Nas - Find Ya Wealth lyrics

Crime, life, b**hes, money, time For my Braveheart's, my Braveheart's Uh, uh, uh, what, what, what? One time, two times From 'Breaking Atoms' to 'Illmatic', to goin' platinum sh** did change course since rippin' it with Main Source Nine-one, nine-two, time flew Out of the blue, time for a new young king to rule Younger frame, older state of mind Find my name on a page in your Qu'ran, I learned that, in '89 When I was slingin' c**aine and baby 9's Put it in rap and I gave ya'll a way to rhyme God guides us, from public a**istance to high rises Condos, houses where y'all can't find us Move on your cliques in silence, and wet it up My meal everyday was a slice and 7-Up Took advice from a street legend Identities have been changed, to protect the innocent Witnessin' n***az mistakes, visits at n***az wakes 'Cause jealousy infiltrates and seals your fate Look way deep inside yourself Discover the diamond inside, find ya wealth Once you get it, you gotta live it the limit n***az never wanna see you with it, f** them tho' n***az can't come close enough to touch the dough The lifestyle I live is untouchable So we clutch a few, guns that'll touch your crew 'Cause we learned to do what the hustlers do Different ways to come out the hood, in cuffs or a casket Or crazy, or shootin' three pointer baskets Or maybe, it's the rap sh**, all type of tactics We use to get dough, some choose kickin' in doors I asked a reverend, my mother and a best friend Less than ten years ago for me to get dough What ya'll recommend is either dope weed or blow 'Cause high school was slow, and j**elry was hot Duckin' truancy cops, trains I hopped, to make it downtown Cisco in my veins, pissed between trains Can*l Street, just lookin' at rings Outside through a gla**, went in the store and asked how much it cost Korean man brushin' me off For some other big time customer, probably a hustler Who looked down at my small chain and chuckled up I said, "I'll be just like you soon, motherf**er what?" Look way deep inside yourself Discover the diamond inside, find ya wealth Once you get it, you gotta live it the limit n***az never wanna see you with it, f** them tho' n***az can't come close enough to touch the dough The lifestyle I live is untouchable So we clutch a few, guns that'll touch your crew 'Cause we learned to do what the hustlers do To them n***az who get life and throw a smile at the judge Wildest thugs, who blow trial, exiled from the hood Keepin' b**hes, comin' through on visits You will survive, them weak freaks think you finished You first time in, you known for poppin' your toast By your third year in you, forgotten by most n***az wife cut them out of they life, n***az don't write Friends actin' like they don't be gettin' your kites It be ill, n***az comin' home and no time to get k**ed Not even home a month and they get peeled Backwards in they own backyard or in the park One to the head, two to the heart, you should be smart in the projects Who gon' die next? Hoodrats know who let the gats blow and who keep cashflow Like the n***az know the rats, with some good a**hole Blunts be a good-a** roll while pa**in' your 'dro Look way deep inside yourself Discover the diamond inside, find ya wealth Once you get it, you gotta live it the limit n***az never wanna see you with it, f** them tho' n***az can't come close enough to touch the dough The lifestyle I live is untouchable So we clutch a few, guns that'll touch your crew 'Cause we learned to do what the hustlers do Feel me? One time, huh, two times, uh, uh, uh What, what, what? Uh, uh, uh