pearl handle's about Fuck you, say mouth? Get it krunk like the Dirty South And I you see me flossed out, multi mill i Hear your bitch talk about me, you give her the cold
Girls dig you, imagine what she for me? You make hot songs, but she know you steal me Who ill as me? I wild on in album three Next level, I take y'all to 3-D
Can't find a shook from Queens I'll be with the most grimy (What nigga?) And they all look Who put bombs underneath cars, if you want then start Your stop is to the graveyard
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I runnin' If your gun's off the hook we'll both be gunnin' get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared It's all in love and war and I'm well prepared
If you ill, come get me, I ain't runnin' If your gun's off the hook then both be gunnin' Come get me if you real, I ain't scared It's all fair in love and we can it there
You too feminine to kill again, jail got you You talk but you scared to go back up your face twisted, but you don't really want nuttin' Talk a bunch of shit and stop frontin'
You don't wanna flip again, and sell drugs Be on the run again, catch you at the Inn Shoot up your door, bust in on you and whore Put y'all in bags, clean the off of the floor
So play tough, I want to get out of line I got nines, every shape and design I sent every race to put one in your spine Two in your ear, get crew, who do I fear? Nobody never get and none of em dyin'
I think you do, roll with about two irons Catch me flyin', high in the aircraft And dinin', you die, then we laugh, you ass You bitch ass to gauze up, your stab
While I'm head, in a Lear jet, bathroom With all my goons, all my ice, and of paper, not money it's bank statements The Illmatic explains how we rock Yachts and co-ops, we buy the hood and sell you a
If you ill, get me, 'cause I ain't runnin' If your gun's off the hook then we'll be gunnin' get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared It's all fair in love and war and I'm well
If you ill, get me, 'cause I ain't runnin' If gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin' get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared It's all in love and we can take it there
Ladies and gentlemen, Everybody, him Ladies and gentlemen, We, we, we a long way and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Everybody him and gentlemen, na-na-Nastradamus Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and