Nas, DJ Premier - 3rd Childhood

When I flow for the street, who else could it be? N-A-S, Nas Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge Make everything right, get yours Is it time to take off the scully, the Timbs, and the fitted caps? Time to let go of the weed, can't let the jeans sag? Ozzy Osbourne still got his fingernails black Rock and rollers still rebels, any age that they at But with rap, it's a time limit? Never I'm livin' proof, I'm the truth 'til if I live a-hundred-and-two When I was young, I knew nothing, but then here comes a new lesson From a older gentlemen dressed in Dior, he flexin' He said, "It's not how old you are, it's how you feel" Look here, I'm in my Air Max '87 still Rastas still smokin', secluded out in the bush Pimps still wearin' their derbies, people still dippin' snuff That's how it stay true, ways we learn in the days of our youth Seen a man, like 82, he rocked his hat ace deuce I'm goin' out hood, different from bein' a third childhood Switched it up a little, but still, I'm goin' out hood When I flow for the street, who else could it be? N-A-S, Nas Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge Make everything right, get yours, nigga When I flow for the street, who else could it be? N-A-S, Nas Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge Make everything right, get yours Hear me out now, back in the days, it sure was a time Hear me out if I've been your age and you haven't been mine As we get older and time great turns into mediocre Good turns into so-so, bad just means that it could be better I wrote a letter to the judge from Prince A sharp minded man who thought his way about the pens Corporations are not the genius that created gangster rap Never give 'em credit for that, we made it that I assisted Hip-Hop 50 to that worldy stage And brought Kool Herc on stage I made sure that Hip-Hop museum got paid Matter fact, anything my name is involved with Positivity revolves in it Serendipitous, always move with confidence You may not see me sweat, but trust, yo, I work hard for this Grew up around heroin addicts before that crack shit Crack was light compared to what the smack did Y'all play with marbles, we play with dope fiend needles we found Injected worms when the rain brought 'em up from the ground It's nothin' changin', some of my men We go back like daylight savings My third childhood, that third course, that's the main dish Hope we get dessert, that's the cherry on top Peaceful Sundays, but we still carry the Glocks, registered If you made it this far, then it's all good It makes me proud, I love that we goin' out hood When I flow for the street, who else could it be? N-A-S, Nas Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge Make everything right, get yours, nigga When I flow for the street, who else could it be? N-A-S, Nas Resurrect through the birth of my seed, Queensbridge Make everything right, get yours