It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or d**h, breathin a sniper's d**h 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 a comet, invasion Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin Cause in my physical, I can express throuh song Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong I drank Moet 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 ba** up Nas, stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up Nas, I an*lyze, drop a j**-el Inhale from the L, school a fool well, you feel it like braille It ain't hard to tell, I kick the sk** 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 an*lyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabatoge 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, n***az 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-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 Stallone in Cobra Packin like a rasta in the weed spot Vocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdropT 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